Britain’s opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has accused the ruling Conservative Party of holding the country back as he formally launched campaign for the June 8 general election.
“There is no doubt this country is being held back. If your children are not getting the education they deserve because the class sizes are too high, then your children are being held back. If you’re a young couple, anyone trying to get a home, and can’t make a home because rent and house prices are too high, then you’re being held back,” Corbyn said on Tuesday.
“If you’ve worked hard all your life, but you can’t pursue your dreams of retirement because you’re supporting your family well into their adulthood, then you too are being held back,” he added.
The Labour leader made the remarks at an event in a packed conference center in Salford, Manchester, where he unveiled the party’s campaign bus, emblazoned with the election slogan “for the…