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Fiery exchange on social care shortfall
Corbyn shrugs off Tory slur slinging to take on Budget mess

JEREMY CORBYN battled through “ageist, rude and disgusting” remarks from the Tory benches yesterday to condemn the shocking state of adult social care in England presided over by the government.

Labour MP Laura Smith said that Mr Corbyn was targeted with a grotesque slur by Tory whip Andrew Griffiths as the Labour leader explained that more than a million elderly people in England are not getting the care they need.

Mr Corbyn blasted through the ensuing racket: “Over £6 billion would have been cut from social care budgets by next March [since 2010].

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