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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Helen Corbett

Starmer: Labour will not take away ‘safety net’ from vulnerable people

Sir Keir Starmer has said “everyone agrees” the welfare system needs to be fixed but that Labour will not “take away the safety net” that vulnerable people rely on.

In a speech to the Welsh Labour conference that came after a major U-turn on reforms in the face of a backbench rebellion, he said fixing the “broken” system must be done in a “Labour way”.

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