Double amputee marathon runner criticises Badenoch for ‘weaponising his success’
by Jessica Murray Social affairs correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#79PEZ)
Paralympian Richard Whitehead gobsmacked' at Tory leader's speech over proposed 36bn welfare cuts
The double amputee marathon runner Richard Whitehead has criticised Kemi Badenoch for weaponising his sporting success" to justify her proposed 36bn welfare cuts.
The Conservative leader used the example of double amputees running marathons" in a speech this week to explain the reasoning behind her proposed cuts to disability benefits, which she said were enabling people to live a life of dependency".
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