Stride doubts Reeves believes in two child benefit cap scrap

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Shadow Chancellor Sir Mel Stride says he "doubts very much that Rachel Reeves actually in her heart thinks that is a great thing to be doing" but that the Chancellor has been forced into the move by recent Labour party infighting. Report by Ketchs. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00We have an economic policy that is being substantially driven by the internal politics of the Labour Party.

00:06So why is it that she's scrapped the two-child benefit cap?

00:10I doubt very much that Rachel Reeves actually in her heart thinks that is a great thing to be doing,

00:15but she had no choice, and that's because of the weak position that she and the Prime Minister are now in.

00:19They're trying to shore that position up, and as a consequence,

00:22they're taking these kind of decisions which are actually not good for our economy.

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