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Streeting admits welfare bill is not sustainable

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Wes Streeting has admitted Britain's welfare bill is "not sustainable", but defended ministers for not setting immediate targets, warning arbitrary cuts risk hitting vulnerable people. Streeting also backed seizing €210bn in frozen Russian assets for Ukraine and rejected claims by former Royal Navy chief Lord West that defence spending had stalled. Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/politics-latest-budget-healey-burnham-labour-badenoch-farage-davey-12593360 #defence #budget2026 #money #skynews SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on X…

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