Tensions grow over UK government plan to cut welfare payments
Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall prepares to slash spending on health-related benefits
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Labour MPs have been expressing unease about the proposed cuts to welfare, ahead of announcements next week.BBC News - 2d -
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