26 March 2025, 17:47 | Updated: 26 March 2025, 23:09

By Andrew Marr

Well, it wasn’t as bad as we feared. It was considerably worse.

They call it a spring statement.

It felt more like a midwinter statement, cold and hard and dark.

According to the official figures, cuts to health and disability welfare payments will push 250,000 people, including 50,000 children, into poverty by the end of this parliament.

Some 3.2 million families are going to lose an average of £1720 a year - and some disabled claimants will lose more than £4000.

I know the surrounding economic circumstances are dire and aren’t all of the government’s own making: but well done guys.

Today we learned that to make more savings, the government is going to halve and then........

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