Kemi Badenoch today vowed to reinstate the two-child benefit cap if Rachel Reeves goes ahead with scrapping it in the Budget.
The Tory leader insisted Britain ‘cannot afford’ £3billion more in handouts for bigger families.
In a tough press conference a week before the Chancellor is due to deliver her crucial fiscal package, Ms Badenoch cautioned that curbing the benefits bill is the only way to stop the country going effectively bankrupt.
‘On the question of unwinding changes Labour makes to the two-child benefit, I think we are putting people on notice – we cannot afford this,’ Ms Badenoch said.
Kemi Badenoch insisted Britain ‘cannot afford’ £3billion more in handouts for bigger families
‘If we keep allowing Labour to change the benchmark for where we are, we’re never going to solve these problems. We need to start living within our means, that is something I will stand by.
‘Many of the problems we have now are because we did not unwind the mistakes from Labour in 2010. That’s a promise I am making now.’