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Lauren Gilmour

Cutting benefits to fund reduced tax ‘not right thing to do’ says Scottish Tory

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A Scottish Conservative MP has said a possible plan to cut benefits to fund tax reductions for the richest is “not a good idea” but that he would not be drawn into “hypotheticals”.

Andrew Bowie, speaking to BBC Radio Scotland from Birmingham where the Conservative Party Conference is getting under way, said “in principle” it is not the right thing to do.

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