Kemi Badenoch warns Labour welfare plans will bankrupt Britain 

 

 

Kemi Badenoch came out swinging today, warning that Labour’s “addiction to welfare” will bankrupt Britain — and that even the IMF might not have enough cash to rescue us this time. In a blistering pre-Budget broadside, the Conservative leader accused Chancellor Rachel Reeves of planning secret tax hikes to feed Labour’s expanding benefits bill.

 

Badenoch said Labour’s U-turn on welfare reform has already blown a £5 billion crater in the nation’s finances, with scrapping the two-child benefit cap adding another £3.5 billion every year. That, she said, wipes out everything Reeves hopes to raise by freezing tax thresholds — a policy Labour once claimed would “break the manifesto.”

 

Declaring that Reeves is plotting a “stealth tax bombshell,” Badenoch warned that Labour is gearing up to hammer workers so it can “give handouts to people out of work.” And she wasn’t done: she claimed Britain faces the risk of bankruptcy without deep welfare cuts, adding she doubts the IMF could even step in this time.

 

The Conservatives, meanwhile, promise sweeping welfare reductions — including blocking claims from those with “mild” mental health conditions — and Badenoch confirmed the two-child cap would be reinstated retrospectively, warning large families on benefits they are now “on notice.”

 

Badenoch said letting welfare balloon isn’t “the Christian thing to do,” and hinted the Tories might revisit even the pension triple lock “after we see the mess Reeves leaves us.”

 

Reeves is expected to extend the tax threshold freeze for two more years, dragging 10 million people into top tax rates and adding £1,300 to many couples’ annual bills. Even minimum-wage workers will pay more, and by 2027 every pensioner will be paying tax on the full state pension.

 

Badenoch also took aim at Reform’s Nigel Farage, accusing him of peddling “fantasy” by claiming he could strip benefits from EU citizens. “Completely ridiculous,” she said. “He just doesn’t know what he’s talking about.”

 

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

• Badenoch warns Labour’s welfare agenda risks bankrupting the UK.

• Reeves expected to unleash a stealth tax hike via frozen thresholds.

• Tories vow radical welfare cuts, including reinstating the two-child cap.

 

SOURCE: Daily Mail

 

 

 

3 minutes ago, Social Media said:

Badenoch said Labour’s U-turn on welfare reform has already blown a £5 billion crater in the nation’s finances,

The Tories left a 20 billion pound crater in the nations finances..

 

What's her point?

 

Eric.

Recovering the millions lost due to the PPS

scandal might be a good start Bade?