Tories say they would keep two-child benefit cap

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Conservative Party Chairman Kevin Hollinrake says his party would keep the two-child benefit cap, following indications last week that Chancellor Rachel Reeves may lift the cap in next week’s Budget. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00We're the only party that will say it'll retain a two-child benefit cap because we think it's

00:05absolutely right that people take responsibility for their financial decisions and having a child

00:10is an extremely important financial decision and we think it's right that people look after their

00:17own affairs where they can and it's not fair for taxpayers to have to pay for more and more

00:22children of people who are not providing for their own family. So we think that's important

00:26and the public finances are not in great shape right now which is why this government is putting

00:31taxes up. It'll probably put taxes up again in the next in the next budget despite saying that it

00:37wouldn't. So all the choices that Ratio Views are making right now are the wrong choices. We need

00:43a government that's going to keep a cap on a limit on welfare spending and public spending. We're the

00:49only party who said that we will. So we think those are the right decisions and certainly as far as

00:54we're concerned the public support those decisions.

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