From Keighley News, January 16th 2023
Written by Alistair Shand
WAGES in real terms have fallen by £1,388 – or 4.3 per cent – across Keighley since 2010, figures reveal.
Labour Party analysis of Office for National Statistics data shows the drop in average wage, taking into account inflation.
The figure applies to the whole constituency, which includes Ilkley.
Former Keighley MP John Grogan, who will contest the seat again for Labour at the next general election, spoke about the "human consequences" of falling living standards whilst addressing a constituency party event at the town's Central Hall.