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Reeves: Welfare and pocket money comparison was clumsy

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Reeves: Welfare and pocket money comparison was clumsy

Reeves: Welfare and pocket money comparison was clumsy

Rachel Reeves says it was “clumsy” for Treasury Minister Darren Jones to compare welfare to children's pocket money.

The chancellor adds it was "not the right analogy".

Report by Brooksl.

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