Badenoch accuses Starmer and Farage of 'fantasy economics'
Published: 5/30/2025

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch criticizes Labour's Keir Starmer and Reform UK's Nigel Farage for advocating scrapping the two-child benefit cap and pursuing "fantasy economics" in welfare policies. Badenoch highlights the need for responsible economic management and asserts the Conservatives as the party taking a serious approach to the welfare state. Labour and Reform UK face scrutiny over their promises to remove the benefit cap, with concerns raised about the significant costs involved in such a move.