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Helen Corbett

Kendall to add protections to welfare Bill amid backlash to cuts

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall (Jacob King/PA) - (PA Wire)

The Work and Pensions Secretary will add “non-negotiable” protections to the Welfare Reform Bill, amid a backlash against planned cuts to benefits.

The package of measures is aimed at reducing the number of working-age people on sickness benefits, and the Government hopes they can save £5 billion a year by the end of the decade.

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