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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Maddox

Starmer survives by skin of his teeth – and here’s what he must do now

Ahead of the welfare reform bill vote, a frustrated minister privately questioned the whole approach to the painful debate.

“We are spending an extra £20bn on welfare [compared with the last government], we are not cutting it by £5bn but somehow everyone believes we are cutting it by £5bn,” they said. “There is clearly a problem with messaging.”

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