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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Michael Howie

Protesters rail against Labour welfare cuts set to push 250,000 more into poverty

Demonstrators gathered on Whitehall to protest against cuts to welfare spending as the government admitted they would likely drive another 250,000 people into poverty.

The cuts to benefits, first announced last week, are expected to take £4.8billion off the welfare bill, Chancellor Rachel Reeves said in her budget update on Wednesday.

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