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Can Keir Starmer learn the lessons from the welfare shambles?

Can Keir Starmer learn the lessons from the welfare shambles?

Update: 2025-07-01

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Labour MPs flex their muscles, the government concedes, welfare reform is still in chaos and taxes will have to rise to pay for concessions. How has a landslide government landed on such rocky terrain just a year after its historic election victory?

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Can Keir Starmer learn the lessons from the welfare shambles?

Can Keir Starmer learn the lessons from the welfare shambles?

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