Yvette Cooper, Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary, visited Leigh and Atherton launch the 'Party’s first steps for change in the North West'.

Ms Cooper joined Leigh and Atherton’s parliamentary candidate, Jo Platt, to launch a new advertising campaign across Leigh, Bolton and Manchester, with billboards detailing Labour’s first steps for change.

She said: "After 14 Conservative years, families are worse off and it feels like everything is broken. It’s time for change. Today Keir Starmer has set out the first steps a Labour Government would take that will make a huge difference to getting our economy growing again, getting patients faster treatment or keeping our streets safe.

"People have had enough of gimmicks and sticking plasters. It is time for change. People here in Leigh and right across the North West deserve better than the chaos they are getting from this failing Tory Government.

"Labour’s first steps - on the economy, our NHS, our border security, energy bills, community safety and our children’s future - are a ‘down payment’ on the change we will deliver for Britain. They show the difference a Labour government can make to our country and to people’s lives.”

Jo Platt, Labour’s candidate to be the next MP for Leigh and Atherton said:“Labour’s first steps for change will make a real difference to people’s lives here in Leigh and Atherton. We know that NHS waitlists are out of control. We know that crime and ASB is a real concern for residents especially in the town centre. And we know that the cost-of-living crisis means household budgets are still under strain.

"Labour understands the real issues impacting local people and has a plan to tackle them.”