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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Nina Lloyd

Statistics rebuke for Badenoch over ‘inaccuracy’ of welfare claim

Mrs Badenoch has been urged to consider how best to clarify the statement (PA) - (PA Wire)

Kemi Badenoch has been rebuked by the UK statistics watchdog over a “not wholly accurate” claim about Government spending on benefits.

The Tory Party released a document that said that “for the first time ever, the total welfare bill is now higher than total receipts from income tax” last month.

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