Nicky Morgan and Lucy Powell appear to be the most ill-tempered pair regularly going head-to-head at the Dispatch Box. At Education Questions today, Powell asked about the government’s childcare plans and how it intends to help those who’s tax credits will be cut. Morgan answered by going on the attack:
‘I would believe the honourable lady’s concerns just a little more if it hadn’t been for her party’s peers in the other place, who voted against the Childcare Bill last week and delayed the introduction of the bill and the new scheme’.
‘Perhaps they wouldn’t have done that if she had adequate funding in place?’ Powell hit back. Morgan then blamed the last Labour government for the lack of money to spend on childcare…
‘The reason that funding in all areas of government is so tight is because we are dealing with the economic legacy left by her own party.
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