May’s Tory government ‘enjoys’ making Britons poorer: Labour MP

‘The government of UK Prime Minister Theresa May “enjoys making people poorer,” a Labour Member of Parliament says, accusing the ruling Tories of undertaking “cold-hearted” policies that serve their own political interests rather than the public.
Laura Pidcock, who made her way into the House of Commons in the June 8 snap general election, wrote in an article that her first day in the parliament was enough for her to realize how detached the Conservatives were from ordinary people.
The MP particularly slammed the pro-government lawmakers for their refusal to lift the pay freeze “on poorly paid and undervalued public sector workers,” a controversial Labour amendment to the Tory agenda that was voted down 323-309 last week.
“In their glory, the Conservatives cheered. They laughed, they smiled, and gestured to us like kids in a playground,” she said of Tory lawmakers after the vote, describing their reactions as “blood-curdling.”’
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