David Cameron defends public sector cuts

Prime Minister David Cameron has challenged claims that the government's austerity measures will increase child poverty and hit the poorest hardest.

He was speaking to ITV's This Morning programme, after official figures published in the chancellor's autumn statement suggested that child poverty was set to swell by 100,000.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank suggested that lower income groups were bearing the brunt of the government's cuts.

Video courtesy ITV This Morning

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