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Welsh Secretary asked if she would resign over benefit cuts

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Welsh Secretary has been asked if she will resign if benefit cuts are announced.

Jo Stevens defied Labour Party directions to abstain on Welfare Reform and Work Bill .

The order by interim leader Harriet Harman lit the touchpaper on the then-Labour leadership contest.

Plaid Cymru’s Westminster leader Liz Saville Roberts said she had voted alongside Jo Stevens in opposition to Conservative government policy in 2015 .