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Richard Burgon slams ‘class war economics’ as Tories hint at new cuts to public services
Labour MP for Leeds East, Richard Burgon, joins rail workers on the picket line in Leeds during a 24-hour strike by four transportation trade unions.

LABOUR MP Richard Burgon has condemned Tory class-war economics after top Conservatives hinted at further public service cuts.

Conservative Party chairman Jake Berry said the government was looking to “trim fat in terms of government expenditure,” adding on Sky’s Sophy Ridge: “I don’t think it’s unreasonable to say that the public sector should look at its expenses in the same way that every single household is doing.”

The chairman’s hints were echoed by Prime Minister Liz Truss on the BBC, who said she was looking to “get value for money for the taxpayer” and refused to rule out cuts, and by “Levelling Up” Secretary Simon Clarke, who wrote in the Times that British people “enjoyed a very large welfare state,” were “less productive relative to our peers” and needed to look at how “that is in full alignment with a lower-tax economy.”

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