The welfare dilemma: how to help 3.5mn people trapped on health-linked benefits?
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Tensions grow over UK government plan to cut welfare payments
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How to stop the fruitless search for welfare savings
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How to cut Britain’s rising welfare bill
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Rachel Reeves insists changes to welfare needed
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These tax cuts and benefits could help caregivers in crisis — can they get through Congress?
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