“[Tax payers’] money should not be spent by criminals on booze and gambling.”
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp says the Conservatives would provide “payment cards” similar to those given to asylum seekers to restrict what “criminal” benefit claimants can buy.
Chris Philp was speaking to Adam Boulton on Times Radio. Listen live every Sunday from 10am to 1pm.
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