US EditionDiane Abbott: These benefit cuts will hit the very people Labour was set up to defend
- Around 987,000 young people aged 16-24 are not in education, employment, or training, which accounts for approximately 13 percent of this age group.
- Labour MP Diane Abbott stated that cuts to welfare would impact vulnerable groups, emphasizing the need for a safety net for individuals who cannot work.
- The Chancellor intends to save £9 billion from welfare cuts, which Abbott argues will affect many disabled individuals negatively.
- Abbott emphasized that these welfare cuts will impact the poorest and that the Labour movement was established to support those in need.
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Keir Starmer's benefit cuts plan savaged by Diane Abbott - 'balancing books on poorest' - The Mirror
The veteran Labour MP Diane Abbott told Keir Starmer there was 'nothing moral' about slashing welfare payments for up to a million people with an overhaul of PIP benefits
Diane Abbott: These benefit cuts will hit the very people Labour was set up to defend
The furious response to their proposed welfare cuts seemed to come as a shock to this government. But, perhaps emboldened by his success on the Ukraine issue, Sir Keir Starmer has made it clear that he intends to plough on with his cuts.
UK welfare cuts: Labour’s plan to tame costs
The Labour government is gearing up to announce major cuts to disability and long-term health benefits in an effort to rein in the country’s escalating welfare bill. The move, set to be unveiled in Parliament on Tuesday, has already sparked rumblings of discontent among Labour MPs, some of whom worry the measures will undermine their party’s pledges of social renewal. With Britain’s welfare… Source
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