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Kim Johnson: If the new leadership believes it can revive the failed politics of welfare cuts instead of asking the wealthiest to pay…

On the recordJuly 29, 2026
If the new leadership believes it can revive the failed politics of welfare cuts instead of asking the wealthiest to pay their fair share, it will be repeating not only Keir Starmer’s mistakes but 14 years of Tory austerity.
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Kim Johnson
Labour Party

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Critique of potential welfare cuts by the new leadership.

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