Torsten Bell

Torsten Bell

Labour — Swansea West

Speaking in the House of Commons on 9 December 2025

Debate

Budget: Work Incentives

Contribution

The hon. Member is right to call those things a moral and economic disgrace. Does he know who created them? It was the Conservative party opposite. Who saw a 50% rise in the number of those not in education, employment or training? The party opposite. Who created the benefits system that is failing today? The party opposite. Who failed to reform the benefits system? The party opposite.

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