{"id":227648,"date":"2025-03-19T15:05:30","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T15:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/keir-starmer-defends-calling-benefit-cuts-plan-moral\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T15:05:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T15:05:30","slug":"keir-starmer-defends-calling-benefit-cuts-plan-moral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/keir-starmer-defends-calling-benefit-cuts-plan-moral\/","title":{"rendered":"Keir Starmer defends calling benefit cuts plan &#8216;moral&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/vFQOghqCelE\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Keir Starmer defends calling benefit cuts plan 'moral'\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vFQOghqCelE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Keir Starmer has defended calling welfare cuts &#8216;moral&#8217; after Diane Abbott questioned him on his rhetoric during prime minister&#8217;s questions.<br \/>\nSubscribe to Guardian News on YouTube \u25ba http:\/\/bit.ly\/guardianwiressub<\/p>\n<p>Abbott said &#8216;there is nothing moral about cutting benefits for what may be up to 1 million people&#8217;, adding: &#8216;This is about the Treasury\u2019s wish to balance the books on the back of the most vulnerable and poor people in this society.&#8217; Starmer replied: &#8216;I think one in eight young people not in employment, training or education, that\u2019s a million young people, I think that\u2019s a moral issue. 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