Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says it's time to axe TV shows about people struggling on benefits - do you agree?

Dec 21, 2017, 10:07 AM

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Jeremy Corbyn has said its time to 'make poverty porn history'. The Labour leader's comments were aimed at TV shows like Channel 4's Benefits Street. Mr Corbyn said ""If TV stereotyped people with disabilities or people of colour the way they do working-class people it wouldn't be allowed. So let's make 'poverty porn' history." So - is it time we consigned these programmes to history? Or would that be denying a voice to a big part of our society? Vinny got the views of commentator Newton Emerson and Labour Party member Phil Kelly.