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Former chancellor Hunt calls for action on UK’s ‘mushrooming’ benefits costs

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Former chancellor Hunt calls for action on UK’s ‘mushrooming’ benefits costs

Sir Jeremy Hunt said the UK could save more than £50 billion a year if benefits spending was reduced to 2019 levels.

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