A prevaricating politician does this on reversing cuts (5)
I believe the answer is:
spins
'cuts' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?
I don't understand the remainder of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for spins that I've seen before include "Revolves" , "Gyrates" .)