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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot and Patrick Butler

Starmer decries ‘worst of all worlds’ benefits system ahead of deep cuts

Keir Starmer told a parliamentary Labour party meeting the number of people out of work or training was ‘indefensible and unfair’.
Keir Starmer told a parliamentary Labour party meeting the number of people out of work or training was ‘indefensible and unfair’. Photograph: Mark Cuthbert/UK Press/Getty Images

Britain’s benefits system is the “worst of all worlds”, with the number of people out of work or training “indefensible and unfair”, the prime minister has said as he prepares for deep cuts to disability payments.

Addressing a private meeting of Labour MPs on Monday evening, Keir Starmer said he would take tough decisions to cut the bill for working age health and disability benefits, which is expected to hit £70bn by 2030.

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