{"id":299714,"date":"2025-11-27T18:04:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T18:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/chancellor-defends-welfare-spending\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T18:04:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T18:04:58","slug":"chancellor-defends-welfare-spending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/chancellor-defends-welfare-spending\/","title":{"rendered":"Chancellor defends welfare spending"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/601OwObNERU\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Chancellor defends welfare spending\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/601OwObNERU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Chancellor Rachel Reeves defends spending an extra \u00a39 billion on welfare after she was criticised by the Opposition who say her tax rise announcements during the Budget are to fund welfare spending.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chancellor Rachel Reeves defends spending an extra \u00a39 billion on welfare after she was criticised by the Opposition who say her tax rise announcements during the Budget are to fund welfare spending. 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