Chancellor Rachel Reeves of Labour has announced forthcoming reforms to the UK's benefits system, emphasizing the urgency of addressing rising costs in health-related benefits. She criticized the previous Conservative government for losing control over welfare spending, resulting in an overspend of over 8 billion. Expecting to unveil detailed proposals, including a green paper in Spring, Reeves asserts that these issues cannot be ignored, pushing for actionable reforms to address the pressing challenges facing the benefits system.
Labour's Chancellor Rachel Reeves emphasized that addressing the rising costs of health-related benefits is an urgent problem that cannot be ignored, unlike the Conservative actions.
Reeves criticized the Conservative government for overspending more than 8 billion on the benefits bill, claiming a complete loss of control over welfare spending.
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