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EXCLUSIVE: Will Starmer's plan for £6bn of welfare cuts go to waste?
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Labour's shadow shadow shadow cabinet minister says welfare reform is not fiscally or morally sustainable.
Government is seeking to make 6bn of welfare cuts, predominantly through changes to Personal Independence Payments (PIP) PIP is a benefit designed to help people with extra costs of disability, whether they are in work or not.
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