article_snippet.sent: Senior Tories called the proposal
article_snippet.sent: Senior Tories called the proposal
article_snippet.sent: Some senior Labour figures also have concerns, with former minister Tessa Jowell warning against a cap last week, saying: ‘Before taking a step like that you have to be clear it doesn’t have unintended consequences.
article_snippet.sent: Yesterday, however, former minister Tessa Jowell insisted former minister Tessa Jowell supported the plan.
article_snippet.sent: Yesterday, former minister Tessa Jowell said former minister Tessa Jowell meant ‘Seventies-style controls’ and said Labour’s plan was different.
article_snippet.sent: The measure was supposed to be temporary – but was only dismantled by Margaret Thatcher in the Eighties.
article_snippet.sent: However, it was not political gymnastics being performed by the SNP leader.