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Chancellor defends cuts to disability benefits

The government’s own assessment warned the changes could push 250,000 into poverty.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves has defended the cuts to disability benefits announced in the Spring Statement. The Department for Work and Pensions’ own assessment warned that the changes would push 250,000 people into poverty.

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