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Gordon Brown: universal credit cut ‘vindictive and indefensible’

Ex-PM writes in Guardian that with prices of basics set to ‘rocket’, £20 a week cut is illogical and callous

Gordon Brown has called the government’s decision to cut £20 a week from universal credit the most “socially divisive and morally indefensible” policy he has witnessed in UK politics, saying it was being pursued with open disregard for its impact.

In a passionate comment article for the Guardian, the former prime minister said the cut next month showed ministers had in effect abandoned any pretence to try to tackle poverty, calling it “vindictive even beyond austerity”.

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