Government's £5bn welfare cuts amounts to return to austerity, Labour MP says
Labour MP Brian Leishman joins members of Unite union as they take part in a demonstration to protest at Petroineos plans to close Grangemouth oil refinery, during the Scottish Labour Party conference at the Scottish Exhibition Centre (SEC) in Glasgow, February 21, 2025
THE government’s £5 billion cuts to welfare benefits amounts to a return to austerity, a Labour MP has said, in sharp contradiction to the party’s leader in Scotland Anas Sarwar.
Speaking to Holyrood Magazine, Alloa and Grangemouth MP Brian Leishman said: “There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that these cuts are going to impoverish already vulnerable, disadvantaged people living in our society today.
“These are the people that we should be throwing our arms around and helping.
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