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Minister's apology for comparing benefit cuts to child's pocket money

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John Healey challenged over £2.2bn defence boost as benefits to be cut

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Reeves warned welfare cuts will 'push disabled into poverty'

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Reeves puts £2bn into affordable housing ahead of sweeping cuts

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UK spends double the defence budget on working age benefits

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Confusion at the top of government over civil service cuts

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Reeves 'doesn't recognise' reported cuts to free school meals

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Fears Putin can use human rights law against UK Ukraine peacekeepers

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MPs get inflation-busting pay rise as they prepare to slash benefits

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Reeves's tractor tax could cost 200,000 jobs, warns new research

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Reeves cuts 10,000 civil service jobs as she warns of 'hard' choices

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All UK families could see living standards fall by 2030, forecast says

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Reeves bets on 60,000 new bricklayers to help jumpstart economy

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Urgent probe ordered into Heathrow power outage

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Reeves urged to scrap 'bonkers' pledge on pension triple lock

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