SOURCE GUARDIAN: Tory MP attacks
George Osborne's tax credit plans in maiden speech
A Conservative MP has used her maiden speech in the House of
Commons to lambast George Osborne for planning to penalise low-paid workers
with cuts to tax credits. In a pointed address, Heidi Allen said the cuts fail
David Cameron’s “family test” and are driven by the chancellor’s mistaken
decision to run an overall budget surplus. Allen, the Tory MP for
Cambridgeshire South, was heard in silence as she tore into the government over
its tax credit plans. Allen, who said she decided to enter parliament after she
feared that Britain was on the verge of a break up during the 2011 London
riots, accused the government of naivety in claiming low-paid workers could
easily earn more by working extra hours. The MP also challenged ministers’
claims that workers will not lose out if all tax and benefit changes are
considered over the lifetime of this parliament. The chancellor faced further
pressure to water down his plans after Conservative MPs David Davis and Zac
Goldsmith signed a cross-party motion calling on the government to do more to
protect low-paid workers.
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Remind me. How did Heidi Allen vote in the division?
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