Labour MP says tweet approximately his mother relying on tax credits,not in fact introduced until 2003, referred to benefits such as family income supplementLondon mayoral candidate David Lammy has defended a tweet in which he claimed his mother had relied on tax credits to bring him up – despite him having been aged 31 when the benefit was introduced.
Tweeting shortly after a quarter of the parliamentary Labour party defied their whip and voted against the governments welfare bill, and the Tottenham MP said he would have suffered as a child if similar measures had been in status.
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Source: theguardian.com