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Badenoch’s welfare cuts pledge prompts poll on Britain’s biggest threat
Kemi Badenoch said welfare spending is “crushing our economy” and pledged to remove sickness and disability benefits for people with lower-level mental health conditions, including ADHD. Her comments form the context for a reader poll asking what poses the biggest threat to Britain.
The article cites official figures putting annual working-age welfare spending at £180 billion, or about £500 million a day. It says this is more than the UK spends on defence, education and policing combined, and invites readers to vote, with poll results due in the next Morning Mail newsletter.
In short
- Badenoch criticised the cost of working-age welfare.
- She proposed ending some benefits for lower-level mental health conditions.
- The article asks readers to identify Britain’s biggest threat.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “The Morning Poll: What do you think is the biggest threat facing Britain?”.