Monday night’s episode of Newsnight turned into a heated debate as Victoria Derbyshire grilled Labour politician Shami Chakrabarti on the government’s upcoming welfare cuts. With the official announcement expected today (March 18), tensions were high, and Chakrabarti didn’t hold back.
Blasting the way the plans have been handled, Chakrabarti accused the government of playing political games at the expense of vulnerable people. “I’ve listened to all sorts of people saying ‘Read the Green Paper and don’t just respond to speculation in the media’. Where did the speculation come from? It wasn’t invented by you (Victoria) or other journalists. There was leaking, briefing and spinning for weeks,” she said.
