A West Lancashire worker on an average wage will spend 24 days this year just paying the interest on Labour’s debts, new research has revealed.
People earning a median annual wage locally of £21,529 will be handing over £1,400 (6.5%) of their taxes just to pay off the huge debt left by the previous Labour Government.
Ryan Waite, Conservative candidate for Digmoor Ward, has slammed Labour for saddling hard-working West Lancashire people with debt.
Ryan said: "Digmoor is one of the poorest wards in the country and it is wrong that local families' hard-earned taxes are going into the pockets of bankers in debt interest rather than into schools, hospitals and protecting the vulnerable.
“Labour’s addiction to debt means each and every taxpayer now has to spend weeks of the year working just to pay the interest bill.
“If we listened to Labour the debt would be £100 billion higher. They must never be put in charge of our public finances again.”