A former Labour MP has spoken about how he is unemployed for the first time since he had a paper round at 14. Paul Sweeney, who was earning around £80,000 a year at Westminster, said he expects to receive around £340 a month after applying for Universal Credit.
He likened life to a “game of snakes and ladders” and compared the loss of his Glasgow seat last year to a “public execution”.Sweeney, 31, was the MP for Glasgow North East for two years after winning the seat from the SNP in 2017.Get all the top Scottish politics news sent straight to your Inbox by signing up to our Politics newsletter.We cover Holyrood, Westminster, and local councils, with a current focus on how our governments are handling the coronavirus pandemic.To sign up,
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