Imran Hussain
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Wednesday 13th March 2019
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(5 years, 10 months ago)
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Mr Hammond
As I have said many times, the most important thing for under-25s is to ensure that they get into the workforce and establish a pattern of work.
Imran Hussain (Bradford East) (Lab)
Almost half the children living in my constituency are living in poverty as a direct result of the Chancellor’s ideological austerity agenda. Why is the stain of rising child poverty not enough for him to act today?
Mr Hammond
There is nothing ideological about getting a deficit down from £150 billion a year to enable us to fund our public services sustainably in future.