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POLITICS & POLICY • UNITED KINGDOM

UK chancellor keeps welfare spending course amid warnings of a £28bn fiscal gap

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John Healey has backed away from cutting welfare costs during this parliament, The Guardian reported. Fiscal experts cited by the paper warned that the budget leaves a £28bn shortfall and could require later spending cuts.

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