All of Labour’s Excuses For Welfare Cuts Before Humiliating U-Turn

After a humiliating climbdown on welfare cuts in the face of an enormous backbench rebellion, Guido thought it timely to remind co-conspirators of the lines ministers trotted out for months explaining why the cuts were vital. They’ve aged like milk…

• Starmer in March: The current benefits system is unsustainable, indefensible and unfair, and the government could not “shrug its shoulders and look away”.