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Is our welfare system just too generous to be sustainable?

Podcast: Iain Dale - The Whole Show
Published: Jul 27, 2026
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Summary

Is our welfare system just too generous to be sustainable? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question are Green Party deputy leader Rachel Millward, Labour London Assembly member Leonie Cooper, Conservative local councillor and former London Assembly member Tony Devenish, plus businessman Kiran Fothergill.