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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Ashley Cowburn

MP who felt 'terror' over mortgage payments accuses Tories of 'lack of empathy'

Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden has been accused of a "complete lack of empathy" over the mortgage crisis facing millions of Brits.

SNP MP Anne McLaughlin blasted the top Tory as she told MPs she never wanted people to feel the "terror" she experienced after she struggled paying her own bills before joining the Commons.

Speaking at PMQs on Wednesday, she said: "The day I had to phone my bank and tell them I was having difficulty paying my mortgage was one that has lived with me for years."

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