Murphy: Labour is voters’ best hope to stop Tories
SCOTTISH Labour leader Jim Murphy claimed yesterday that only his party was “big enough to kick out David Cameron” as he formally launched the party’s general election campaign.
Speaking at a Glasgow foodbank, Mr Murphy said Labour would abolish the bedroom tax, benefit sanction targets and zero-hours contracts while raising the minimum wage, extending the living wage and ending the need for foodbanks.
The East Renfrewshire MP said voters had a choice between “another five years of Tory cuts and austerity, which hurt the poorest in our community the most, or a Labour government which stands up for working-class people.
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