Here’s a reminder of what Healey said about the welfare billpublished at 1:17 p.m. GMT
Today’s deputy prime ministers’ session, which came just a week after Chancellor John Healey’s Budget, was largely focused on social spending.
Opponents have raised concerns about the lack of detail on welfare reform in the budget, after social spending was forecast increase Since £353 billion This year at £431 billion In 2031/32.
Healey was then asked by Radio 4’s Today program if there would be a reduction in the Benefits Bill before the next general election, to which he replied: “There will be, there will be a reduction in the Benefits Bill, we’ll do it the Labor way.”
However, several Treasury sources disputed whether this was being interpreted as a promise to do so by the next election, with one suggesting Healey was explicitly trying to avoid this impression being left.
As our political editor Chris Mason reported last week, this rather suggests that ministers are not determined to scale back the welfare bill between now and the next election.
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