Labour MP who had whip suspended over two-child benefit cap breaks silence

Labour MP who has had whip suspended over child-benefit cap breaks silence Good Morning Britain

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00:00In my speech yesterday I supported the King's speech, I look forward to many bills that

00:05will be coming forward in this government including nationalising rail, the New Deal

00:09for Working People, but I was also very honest that we should go further, we can make a real

00:14difference to people's lives and when you've got anti-charity campaigners, think tanks,

00:18trade unions saying that the key driver for child poverty in this country, which is the

00:22sixth largest economy in the world, is the Tories two child benefit cap, then it is a

00:28moral imperative on the Labour Party to scrap that and do everything that they can to make

00:34sure that not a single child has to live in unnecessary hardship and poverty.

00:38How soon after you'd rebelled did you get the call to say the whip had been taken away

00:42from you?

00:43So there was a vote straight after that main amendment that I had voted for and then on

00:48the way home when I looked into my emails, that's when I saw the email.