Helen Whately

Aside from the #Mandelson scandal, also happening in #Parliament… the Pension Schemes Bill Yesterday I met industry experts to discuss the Bill’s mandation power (which I strongly disagree with). ...

RT @Helen_Whately: Next week we’ll get new unemployment figures. But it’ll be the same old story. Unemployment is up every month under Lab…

Next week we’ll get new unemployment figures. But it’ll be the same old story. Unemployment is up every month under Labour. Redundancies are up and payrolled employees are down - by 184,000 last y...

RT @Helen_Whately: But Farage says he’ll use savings from watering down the cap (which is adding £3bn to the already ballooning benefits bi…

RT @DailyMail: Asylum system turning into 'conveyor belt' to life on benefits, critics warn as number of migrants and refugees getting hand…

Reform’s newest MP told Parliament last year she backed scrapping the 2-child cap - at a cost of £3bn. (1/4) 🧵 https://t.co/hwjHQ3a8dh

The cracks are already showing. Labour’s flagship promise-of-a-job scheme doesn’t actually have the backing from the businesses as claimed. No grip on the facts will mean no grip on delivery - an...

Keir Starmer is in trouble, and he knows it. Even blowing billions to scrap the two-child cap won’t rescue him now. Voters see a Prime Minister with no backbone and no idea. https://t.co/tCy19kHy56

RT @Helen_Whately: Last night Labour, Lib Dems & even some Reform MPs voted to lift the 2-child cap. Hard-pressed taxpayers will be paying…

Kemi at #PMQs today got a shocking admission from Keir Starmer. He knew Mandelson was in touch with paedo Epstein after his conviction. And still made him Ambassador. Staggeringly bad judgement by ...

Promising savings is easy. Delivering them is harder. Reform-run Kent County Council have admitted their “Doge” cost-cutting claims don’t stack up. Making savings will take more than slogans. ht...

Last night Labour, Lib Dems & even some Reform MPs voted to lift the 2-child cap. Hard-pressed taxpayers will be paying for those on benefits to have more children than they themselves can aff...

RT @Helen_Whately: Today’s debate on the 2-child benefit cap matters. Lifting it - or watering it down - asks working people to pay more t…

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Why should people on benefits avoid the hard choices faced by everyone else? The two-child cap sets a limit: a point at which it’s unfair to make taxpayers fund choices they themselves cannot affo...

Today’s debate on the 2-child benefit cap matters. Lifting it - or watering it down - asks working people to pay more tax so that those on benefits can have more children. @Conservatives are the ...

The welfare system is paying £10bn in hidden top-ups outside Universal Credit. Important and timely work from @CarolineElsom and @ukonward reveals how a hotchpotch of benefits is weakening UC’s pu...

London’s rising unemployment should ring alarm bells. Labour’s punitive taxes are driving wealth creators out, their Jobs Tax is crushing hospitality, and graduates are stuck in a cycle of applica...

As sickness benefit claims soar, face-to-face assessments have halved under Labour. I’ve been calling for a return to in-person PIP checks for over a year. It’s obvious: you get better scrutiny - ...

The welfare trap is deepening under Labour. New figures show people moving from benefits into work have dropped to a 7-year low. This isn’t chance. Taxing jobs and smothering businesses with regu...