Nothing moral about big cuts to benefits - Abbott

SIR Keir Starmer has been directly challenged by Labour veteran Diane Abbott over the government’s cuts to welfare, with the Mother of the House telling him there was “nothing moral” about the plan.

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About a million people in England and Wales will lose their disability benefits as part of the welfare overhaul, experts believe. At Prime Minister’s Questions, Sir Keir insisted that the current system was “morally and economically indefensible”.

But Ms Abbott, the longest-serving female MP, said: “There is nothing moral about cutting benefits for what may be up to a million people.

“This is not about morality, this is about the Treasury's wish to balance the country’s books on the back of the most vulnerable and poor people in this society.