Labour will fail in government if it does not reduce inequality, says new MP

Labour will fail in government if it does not reduce inequality, says new MP

Torsten Bell’s comments come as party leadership has become embroiled in a row over the two-child benefit cap

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One of Labour’s rising stars has said the party will have failed in government if it does not reduce inequality, even as the prime minister faces a bitter internal battle over a key poverty-reduction measure.

Torsten Bell, the former head of the Resolution Foundation turned Labour MP, said Britain’s longstanding economic problems could not be solved by economic growth alone.

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