Colum Eastwood condemned the government at PMQs.

Keir Starmer was asked “what was the point” of replacing the Tories with Labour after the government announced it was cutting £5 billion from the welfare bill.

SDLP MP Colum Eastwood angrily challenged the prime minister at PMQs over a disabled woman set to lose all of her benefits as a result.

He said: “A lady came to see me recently who needed help. She had a disability. It meant that her children have to help her cut up her food, they have to help her wash beneath the waist, they have to supervise her as she goes to the toilet.

“Under the Tory welfare system, we were able to get that lady on PIP [personal independence payments]. Under the........

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