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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Kiran Stacey Political correspondent

Expect more economic pain to come, warns senior UK cabinet minister

Pat McFadden
Pat McFadden, the cabinet office minister, said Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves could make more unpopular choices in the months to come. Photograph: Tayfun Salcı/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock

A senior cabinet minister has warned of more economic pain to come as the government prepares to restrict public spending in ways MPs and campaigners say could exacerbate the cost of living crisis.

Pat McFadden, the cabinet office minister, said on Sunday that voters should expect the government to take further difficult decisions, as Keir Starmer prepares to give a speech accusing the Conservatives of leaving the country in “rubble and ruin”.

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