"If she comes back for more taxes without having serious cuts in public spending, especially on welfare, then she is going to ruin our economy."
"If Labour do scrap the two-child benefit cap, the future Conservative government would bring it back,"
"The cap makes sure people on benefits have to make the same decisions about having children as everyone else. This is fairness."
"If she puts up tax she should get the axe."
Conservative figures warned that raising taxes without cutting welfare spending would damage the UK economy. Conservatives accused the Labour chancellor of planning tax rises to fund increased welfare payments after failing to reduce the benefits bill. Labour is widely expected to scrap the two-child benefit cap and to freeze income tax thresholds, a combination projected to cost about £8.5bn and to push more people into higher tax brackets as wages rise. Conservatives pledged to oppose tax rises, promise to reinstate the two-child cap if returned to power, and argued that spending cuts are necessary to avoid passing debts to future generations.
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