Prime minister defends cuts in face of cross-party campaign warning that 3 million of poorest working families will be worse off
David Cameron has rejected calls to soften the impact of planned cuts to tax credits in the face of a cross-party campaign that warns that 3 million of the poorest working families will be worse off by £1350 a year.
In an interview on the Andrew Marr present on BBC1,in which he said the Conservatives would champion the “common ground” as Labour “runs to the hills”, the prime minister defended the cuts on the grounds that the government has to protect the NHS and schools.
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Source: theguardian.com