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Probably not what Kendall entered politics for - but by the end she was a true believer
The Guardian
|March 19, 2025
Call it a process of radicalisation.
It's a fair bet that when Liz Kendall was first elected to parliament in 2010, she never imagined that one day she would be giving a statement to the Commons as work and pensions secretary that included a £5bn cut to the welfare budget. It's not generally the type of thing that Labour members get into politics for. But time, ambition and pragmatism all play their part. And yesterday, that moment arrived for Kendall.
This story is from the March 19, 2025 edition of The Guardian.
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