Chris Philp, the shadow home secretary, says fact there are nine million people out of work shows Britain needs to ‘up our game’

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One of Kemi Badenoch’s senior team has been accused of “real brass neck” after saying Britain needed a better work ethic.

Chris Philp, the shadow home secretary, said there were nine million working-age people not in work and Britain needed to “lift our game and to up our game”.