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Average wages are 8.4% lower than in 2010 and Blackpool is heading towards ‘Victorian levels of poverty’ according to Labour.

New data has revealed that real wages in the resort have fallen by £2,180 since the Tories came to power 12 years ago.

Chris Webb, Executive Member For Blackpool South Labour Party, said: “With less money in people’s pockets, thousands of families across Blackpool are skipping meals, and new polling shows 100,000 Blackpool residents have cut back on heating their homes this winter and more than three-quarters of households in the UK will be pushed into fuel poverty this month. These figures lay bare Britain’s cost of living emergency. Blackpool truly risks heading towards Victorian levels of poverty under this government.”

File photo dated 17/01/18 of goods at a food bank. The cost-of-living crisis is driving food banks to "breaking point" with almost 1.3 million emergency parcels given to people in hunger over just six months, a leading charity has said. Issue date: Thursday November 10, 2022. PA Photo. The Trussell Trust issued a stark warning on Thursday after new research showed record-breaking levels of need, with one in five individuals referred to its network now coming from working households. See PA story CHARITY Foodbanks. Photo credit should read: Andy Buchanan/PA Wire

A government spokesperson said: “We are increasing the wages of millions of workers by raising the ‘national living wage’ to £10.42 an hour in April – an extra £1,600 a year for a full-time worker."

Blackpool is heading towards ‘Victorian levels of poverty’ as resort wages are 8.4% lower than in 2010