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Robert Jenrick: “Forcing British workers to pay for the benefits of foreigners is not just economically illiterate but plain immoral.”

On the recordAugust 17, 2026
Forcing British workers to pay for the benefits of foreigners is not just economically illiterate but plain immoral.
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Robert Jenrick
Reform UK

Editor's note · Context

Commenting on Reform UK's welfare policy proposals.

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