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UK Faces Bankruptcy: Badenoch Warns Against Welfare Cuts

11/20/2025

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Kemi Badenoch, Conservative Party leader, warned the UK faces bankruptcy without welfare cuts.
She criticized Labour's plan to raise taxes without cutting benefits, saying it harms the economy.
Badenoch opposed Labour's plan to scrap the two-child cap, arguing it preserves welfare fairness.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage proposed ending the cap and saving £25 billion.
Labour chair Anna Turley and Liberal Democrat Daisy Cooper criticized the plans as austerity.

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Kemi Badenoch, Conservative Party leader, warned the UK faces bankruptcy without welfare cuts.
She criticized Labour's plan to raise taxes without cutting benefits, saying it harms the economy.
Badenoch opposed Labour's plan to scrap the two-child cap, arguing it preserves welfare fairness.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage proposed ending the cap and saving £25 billion.
Labour chair Anna Turley and Liberal Democrat Daisy Cooper criticized the plans as austerity.