Skip to main content
Labour ‘will reverse any tax credits cuts’
McDonnell promises to roll back Tory attack

A FUTURE Labour government will reverse any Tory cuts to tax credits, shadow chancellor John McDonnell said yesterday.

Mr McDonnell committed to restoring the benefit for low-paid workers and poor families if Chancellor George Osborne goes ahead with plans to cut them from April 2016.

The announcement came ahead of tomorrow’s opposition day debate in Parliament on the cuts and marks a transformation two months after former acting leader Harriet Harman ordered Labour MPs to back the cuts.

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
Similar stories
A general view of Gorton, Greater Manchester
Britain / 25 February 2026
25 February 2026

By-election poll puts Starmer's future on a knife-edge

Prime Minister Keir Starmer departs 10 Downing Street, London, to attend Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament, July 9, 2025
Welfare / 10 July 2025
10 July 2025
A Universal Credit sign on a door of a job centre plus in east London
Welfare / 9 July 2025
9 July 2025