How will Kemi Badenoch slash benefits to boost defence?
Kemi Badenoch has pledged to raise UK defence spending to 3% of GDP by the end of the decade, funded by a £10 billion package of welfare cuts [1]. She has used this pledge to pressure Andy Burnham, branding him a "spendthrift" who can't say how his own spending promises would be funded [4]. I don't have further detail from these stories on exactly which benefits would be cut.
Sources
- Kemi vows to slash the benefits bill to boost defence as she piles pressure on Burnham — Daily Mail
- Burnham’s proud to be a tax and spend socialist – at a time when there’s nothing left to tax or spend: DAN HODGES — Daily Mail
- Andy Burnham rhetoric coincides with 18-year gilt yield high — Daily Mail
- It’s time to get real about the need to cut spending, ally tells Burnham — Daily Mail
- QUENTIN LETTS: New PMs usually pulse with power. Burnham came across as an earnest bore — Daily Mail
- Burnham tries to calm bond market fears as sell-off threatens crucial first budget — The Guardian
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