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Opinion: Cut in interest rates doesn't fix our chronic welfare addiction

Opinion: Cut in interest rates doesn't fix our chronic welfare addiction

The reality is that Prime Minister Keir Starmer's tax-and-spend agenda and the greed of disruptive unions in the public sector are gutting the British economy.

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