Northern Ireland rejects £600m Tory welfare cuts plan that would ‘attack most vulnerable in society’

‘Northern Ireland has rejected the Tories’ vast welfare reforms after politicians declared they would ‘attack the most vulnerable in society’.

It means the Coalition’s welfare cuts already being implemented in England and Wales may not affect those across the Irish Sea – but it’s prompted a political crisis.

By leaving the region’s Assembly with a £600million black hole, the blow to the Welfare Reform Bill has put politicians on the warpath with Number 10.’

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