19 May 2016
John McDonnell supports calls to prosecute Iain Duncan Smith.
What: John McDonnell, Labour’s shadow chancellor, tells the TUC disabled workers’ conference that he supports efforts by the disabled-led grassroots group Black Triangle to prosecute Iain Duncan Smith for failing to act on the PFD report issued by coroner Tom Osborne after the suicide of Stephen Carré.
Why significant: McDonnell was the most senior public figure to back calls to prosecute Duncan Smith.
Citations
Shadow chancellor backs calls to prosecute Iain Duncan Smith over WCA deaths, Pring, 2016