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Starmer Drops Flagship Welfare Reforms to Avoid Defeat

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July 2, 2025

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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's government decided to drop the most contentious part of planned welfare changes, which would have restricted benefit payments to some disabled people from next year and had caused widespread anger among Labour MPs. Bloomberg's Lizzy Burden breaks down the situation.

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