Reform Party Proposes £50 Billion Benefit Cut and Foreign National Ban
The Reform Party has unveiled a proposal to cut £50 billion from the welfare budget, which critics argue targets the most vulnerable. The plan also includes a ban on all foreign nationals claiming benefits, described by some as 'senseless and cruel'.
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Reform accused of targeting the most vulnerable with £50bn benefit cut
Robert Jenrick takes aim at disabled people and foreign nationals after saying UK guilty of ‘suicidal empathy’ Reform UK has been accused of excluding the most vulnerable from society and punishing non-Britons living in the UK as it prepared to outline £50bn of cuts to benefits for disabled people and foreign nationals. Robert Jenrick, Reform’s finance spokesperson, will detail the plans for £20bn of cuts to disability benefits overall, as well as another £21bn from stopping foreign nationals...
By Rowena Mason Whitehall editor
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Nigel Farage’s party says there would be only a small number of exceptions, including the War Widows Pension and Armed Forces compensation
By Kate Devlin
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