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Debbie Abrahams. Image: parliament.uk (CC BY 3.0)
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Debbie Abrahams. Image: parliament.uk (CC BY 3.0)

Debbie Abrahams has been elected chair of the Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) for the 2024 parliament.

Abrahams – a Labour Party politician who has served as MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth since 2011 – secured 304 out of 577 votes in a secret ballot of MPs yesterday. She was a member of the W...

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