EXCLUSIVE: Katy Loudon said the figures were a reminder of how 'broken' Labour's priorities were ahead of the Rutherglen by-election.
The SNP candidate in a crunch by-election has blasted Labour after the full impact of the two-child cap on benefits on the local constituency was revealed.
Keir Starmer faced a backlash last month after he refused to commit to scrapping the two-child cap if Labour wins power at Westminster next year. The contest was triggered after former MP Margaret Ferrier was booted out by voters following a succesful recall petition. "These are figures that should serve as a reminder to those opposed to Tory austerity how desperately we must work to overturn the two child cap, but this will only fall on deaf ears in Keir Starmer’s Labour.
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