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GEORGE OSBORNE finally emerged from hiding yesterday to face the Commons over his crumbling Budget but repeatedly refused to apologise for attempting to cut disability benefits again.
The Chancellor was branded a “coward” on Monday after sending out junior ministers to confirm his climbdown over plans to slash personal independence payments (PIP).
After six days of uncertainly for disabled people, he finally broke cover and admitted that the policy had been a “mistake.”
‘Ultimately, all of Reform's policies benefit big business and attack workers and the poor,’ Diane Abbott MP tells the Star
As Palestine Action prisoners go weeks without food, alleging dangerous neglect and detention without trial, campaigners warn that a near-total media blackout is hiding a crisis that could turn fatal – and fuel a growing wave of public anger. ELIZABETH SHORT reports