Isabel Hardman Isabel Hardman

Why announcing a tough new welfare policy isn’t as tough as it seems for Rachel Reeves

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Rachel Reeves is setting out Labour’s tough new benefits policy today. The Tories don’t need to be unduly worried, given the poll lead they enjoy on welfare matters, but just in case, Iain Duncan Smith and Theresa May have penned a joint op-ed in the Daily Mail accusing Labour of a ‘shameful betrayal’ on welfare reform and controlling immigration.

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