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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Kate Devlin

Reeves’s benefits cuts will hit red wall communities hardest, research reveals

Rachel Reeves’s plans to slash billions of pounds in disability payments will hit red wall communities hardest, according to new research.

The move poses a risk to Labour, which won back many of its traditional heartland seats at last year’s general election, having lost them to Boris Johnson’s Conservatives in 2019.

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