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Leading rebel Rachael Maskell chokes up sharing devastating impact of welfare cuts on disabled constituent
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Rachael Maskell became emotional whilst describing the impact of welfare cuts on her constituent on Tuesday (1 July).
The Labour MP for York Central, who put forward a second amendment rejecting the Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill, said her disabled constituent told her that “it would be better if he wasn’t here”.
The bill would see changes made to personal independence payment (Pip) and the health-related element of universal credit.
