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    To end poverty, we need long-term investment

    Nov 01, 2021 3 minutes

    Last week I did a TV programme about the current concerns about inflation, heating, the price of petrol, the ending of the furlough scheme and the cutting of the Universal Credit £20 top-up. Also about the Chancellor of the Exchequer putting up the minimum wage by six per cent. Plus the debate as to whether the NHS is sucking up too much public money, leaving other parts of public expenditure high and dry.

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