Shadow minister criticises PM's welfare cuts

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The shadow business secretary has hit out at the government for plans to 'cut disability payments'. Responding to the proposed cuts, Andrew Griffith said: "When you're spending taxpayer's money, you should always do so wisely and if there's a capacity to cut the welfare budget then they should have started with that instead of being forced into it." Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00Well if there's capacity to cut the welfare budget it's a great shame that

00:04the Chancellor didn't start there because instead

00:07she's put up taxes that has crashed the economy

00:10and as a result she's having to come back round again

00:14but having taken a huge amount of tax off businesses

00:18and pushing more people into unemployment so she's got it completely

00:21the wrong way round. I think when you're spending taxpayers money

00:24you should always do so wisely and if there's capacity to cut the welfare

00:28budget as Labour are now saying then they should have started with

00:31that not having been forced into it.

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