‘We Have to Bring the Benefits Bill Down’: John Healey Signals Return to Welfare Reform

Healey needs to cut welfare. But he’s learnt from Starmer’s failures

The chancellor used his Labour conference speech to retable Rachel Reeves’ welfare cuts – but in an authentic Labour way, political editor David Maddox writes

‘We have to bring the benefits bill down’: John Healey signals return to welfare reform

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