Claim b537b292
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“The shadow Chancellor is not the problem.”
The statement evaluates the shadow Chancellor’s role or responsibility by saying she is not the source of the problem, but it does not identify a determinate causal effect that could be tested.
Reasoning & Evidence03 Jun 2026
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From speech
We need to bring down the benefits bill. The Prime Minister complains about the shadow Chancellor. The bill went up because of the pandemic and even then Labour Members were asking us to spend more. It is not the shadow Chancellor who is the problem; it is the actual Chancellor. She is not even in her place. The reason there is no welfare Bill is the Prime Minister has given up, and he has given up because Labour Members have given up on him. On Sunday, the Welfare Secretary was asked 12 times on national radio if he would make cuts to the benefits bill and 12 times he could not answer. So I will ask the Prime Minister: is he going to cut the benefits bill?
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