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23 September 2015updated 12 Oct 2023 10:57am

Jeremy Corbyn defies shadow cabinet by pledging to scrap the benefit cap

In his first major interview since his election, the Labour leader reveals to the New Statesman how he will assert his authority.

By New Statesman

Labour will fight for the benefit cap to be scrapped completely, Jeremy Corbyn has told the New Statesman.

The party’s leader has over-ruled frontbenchers who suggested that Labour would back the cap in principle, but oppose its upcoming reduction from £26,000 to £23,000 in London, and £20,000 elsewhere.

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