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LABOUR MPs who opposed Tory welfare cuts were vindicated yesterday by government figures confirming that they will deprive Britain’s poorest of billions of pounds.
In damning impact assessments, the Treasury came clean about the cost of policies within its Work and Welfare Reform Bill.
The assessments were published online just a day after the controversial Bill passed its second reading by 148 votes, despite opposition from principled MPs.
Labour rebel Geraint Davies told the Star: “This confirms that this is a sheriff of Nottingham budget.
The 2025 Budget shores up the PM’s political position with headline-grabbing welfare U-turns, but with no improvements on offer to declining public services or living standards, writes MICHAEL BURKE
RICHARD BURGON MP points to the recent relative success of widespread opposition to the Labour leadership’s regressive policies as the blueprint for exacting the changes required to build a fairer society
