Coalition 'costs workers £6,660'

The amount of money working people will have lost in real terms under coalition rule would be enough to pay for the average family weekly shop for a year-and-a-half, shadow Treasury minister Chris Leslie said.

Taking into account inflation, workers will have lost £6,660 by the time of the next election and incomes will be £1,520 lower in real terms in 2015 than in 2010, Labour's analysis of Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts showed.