“We do have a strategy, we do have a plan”, the Prime Minister said.
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Plans by an independent peer to lodge a “fatal” motion to kill off the cuts altogether were abandoned after she was pressured by the Government to avoid provoking a constitutional crisis.
“It’s time the prime minister and chancellor listened to the wide opposition to this cruel policy and reversed these cuts to tax credits”.
The Prime Minister has defended plans to cut tax credits after a fierce attack in the Commons from Labour and the SNP.
The institute is above party politics and makes it plain that the average family receiving tax credits will be significantly worse off, even when you take account of the introduction of the higher national minimum wage.
Mr Cameron challenged Labour to examine its own record as he argued that steel production had halved under it but gone up under the Tories.
Just as provocative as Allen’s speech, though, was the way she swatted away a question from Iain Dale during his LBC radio interview, when he asked if she thought her blast would be humiliating for the Tories.
“I think the House of Lords should listen to that very carefully and recognise it is for the House [of Commons] to make financial decisions and it is for the other House to revise other legislation”, he said.
Mr Corbyn continued with his practice of asking questions from the public, quoting Lisette as asking: “A lot of people are setting up their own businesses as self-employed, especially in rural areas where job vacancies are limited and pay is often low”.
One country accused of “dumping” is China – and the issue was discussed when Mr Cameron met President Xi Jinping on Wednesday.
Mr Corbyn said: “Is there any reason why this change has come about or any reason why we should believe you on any assurances you give in relation to tax credits?”
During the chat, Mr Cameron is then said to have responded with a non-committal “Oh”, before he turns the chat to a more serious matter of self-employment figures being gradually down.
The Tory Leader, David Cameron has told Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the labour party to go back to 1985 and stay there.
Mr Corbyn continued: “Cutting tax credits damages her life opportunities and the life opportunities they might employ – do you not see the value of giving support to people trying to improve their lives rather than cutting their ability to survive properly?”
She said the Government ” could lose heavily” when MPs debate the issue on October 29.
“This House has now decided twice in favour of this measure – once when voting on the statutory instrument and again last night in a vote put forward by the Opposition”, he said.
“That was quite a surprise to us”.
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“To expect people to immediately find more hours or better-paid work suggests, I am afraid, a level of naivety about the skills of a few of our people”, added Mrs Allen.
