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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Maddox

Andy Burnham to make it harder for people to claim benefits as he vows to ‘get serious’ about cutting welfare bill

Andy Burnham will look to crack down on the welfare bill in a move that could provoke the ire of the very Labour MPs instrumental in bringing him in to replace Sir Keir Starmer.

In his first major interview since becoming prime minister, Andy Burnham admitted to the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg that the nation’s welfare bill has to be reduced.

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