Livingstone tells of ‘legacy of pain’

He told Sky News the former Conservative prime minister was responsible for “every real problem” faced in the UK today, as he claimed she had led millions of people out of work.

Mr Livingstone said: “Of course she was popular, she was offering people their homes at a cut price. But she didn’t build any houses.

“She created today’s housing crisis, she produced the banking crisis, she created the benefits crisis. It was her government that started putting people on incapacity benefits rather than register them as unemployed because the Britain she inherited was broadly at full employment.”

Mr Livingstone added: “She once claimed New Labour was her greatest legacy and I am not saying she was joking.”