27 Mar 2025

UK: Spring statement, warning on welfare cuts

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 27 March 2025
A view of the Palace of Westminster with Big Ben a day before General Election, in London, Great Britain on Jult 3, 2024. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto) (Photo by Jakub Porzycki / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP)

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UK correspondent Matt Dathan joins Kathryn to talk about the messaging from the government in the Chancellor Rachel Reeves' spring statement.

Welfare cuts look like they may have to be deeper than originally forecast.

PM Sir Keir Starmer is due to meet French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss Ukraine and there are plans to create 'return hubs' for failed asylum seekers - but the government insists it'll be different to the cancelled Rwanda scheme.

Matt Dathan is Home Affairs Editor at The Times