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The people of our country have been let down. For the last decade, you haven’t had a government that is on your side.

You have had a Conservative government that makes life harder. One that doesn’t care when jobs go to the wall – like at British Steel, Honda, Nissan, Thomas Cook and on pretty much every high street up and down the country.

They don’t care that wages go down while the cost of everything goes up – and that the services we pay for get worse and worse.

This is a government that is happy to see the wealth you create through your hard work get pocketed by the super-rich who are already doing very nicely indeed.

You deserve better. And next Thursday is our chance for real change.

So here are my pledges to you.

First, our NHS is not for sale. Get that, Boris Johnson ? Not for sale.

And instead of ripping you off, we’ll put thousands of pounds a year more in your pocket by:

■ Giving Britain’s workers a pay rise

■ Bringing down bills and fares

■ Making childcare free

■ Righting the historic wrong for Waspi women born in the 1950s whose pensions were stolen

■ Introducing free personal care for pensioners

■ Providing free education and decent jobs

That’s our plan and our pledge. And do you know what? The richest and big business are going to pay for it.

A BBC journalist helpfully pointed out to me recently that we didn’t win the election in 2017. I’m very well aware of that because I see things getting worse every day.

Whether it’s the people who come to my office for help, or people I meet as I travel around the country.

I see the crisis in our NHS and our public services, in housing, in mental health. I meet people sleeping on our streets in the freezing cold.

The Tories try to attack me as unpatriotic. I don’t think they know the meaning of the word. Patriotism is about caring for people, not walking by on the other side of the road.

It’s about supporting each other and making life better for everyone. Boris Johnson and his Conservative cronies are in bed with the billionaires.

They don’t know how most people live.

They don’t see the things we see because they don’t care.

Such massive inequality and injustice isn’t inevitable or normal, and it certainly isn’t healthy. It’s the sign of a country that needs real change.

A vote for Labour on December 12 is a vote to deliver exactly that.

It’s a vote for hope over fear and division, a vote for a government that looks after everyone.

It’s a vote for a government that will be on your side.