Conservative leader insists ‘double amputees run marathons’ as she launches Welfare That Works policy document
Here is the statement the Labour party released overnight in response to the advance briefing about the Tory plans to cut benefits by £36bn. A Labour spokesperson said:
The Tories let the welfare bill soar on their watch. Now they have the audacity to pretend it was nothing to do with them. You can’t trust them to solve problems they created in the first place.
The Conservatives designed and implemented this benefit system, which has driven large numbers of people to be signed off and written off. In the Tories’ last year in government, the welfare bill rose by a record £33bn.
So, do you want one million people to lose £1,000 each, or 10 million people to lose £100 each?
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