
Helen Whately MP
@helen_whately
MP for Faversham and Mid Kent. Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
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06-04-2010 21:28:13
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The Conservatives DWP Policy Renewal team is already hard at work 💪 Problems are fixed with ideas and hard thinking, not slogans and shouting.








Spend Spend Spend was Nigel Farage MP ‘s message yesterday, dishing out billions in his big state speech. On Welfare, our benefits bill must come DOWN, but his policy costs £££ MORE. I know people are angry with us, but that doesn’t make Reform’s fantasy economics add up.



Today I'm launching the Conservatives Work and Welfare survey 👇 We're building a welfare system fit for the 2030s - and want people across the country to have their say. If health impacts your work, or you're an employer - we'd love to hear from you policy.conservatives.com/welfare-survey

Are the Conservatives the last ones standing on the two-child benefit cap? Rumours are that Keir Starmer will ditch it in YET ANOTHER broken promise. And Reform would scrap it with their fantasy economics. Here’s my 2 minute take on what’s going on - and why the cap matters.



'Labour should say sorry, and we got this wrong' Shadow work and pensions secretary Helen Whately MP tells Sophy Ridge the government should apologise over its handling of the winter fuel payment policy. #PoliticsHub trib.al/ftpea6d 📺 Sky 501

