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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Archie Mitchell

Welfare U-turn makes spending decisions harder, Bridget Phillipson admits

Scrapping the two-child benefit cap has been made harder by Sir Keir Starmer’s climbdown over last week’s welfare cuts, Bridget Phillipson has said.

The education secretary said future spending decisions had been squeezed by the £5bn U-turn over reforms to personal independence payments (PIP), the main disability benefit.

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