US EditionKemi Badenoch to call for tougher restrictions on benefits to cut welfare bill
UNITED KINGDOM, JUL 09 – Kemi Badenoch plans to restrict health benefits and uphold the two-child cap to curb welfare spending projected to reach £100 billion by 2030, officials say.
- Kemi Badenoch will give a speech on Thursday calling for tougher restrictions on welfare benefits in the UK.
- Her speech follows Sir Keir Starmer's recent U-turn on a £5 billion benefits cut, which faced internal Labour backlash.
- Badenoch will criticize the welfare system's shortcomings, focusing on the £1 billion monthly expenditure supporting foreign claimants and taxpayer-funded vehicles provided for minor ailments.
- She will call for restricting health benefits to those with the most serious conditions, ending remote assessments, and promoting retraining and early intervention to get people back to work.
- Government projections estimate health and disability benefits spending could reach up to £100 billion by 2030, raising concerns about escalating welfare dependency and fiscal sustainability.
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Badenoch to Rail Against Labour Welfare Policy in Speech
Kemi is giving a speech tomorrow on welfare. She will say Britain is “sitting on a ticking time bomb” of spiralling welfare dependency… Badenoch will say: “One in four pounds of income tax will soon go on sickness and disability benefits alone; Spending on health and disability benefits is on track to hit £100 billion by 2030 – the biggest hike in history; We are spending £1 billion a month on benefits for foreign nationals.”[…] Read the rest
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Kemi Badenoch to call for tougher restrictions on benefits to cut welfare bill
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