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Kemi Badenoch: “What we want to see is more people in work and not taking the wrong decisions or the wrong choices, and it doesn't…”

On the recordOctober 4, 2026
What we want to see is more people in work and not taking the wrong decisions or the wrong choices, and it doesn't matter whether they're earning £10,000 or £100,000 - what matters is that people are out there working.
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Kemi Badenoch
Conservative Party
Source
bbc.co.uk

Editor's note · Context

On employment and income thresholds.

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