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Lucy Powell: “The money saved by scrapping the scheme was not an insignificant amount and would be reprioritised and redistributed in…”

On the recordJuly 21, 2026
The money saved by scrapping the scheme was not an insignificant amount and would be reprioritised and redistributed in different ways
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Lucy Powell
Labour Party
Source
bbc.co.uk

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