We want to get the welfare bill down as quickly as possible, and we’re working flat out to that end,’ Andy Burnham said.

An estimated 241-300 people are projected to still be above the 124kg weight limit when the policy comes into effect next month.

The First Minister said she and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly had been due to meet leaders in Glasgow on Friday.

Spending on welfare is forecast to increase by nearly £100 billion between the middle of this decade and the early 2030s.

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The guitar is one of several items being sold from the collection of his former personal assistant, Siobhan Bailey, who died in 2014.