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Row intensifies over the impact of Rachel Reeves' welfare cuts in Wales
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves holds a press conference at the Downing Street Briefing Room in London, after she delivered her spring statement to MPs at the House of Commons. Picture date: Wednesday March 26, 2025

A ROW about the impact of Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s welfare reforms in her budget on Wales intensified today.

First Minister Eluned Morgan wrote to the UK government on March 11, asking for an assessment of the impact of welfare reforms on Wales before the Chancellor’s Spring Statement.

But the impact assessment covered England and Wales and did not look at the specific impact in Wales where there are more people claiming disability and other benefits.

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