Rob Loughenbury has slammed Labour’s plans for a welfare system that could see people in London getting benefit handouts of up to £54,000 – paid for by hardworking taxpayers in Chorley .
Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, Ed Balls, has said he will scrap the Conservatives’ benefit cap in favour of a new system that ‘properly reflects local housings costs’ that are ‘higher’ in London.
New analysis of independent figures show that under this system, people in London could get benefit handouts of up to £54,000. This would be more than double the current limit.
Rob Loughenbury said “Four years ago we inherited a welfare system from Labour that had utterly failed – with 1.4 million people in our country spending almost a decade living on out-of-work benefits.
“That’s why the Conservatives made fixing welfare a key part of our long-term economic plan. We have capped benefits, meaning no one can claim more than the average family earns by going out to work.
“But Labour hasn’t learned its lesson. Ed Miliband would take us back to the days of unjustified benefit handouts by scrapping our benefits cap and increasing payments by up to £54,000 in London. That’s a slap in the face for the hardworking taxpayers in Chorley who would have to pay for it.”