Idris Elba Blasts Tory Housing Benefit Cuts During Skepta's Shelter Gig

Actor Idris Elba has attacked government cuts to housing benefits for 18-21-year-olds during an impassioned speech at a charity fundraising gig. 
The 44-year-old Luther star hit out at the moves which came into effect in April and stop out-of-work young adults from automatically receiving the benefits, as he threw his support behind housing and homelessness charity Shelter.
Elba was speaking at a fund-raising gig for the charity at Islington Assembly Hall headlined by Mercury Prize-winner S