Im a mum of 6 and im currently on benefits, (hopefully not for much longer and should hopefully be back on my feet shortly) but I just wanted to give my opinion on the budget.
The 2 child benefit cap should NOT be removed. I get financial support for 2 of my 6 kids and I can tell you now none of my kids go without food, gas or electric.
They all have nice clothes and school trips paid.
All get christmas and birthday presents.
They do not go without.
Yes its not always easy, but its not supposed to be because its not supposed to be long term and you should be better off in work than on benefits.
The 2 child cap does not keep children in poverty.
Irresponsible spending from parents do. Giving more money wont change that.
It will also take away insentive for people to get back into work because now large families will be worse off with 2 parents working than they would being out of work on benefits.
Support should of gone to working families on the lowest wage, not out of work families.
We are going to see a huge rise in unemployment off of the back of this.
Charlie Kirk changed my life.
I attended Turning Point USA's Young Black Leadership Summit in October 2018. I was 14 at the time but Charlie told me it didn't matter how young I was, I could fight alongside him in this movement.
From then on, I attended every Turning Point Conference every year. From 2018 to 2025.
I grew up in this movement. I became the person I am today because of the inspiration from Charlie Kirk and his organization.
I will never be the same without him, and this country will never be the same either.
He was a husband, a father, a man of God, and a visionary for our nation.
#ThisMorning If you want to revisit the Post Office scandal why not get the man on who was the Post Office minister at the time of the scandal, the man who refused to listen to the pleas of the postmasters but was happy to pocket £275,000 to advise the legal firm fighting them.
@beneco700 It's old news... he was sentenced on Friday it which is new and why it's in the media again, not sure why his sentence took 2 years to be given he was arrested in January 2023