Tory minister admits: cuts will hit the poorest hardest

Local government minister says: “Those in greatest need ultimately bear the burden of paying off the

David Cameron and George Osborne may claim that “we’re all in this together”, but the truth is that the poorest, as ever, will be hardest hit by the government’s “painful” spending cuts.

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