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Tories Propose Curbing Alcohol and Cigarette Spending for Long-Term Jobless Benefits Claimants
The Conservative proposals would also cut benefits for people deemed able to work but who have not held down a job.
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The Conservative proposals would also cut benefits for people deemed able to work but who have not held down a job.

The party says scrapping the scheme in 2021 left the UK less competitive than European destinations, the BBC reported.

Andrew Griffith says high UK taxes are pushing young people to seek opportunities abroad, calling for assurances ahead of the upcoming Budget.

BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg writes that traditional Labour-Conservative divisions are resurfacing even as Reform UK slips in opinion polls and receives what one figure called a 'gobsmacking' donation.