Spring Statement Debate

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Department: HM Treasury
Wednesday 26th March 2025

(6 days, 12 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Rachel Reeves Portrait Rachel Reeves
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The transformation fund, worth £3.25 billion, is about trying to reduce further the costs of failure. We are putting more money into recruiting foster carers, because we want to ensure that more children get the best possible start in life. We also know that children ending up in poor-quality children’s homes has consequences not just at the start of their life but later on. We are also putting more money into technology in the Probation Service so that probation works better to rehabilitate offenders and ensure that people pay for the crimes that they commit.

Alberto Costa Portrait Alberto Costa (South Leicestershire) (Con)
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The Chancellor rightly reminded the House that the British public are watching. Among them are tens of thousands of the most vulnerable pensioners in our society. Will she please explain what is Labour about removing the winter fuel payment from those on £13,500 a year?