Labour leadership candidate says chancellor is scaring people by failing to set out which benefits he would slash
The Labour leadership frontrunner Andy Burnham has launched a blistering attack on George Osborne’s “disgraceful” approach to cutting £12bn from the welfare budget, warning that he would furiously oppose any attempt to reduce benefits for disabled people or tax credits for those on low incomes.
He claimed Osborne was “frightening people” by failing to set out which benefits he would slash, after the chancellor and Iain Duncan Smith, the work and pensions secretary, confirmed they would press ahead with £12bn of cuts.
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