07:26 Tuesday 21st July 2015
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
DOTTY MCLEOD: The Government’s welfare reforms have passed their first hurdle in the House of Commons. 48 Labour MPs though voted against the package, which includes cuts to benefits and tax credits. This is against the advice of the Labour Party’s Acting Leader Harriet Harman. One of these rebels was the Leadership contender Jeremy Corbyn. Another was Cambridge’s new MP Daniel Zeichner. Our Political Correspondent Paul Rowley joins me now. What do you make of this rebellion then Paul?
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