Labour's John McDonnell has accused the Tories of lying about the Hillsborough disaster in a powerful speech.
The Shadow Chancellor said the people of Liverpool, where he was born, had been "forced to relive again the trauma" of the disaster this week.
It came after David Duckenfield, the police chief in charge at the 1989 FA Cup semi-final in Sheffield, walked free after a six-week trial at Preston Crown Court.
During a speech in Birmingham, Mr McDonnell said: "The memory of a previous Conservative government and how it treated the north, midlands, Wales and Scotland - football fans, and the working class.
"I remember the Hillsborough tragedy like it was yesterday. I remember the brave campaigners who have fought for justice ever since.
"I remember how my best friend, Jeremy Corbyn , one of the bravest of politicians, stood up for them, fighting for justice for those denied it.
"Those killed and then lied about at Hillsborough - including by the Prime Minister in his days as a journalist. People need to remember what the Conservatives have done to us over the decades."
He went on to attack the Prime Minister over a column he wrote in 1995, in which he referred to working class people as "likely to be drunk, criminal, aimless, feckless and hopeless."
McDonnell said the level of inequality in Britain was not reflective of a country with Christian roots.
Speaking in Birmingham, the senior Labour figure said: "On Tuesday a new Shelter report found 135,000 children will be without a home this Christmas.
"On the same day an analysis by the Equality Trust showed the UK's six richest people control as much wealth as the poorest 13 million. It all went to show just how unequal our society is."
He added: "It's three weeks to Christmas. The celebration of the birth of Jesus.
"Children going hungry and homeless in the fifth largest economy in the world begs the question: are we really living up to the values of Christianity - or any other of our religions or beliefs for that matter?
"We don't believe it's enough to offer people a hand-up out of poverty. We want to abolish poverty.
"That's why we committed in our manifesto to abolishing in-work poverty within five years."
