Angry Corbyn Begs Reeves to Cancel Welfare Cuts and Defence Boost – Guido Fawkes

Angry Corbyn Begs Reeves to Cancel Welfare Cuts and Defence Boost

The ex-Labour leader and ex-Labour MP is leading the left’s charge against Labour’s recent spending changes. He attacked Reeves in the Commons:

“There are 4.3 million children living in poverty in our society. There are 1.2 million people in receipt of PIP who are about to lose it following her statement last week. She has put a huge amount of money into defence, could she not think for a moment of reversing the decision last week to take £5 billion out of the welfare budget and end the two-child benefit cap, which has driven so many children and families into really desperate poverty?”

Jezza, who has apparently been talking to “upset” Labour colleagues and touring the broadcast studios to call Reeves a “disgrace,” is crystallising the nerves among backbench Labour MPs who say variously that the cuts plus the spending boost are an “embarrassment,” “immoral,” and “suicide.” Whether Labour MPs organise with any effectiveness or go on-record is another matter…

Reeves hit back at her old leader: “I am not going to make any apologies for putting more money in defence. This Labour Government takes defence of our country seriously, and so we should. We are the party that created NATO, and under the leadership of the Labour Party today we will always defend our country.” Pointed reference to NATO there…