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'It could be lethal': Scottish Labour MP calls for Government to scrap welfare bill

'It could be lethal': Scottish Labour MP calls for Government to scrap welfare bill

Scottish Labour MP Brian Leishman has urged the UK Government to withdraw its welfare reform bill, warning it risks repeating the mistakes of austerity

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