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MP joked about benefit claimants during Tory dinner

The Conservative MP for East Devon has come under fire for making jokes about benefit claimants, during a fundraising dinner for his party.


Hugo Swire was secretly filmed for Channel Four's Dispatches programme while acting as auctioneer at the event last month.

While inviting a bid of 60 thousand pounds, he joked that if the bidder was on benefits he could afford it.

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