Kendall Confirms Watered Down Welfare Bill to Cost £2.5 Billion – Guido Fawkes

Kendall Confirms Watered Down Welfare Bill to Cost £2.5 Billion

Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall has confirmed the government’s concessions on the welfare bill will cost the taxpayer £2.5 billion by 2030. The total welfare bill is meant to swell to an astronomical £100 billion by then, but bloodthirsty backbenchers have already halved a measly £5 billion saving – and at least 50 are still unhappy with the retreat. Kendall told the Commons “reforming welfare isn’t easy“. It looks more like it’s virtually impossible…