Lord Freud has been challenged and met with mass outrage after David Milliband confronted him over comments he had made last month at a Conservative party fringe event. He stated that there is a small group that are “not worth” being paid the minimum wage, and that some people could be paid as little as £2 an hour. These remarks have since resulted in calls from other parties for the politician to resign, and Prime Minister David Cameron calling on senior officials to ask him to apologise, as otherwise he risks losing his job. Lord Freud will not be present today in The House of Lords, and his current position within the government is in jeopardy.
- Louis Clayton
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