LONDON — Andy Burnham will avoid making “arbitrary” cuts to Britain’s rising social security budget, a top Cabinet minister said Friday, as he defended days of mixed government messaging on welfare. Defense Secretary Wes Streeting accused Labour’s opponents — and the Keir Starmer government he served in as health secretary — of not properly thinking through plans to reduce the welfare bill, leading to a collapse in political support.
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