Most Tories Oppose Tax Credits Cuts, Says Conservative MP

‘A majority of Tory MPs now want George Osborne to drop his “extreme” tax credit cuts, the Conservative MP leading the rebellion against the government has told the Observer.

Less than two weeks before the chancellor’s autumn statement, Stephen McPartland said it had become widely accepted among his colleagues that the £4bn of proposed cuts would “hurt, not help” families on very low incomes.

Osborne is expected to offer some mitigation to the lowest paid when he speaks to MPs on 25 November, having been forced to reconsider the impact of the cuts by a vote in the House of Lords.’

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