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Rishi Sunak dons red apron and goggles and gets to work cutting keys on visit to Timpsons

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Sunak dons red apron and gets to work cutting keys on Timpsons visit as he pledges to end ‘sick note culture’

Rishi Sunak donned a red apron and goggles as he got to work cutting keys on a visit to Timpsons following his pledge to end the UK’s “sick note culture”.

The prime minister today (19 April) announced a new “moral mission” to reform the welfare system, as he warned the number of economically inactive young people in Britain was a “tragedy”.

But he was forced to deny his plans lacked compassion and were about saving money, as he faced accusations of “hostile rhetoric” and a “full-on assault on disabled people”.

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