BBC Breakfast presenter Nina Warhurst took on Chief Secretary to the Treasury James Murray in a tense clash over welfare cuts.
Nina Warhurst silenced James Murray in a brutal interview over cuts (Image: BBC)
BBC Breakfast’s Nina Warhurst clashed with Labour‘s Chief Secretary to the Treasury James Murray as they discussed welfare cuts.
It comes after Rachel Reeves‘s Spring Statement, which has sparked huge backlash as it has been confirmed there will be huge cuts to welfare and public services.
This move is set to plummet thous ands of families into poverty, and Labour have been accused of avoiding taxing the rich and targeting those who need money the most.
Nina said: “However you look at this, life is going to be harder under Labour for those who need state support the most.”
Murray responded: “Well if you look at what Andy Burnham says, he said he agrees with us that the current system is broken and things needs to change.
James Murray was forced to defend the party on BBC Breakfast (Image: BBC)
“Everyone agrees that the current system is broken and unsustainable and that’s why we set out our principles for reforming the welfare system, making sure we are helping people into work, making sure the support is there, but also making sure the support is there for those in the greatest need.
“We need to make the system sustainable for that to happen, because at the moment the cost of the welfare system is going up and up. PIP for example, there are a thousand new applicants every day, which is double what it was before the pandemic.
Nina jumped in: “Okay, the cost of welfare is going up, the cost of existing is going up, on average Brits are facing £600 increase to bills in the next financial years, 1 in 10 houses living in fuel poverty, the accusation to Labour at the moment is you’re out of touch with how hard it is, and you’re afraid to tax the rich. ”
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Murray paused before he responded: “We know how hard it is for people right across the country and that’s why our number one mission in government, a crucial part of our plan for change, is to get the economy growing because that’s the way you put money in people’s pockets.
“You will have seen at the Spring Statement the chancellor set out how by the end of this parliament people will be £500 better off than they would have been under the Conservative plans that we inherited.”
BBC Breakfast airs weekdays at 6am on BBC1.
