Health secretary tells Conservative conference fringe meeting that controversial benefit cuts of up to £1,300 were a ‘step towards self-respect’ Jeremy Hunt passes protesters outside the Tory party conference in Manchester. He said the cuts were ‘about creating a culture where work is at the heart of our success’. Photograph: Natasha Quarmby/Rex Shutterstock Rowena Mason Political correspondent British people will be encouraged to work as hard as the Chinese and Americans because the Conservatives have cut the money people can make from tax credits, the health secretary has said. Jeremy Hunt told a fringe meeting at the party’s autumn conference that cuts to tax credits were designed to send an “important cultural signal” about hard work, as well as saving money. Embroiling his party in fresh controversy on the subject, as he strayed from his usual brief to defend the government’s welfare changes, Hunt also suggested that those reliant on benefits...
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