I'm not going to go with the crude cuts to benefit levels that then just put people who are struggling in even worse poverty, and that often creates the backlash, and understandably so.
Andy Burnham: “I'm not going to go with the crude cuts to benefit levels that then just put people who are struggling in even worse…”
On the recordJuly 3, 2026
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Andy Burnham
Labour Party
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On welfare cuts and poverty
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