John Major has warned that poverty makes life meaner and shorter. And now Tory MPs have rounded on their chancellor over cuts to tax creditsThis morning’s report from the MPs on the Commons work and pensions committee is a no-confidence vote that George Osborne cannot afford to disregard. How he responds will be critical to a million families. But it will also make or break him,his government, and perhaps his party too.
A politician as shrewd as the chancellor must recognise that when your own MPs – there are six Tories among the 11 members on the committee – divulge you to recede back to the drawing board and this time, and procure it right,then it’s time to listen.
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Source: theguardian.com