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‘There is nothing moral about cutting benefits’
‘There is nothing moral about cutting benefits’
Starmer under pressure over cruel plan to slash welfare budget
SIR KEIR STARMER came under pressure from MPs across the Commons over his cruel plan to cut benefits today.
Labour announced on Tuesday that it will slash £5 billion from the welfare budget by the end of the decade.
In the Commons, Labour’s Diane Abbott told Sir Keir to stop pretending his cuts were moral.
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