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Streeting 'welcomes' archbishop's call to scrap two-child benefit cap

Sky News Sunday, 19 May 2024
Labour's shadow health secretary has said he "welcomes" an intervention by the Archbishop of Canterbury calling on the current government and Sir Keir Starmer to drop the two-child benefit cap.
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Shadow minister calls for quicker action on social care [Video]

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