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Hunt: Cuts make poor work harder
MILLIONAIRE Tory Jeremy Hunt was told to apologise yesterday after claiming tax credits must be cut to make poor people work harder.
The Health Secretary said the British economy lagged behind Asian countries and THE US because of our work ethic.
And he claimed cutting the benefits for low-paid workers was needed to send a “very important cultural signal” to them.
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