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Calm and collected Corbyn forces PM to flounder
Public’s questions on tax credits and housing stump Cameron

A CALM and collected Jeremy Corbyn served the Tories a series of slapdowns on tax credit cuts and unaffordable housing during Prime Minister’s Questions yesterday.

Prime Minister David Cameron was left floundering by the questions sent to the new Labour leader this week by concerned members of the British public.

Tory MPs in the Commons laughed and sneered when Mr Corbyn started reading out a question from Kelly, an employed single mother of a disabled child.

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