Labour MP who has had whip suspended over child-benefit cap breaks silence Good Morning Britain
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00:00In my speech yesterday I supported the King's speech, I look forward to many bills that
00:05will be coming forward in this government including nationalising rail, the New Deal
00:09for Working People, but I was also very honest that we should go further, we can make a real
00:14difference to people's lives and when you've got anti-charity campaigners, think tanks,
00:18trade unions saying that the key driver for child poverty in this country, which is the
00:22sixth largest economy in the world, is the Tories two child benefit cap, then it is a
00:28moral imperative on the Labour Party to scrap that and do everything that they can to make
00:34sure that not a single child has to live in unnecessary hardship and poverty.
00:38How soon after you'd rebelled did you get the call to say the whip had been taken away
00:42from you?
00:43So there was a vote straight after that main amendment that I had voted for and then on
00:48the way home when I looked into my emails, that's when I saw the email.