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Shadow Housing Secretary Katie Lam says it is "highly unlikely" the government will "get a grip" of public debt and welfare spending in the Budget tomorrow. Report by Keechl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00Well, the government's priorities tomorrow should be to get a grip of the public finances.
00:04Public debt is, the government's debt is at £3 trillion for the first time ever.
00:09Welfare spending for working-age adults is at, what, £150 billion?
00:13One in six, one in seven working-age adults is on universal credit.
00:16I mean, the country simply can't go on like this.
00:19I think it's highly unlikely, though, that we will see the government get to grips with any of those issues.

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