Cutting benefits is ‘not a Labour thing to do’, says Diane Abbott
Party’s longest-serving MP says she agrees with Ed Balls and Andy Burnham, who have criticised planned welfare cutsCutting benefits for disabled people is “not a Labour thing to do”, Diane Abbott has said, as a backlash grows within the party over a planned overhaul of the welfare system which could mean hundreds of thousands of claimants lose money.Abbott, the party’s longest-serving MP, warned that over time, many voters would look at policies such as cuts to benefits “and think, is this my Labour party?” Continue reading...
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Party’s longest-serving MP says she agrees with Ed Balls and Andy Burnham, who have criticised planned welfare cuts
Cutting benefits for disabled people is “not a Labour thing to do”, Diane Abbott has said, as a backlash grows within the party over a planned overhaul of the welfare system which could mean hundreds of thousands of claimants lose money.
Abbott, the party’s longest-serving MP, warned that over time, many voters would look at policies such as cuts to benefits “and think, is this my Labour party?” Continue reading...
