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Sir Keir Starmer: “Welfare reform is balancing universal credit so it no longer pushes people away from work. That's what we're doing, they…”

On the recordJune 4, 2026
Welfare reform is balancing universal credit so it no longer pushes people away from work. That's what we're doing, they voted against it.
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Sir Keir Starmer
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bbc.com

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Defending Labour's approach to welfare reform.

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