Enjoying fame and fortune from a hugely successful TV and film career, Ricky Tomlinson’s moral authority is rooted in never forgetting the people he started his life alongside.
The onetime building worker remembering the days when he had no money is a powerful moral voice for our poor and elderly.
And his voice is one of the most convincing yet for increasing the measly state pension and benefits by inflation so that the living standards of millions of Brits aren’t squeezed tighter.
