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Can the Tories rein in the UK's runaway welfare budget?
Welfare spending is set to balloon 19% to £373 billion by the scheduled end of this Parliament in 2029. Within that, working age health and disability benefits will surge 30% – to almost £100 billion. These are colossal sums.
The Tories are challenging the conventional wisdom –that trying to make welfare savings is electoral suicide.
The party is now pledging to make a chunky £47 billion of savings per year, with £23 billion of that to beslashed from the welfare bill.
The welfare savings are being championed by Helen Whately, Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary and, since 2015, MP for Faversham and Mid Kent.
Labour attempts to make welfare savings were last year firmly rejected by the party’s left-wing MPs. So are these Tory plans credible? Could the Conservatives control Britain’s runaway welfare spending.
Hit the link below for a detailed discussion with @Helen_Whately on When The Facts Change: Economics and Politics in a fast-moving world, with Liam Halligan
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