silver bullet

The Reform UK leader said removing the two-child benefit cap, which would cost an estimated £3.5bn, was "not a silver bullet" but would help families.

Sir Keir told GB News the return hubs would not be a "silver bullet" for halting small boats crossing the English Channel.

A proposed trial to install a waste needle bin in Belfast city centre is not a "silver bullet" but one step to dealing with drugs issues in the city, a councillor has said.

Privacy campaign group Big Brother Watch says age check technology "shouldn't be seen as a silver bullet solution".

Ministers have insisted there is no single "silver bullet" for solving the problem of illegal migration and the latest scheme is only one of a number of options being considered.