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Ending the triple lock and trimming welfare could fix the UK's public finances, says ALEX BRUMMER

John Healey's Coventry speech, with its emphasis on growth, was an improvement on his predecessor's doom-laden, trades union-focused start in office.

Ending the triple lock and trimming welfare could fix the UK's public finances, says ALEX BRUMMER

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John Healey's Coventry speech, with its emphasis on growth, was an improvement on his predecessor's doom-laden, trades union-focused start in office.

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John Healey's Coventry speech, with its emphasis on growth, was an improvement on his predecessor's doom-laden, trades union-focused start in office.

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