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Liz Kendall ignores call from Labour MP for welfare bill to be withdrawn – UK politics live


Andy McDonald says MPs are being asked to vote without vital evidence but work and pensions secretary says employment support programmes are being improved

The Department for Work and Pensions has just published an analysis saying that, allowing for the concesssions announced last week, the welfare cuts will still push an extra 150,000 people into relative poverty.

Here is the key chart from the document.

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Author : Andrew Sparrow

Publish date : 2025-06-30 16:40:00

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