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LABOUR officials hit back yesterday at claims they doctored a speech by veteran campaigner Harry Smith in a “Stalin-era” purge of his attack on austerity.
A party spokesman strongly rejected claims made on the Left Futures website claiming that parts of Mr Smith’s speech to Labour conference were cut for political reasons when the text was e-mailed to supporters.
Left Futures editor Jon Lansman wrote on Tuesday that he believed references to “welfare cuts and austerity measures” had been deliberately removed.
Burnham launches his campaign to return to Westminster
We cannot refuse to abolish the unjustifiable two-child benefit cap that pushes children into poverty while finding billions of pounds for defence spending — the membership and the public expect better from Labour, writes JON TRICKETT MP
