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Baroness O’Grady of Upper Holloway (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 1 September 2026

Debate

Working-age Welfare System

Contribution

Can my noble friend the Minister confirm that official figures show that spending on non-pensions social security will remain at the same percentage of GDP for this Parliament—at around 5%—and that we should deal with the root causes rather than the symptoms of dependence on social security by creating decent jobs, decent homes and decent healthcare?

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