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Childcare Bill

If class war is being waged, it is being waged, rather uncharacteristically, by the right hon. Member for West Dorset, who appears to have converted to what the hon. Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton) describes as ““class war””—reducing the gap between rich and poor. However much the hon. Gentleman wriggles or squirms, the policy chief of the Conservative party said that he wants to reduce the gap between rich and poor but the amendment would remove that wording from the Bill. Increasing the outcomes of the most disadvantaged is perfectly consistent with widening the gap between rich and poor. That is at odds with what the Conservative party claims to be its policy.