As the UK General Election draws ever nearer, we can expect to see some desperate attempts from the Conservative Party to paint the last 14 years as a success story for Tory policy. But one effort last week from the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions set the bar pretty high for delusional framing.
Mel Stride boasted that there are “two million more women in work since 2010, alongside record female employment and job levels”. This, he concludes, “shows plan is working”.
What plan might this be, one wonders? Is it a plan to ensure women feel fulfilled? Or a plan to help women achieve a greater sense of work-life balance? Alas, it is not. Cajoling more women into the workplace is done in the name of boosting the labour market, closing the gender employment gap, and growing the economy. How terribly considerate…
