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Laura Webster

Suella Braverman complains 'too many rely on benefits' despite Tory cuts

Suella Braverman speaks at the Thatcherite Conservative Way Forward group. Photograph: PA

TORY leadership hopeful Suella Braverman has complained that "too many people rely on benefits" - despite a huge proportion of those claiming welfare being in work already.

Just last year the UK Government slashed Universal Credit by £20 a week, affecting millions, and as of 2018 was spending £37 billion less on working-age social security compared to its 2010 figures.

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