Liam Byrne
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So one is that we have got to be punchier in taking on this selfish minority who don't play by the rules.
And on the Business and Trade Committee, we see them week in, week out.
Why has Fujitsu not contributed a bean to the ยฃ2 billion bill for restoring justice to post-obvious horizon victims?
Not a penny have they paid.
Wrong, wrong, wrong.
Why they haven't?
Well, A, they haven't had the moral courage to do it.
And B, ministers have not been demanding enough.
You know, so actually sin on both sides.
But equally, if you think about the companies that we've had to bring in for shortchanging their workers, now, they would all kind of argue this, but we have had to bring in companies like Every and companies like Amazon and companies like McDonald's because we've had real concerns about how their workforce is being treated.
We think that consumer harm in our country, the kind of rip-offs at bills and tills, it's not a small problem.
It costs consumers ยฃ71 billion a year.
These are kind of
big problems that people feel at a time when they're under financial pressure.
So why aren't we doing anything?
Why aren't we taking that on?
I think from a lack of self-confidence.
The reason they're not doing it, of course, is that they're worried about disincentivising investment in the economy and all that kind of thing.
I get that there's a balance to strike, which is why I'm saying
We're not here to launch a war on capitalism.