# Badenoch proposes £36 billion cut to welfare spending amid poverty warnings

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/britain-is-at-risk-of-turning-into-a-welfare-state-with-a-country-attached-kemi-warns/
- Published: 2026-11-10T22:36:22+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-10T22:47:19+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16282789/Britain-risk-turning-welfare-state-Kemi-Badenoch.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: UK, World

## Key points

- Badenoch proposes £36 billion in annual welfare cuts.
- 2.5 million people could lose sickness or disability benefits.
- Campaigners warn the plans could increase child poverty.

## Summary

Kemi Badenoch said Britain risks becoming “a welfare state with a country attached” as she proposed cutting annual welfare spending by £36 billion. She argued the current system is financially unsustainable and can discourage people from working, while campaigners warned the changes could sharply increase child poverty.

The Conservatives propose removing 2.5 million people from sickness and disability benefits for lower-level mental health conditions and back pain, restoring the two-child benefit cap, and tightening access to Child Disability Living Allowance. The article says the benefits bill is projected to reach £5,917 per household by 2030, while claims for Child Disability Living Allowance have risen by 75 per cent since 2020. The Child Poverty Action Group said the proposals could cause the biggest overnight rise in child poverty since records began.

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