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Andy Burnham's new cabinet - who's in, who's out.

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Twiglets1 · 20/07/2026 17:46

John Healey, who quit as Keir Starmer's defence secretary last month, has been pictured walking up Downing Street - is he about to be reinstated as Defence Secretary, I wonder.

Ed Miliband and Shabana Mahmood also photographed walking up Downing Street together - but we still don't which positions they will be given in Cabinet.

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PinkFruitbat · Yesterday 22:16

BIossomtoes · Yesterday 22:09

Benefits aren’t often higher than minimum wage. A single person gets less than £400 a month. If we want work done we should pay minimum wage not exploit people. The difference is more than £300 a week.

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If the minimum wage pays hundreds a week more than benefits, why are so few not rushing into work?

It’s a puzzle wrapped inside an enigma.

BIossomtoes · Yesterday 22:33

PinkFruitbat · Yesterday 22:16

If the minimum wage pays hundreds a week more than benefits, why are so few not rushing into work?

It’s a puzzle wrapped inside an enigma.

Numerous reasons, the main one being that there are very few job vacancies.

PinkFruitbat · Yesterday 22:46

BIossomtoes · Yesterday 22:33

Numerous reasons, the main one being that there are very few job vacancies.

There’s around 700k job vacancies at the moment. Not all minimum wage I grant you. But surely some of the 10 million adults of working age who are economically inactive will have experience to place them higher up the job ladder?

BIossomtoes · Yesterday 22:52

Economically inactive doesn’t equate to receiving benefits. There are 1.6 million people claiming out of work benefits.

PinkFruitbat · Yesterday 23:19

BIossomtoes · Yesterday 22:52

Economically inactive doesn’t equate to receiving benefits. There are 1.6 million people claiming out of work benefits.

1.6 million available to work. Goodness we could have cleaner streets than Switzerland !

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