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Being in work, or in-work poverty...

Writer Will Self asked Conservative MP Chris Skidmore why he couldn't accept in-work poverty was rising during a panel discussion on employment levels, low pay and benefit cuts.
In response, Mr Skidmore said more people were in work and that people were better off in work and "with a purpose in life than on the dole", an answer that Novara Media journalist Ash Sarkar called "insulting".

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