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UK politics live: Pat McFadden tells Labour activists they should not defend benefits system ‘status quo’ because it ‘writes off’ claimants
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Work and pensions secretary says the current system is flawed because it consigns too many people to a life on benefits when they would be better off working ‘I can deliver’: Burnham pledges radical change on eve of Labour conference Kuenssberg puts it to Burnham that, according
Work and pensions secretary says the current system is flawed because it consigns too many people to a life on benefits when they would be better off working ‘I can deliver’: Burnham pledges radical change on eve of Labour conference Kuenssberg puts it to Burnham that, according to the Health Foundation, a system offering adult social care free at the point of delivery (like healthcare delivered by the NHS) would cost £18bn. Burnham says the cost is “not that high” (ie, not as high as £18bn). Not that high.
But can I directly deal with this issue of the costs? Louise Casey is still doing an official review for us, so I will set out the vision, if you like, on Tuesday [in his speech to the conference]. Louise will then help us with the how.
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