article_snippet: Labour has repeatedly claimed that families are £1,600 a year worse off than families were when the Coalition came to power, but shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Chris Leslie last night conceded that living standards appeared to be ‘crawling back to the levels that we were at five years ago’.
article_snippet: Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Chris Leslie  conceded that living standards appeared to be ‘crawling back to the levels of five years ago’
article_snippet: ‘Living standards have fallen.
article_snippet: ‘cost of living crisis’ line of attack.
highlights_snippet: But Labour MP Chris Leslie conceded living standards are 'crawling back'
  Gross domestic product – the total size of the economy – rose by 2.8 per cent in 2014, the best performance since 2006; .
  