Badenoch hits out at PM amid welfare climbdown

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Kemi Badenoch lashed out at the prime minister during Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, saying sickness benefits are set to rise following the bill.  Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00My party delivered the biggest reform of welfare in government. We got record

00:04numbers of people into work, including millions of disabled people, and we cut

00:10the deficit every year until Covid. The fact is we're not scared of doing

00:14difficult things on this side of the house. We got people back into work.

00:18What he forgets is that since the election, since he became Prime Minister,

00:23an additional 1,000 people a day are signing on to incapacity benefits. That

00:28is 50% more than under us. 50% more than under us. And Mr Speaker, astonishingly,

00:36because of the mess they made yesterday, because there are no more savings,

00:39sickness benefits alone, alone, are set to rise to £100 billion on his watch.

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