Pat McFadden: I have not apologised to Rachel Reeves over ‘tax to pay benefits’ text

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Welfare secretary Pat McFadden has doubled down on his remarks unearthed in the Mandelson files that “every meeting [he has] is ‘who can we tax in order to pay benefits to others’”.

The Cabinet minister was among numerous top officials to have his private messages released in documents relating to Lord Mandelson’s stint as the https://www.cityam.com/pat-mcfadden-i-have-not-apologised-to-rachel-reeves-over-tax-to-pay-benefits-text/">[...]

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