I'm a bit puzzled by this rA. You say by removing the WFA the government "has been able to raise the minimum wage"???

The minimum wage isn't paid for by the government, it's paid by the employer (except to the extent it's funded by apprentice Levy, which is only a small part of the overall picture). In fact the government will gain by raising the minimum wage as it will take more workers (further) into the tax and / or NI "trap", and also impose more employers NI. So it's a win win for HMG and a lose lose for employers and (some) pensioners.

So the Chancellor could have raised the minimum wage without needing to cut WFA or indeed changed funding elsewhere in any way. In fact the additional tax and NI created by raising minimum wage could perhaps even have raised enough revenue to retain the WFA!