Article 6VYN9 Benefits cuts now? What’s the point of a Labour MP who votes for something so cruel, tin-eared and short-sighted? | John McDonnell

Benefits cuts now? What’s the point of a Labour MP who votes for something so cruel, tin-eared and short-sighted? | John McDonnell

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John McDonnell
from on (#6VYN9)

Treating disabled and sick people callously flies in the face of all the party stands for - the government must rethink its plans

Emails are pouring into MPs' boxes from disabled people and carers, who are truly frightened by the suggestions from government sources and ministers' speeches that the benefits they rely on are to be cut.

The latest comments to a journalist from someone described as a government insider" demonstrate starkly what a tin ear some ministers have on this issue. This person accused Labour MPs who are expressing their constituents' concerns about proposals to cut benefits of pearl clutching".

John McDonnell is MP for Hayes and Harlington. He was Labour's shadow chancellor from 2015 to 2020

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