LABOUR stepped up its election campaign to oust MP Esther McVey when Harriet Harman brought their "pink bus" to Wirral today.

The deputy leader of the Labour Party joined Margaret Greenwood, candidate for Wirral West, to launch the "Woman to Woman" tour of the region.

Wirral West has become a key political battleground, and media attention will grow as the May 7 polling day draws near.

Last week, Sir Tony Robinson visited the constituency to persuade voters to choose Ms Greenwood.

Sir Tony, who played Baldrick in the Blackadder saga and has since served on Labour’s National Executive Committee, used the occasion to say: "I think the bedroom tax is one of the most offensive taxes since the poll tax; the idea that 400,000 disabled people should receive such a negative impact is obscene."

The constituency has also been targeted by Wirral TUC.

The “Sack Esther McVey” drive is attacking the Government employment minister over her role in the benefit sanctions policy.

Wirral TUC began their co-ordinated efforts last July with a demonstration outside the Open Golf championship at Hoylake.

Ms Harman highlighted new figures showing the impact of the "cost of living crisis on women in Wirral West" - claiming that women here are £3,000 worse off than in 2010.

She met women to discuss what they want from Government and "highlight Labour’s commitments to women including helping them balance work with caring commitments, promoting flexible working, and coping with the cost of living crisis."

1.  Harriet Harman chats to women outside The Community Shop in Overchurch.Wirral Globe:
Photo: Press Association - Lynne Cameron/PA Wire

 

2. Labour candidate Margaret Greenwood and Harriet Harman chat to women in The Community Shop.

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Photo: Press Association - Lynne Cameron/PA Wire

 

3. Margaret Greenwood, Labour's Parliamentary candidate for Wirral West.Wirral Globe:
Photo: Press Association - Lynne Cameron/PA Wire

 

4. Harriet Harman chats to women in the Community Shop in Overchurch.Wirral Globe: Photo: Press Association - Lynne Cameron/PA Wire


5. Harriet Harman takes Labour's pink election campaign bus to Overchurch.

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Photo: Press Association - Lynne Cameron/PA Wire


6. Harriet Harman takes Labour's pink election campaign bus to Overchurch.

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Photo: Press Association - Lynne Cameron/PA Wire

 

7. Labour candidate Margaret Greenwood and Harriet Harman with Labour's pink election campaign bus.Wirral Globe:
Photo: Press Association - Lynne Cameron/PA Wire