PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE
Work and Pensions - 12 February 2025 (Commons/Written Corrections)

… What was the result of a decade of Conservative welfare caps? Repeated breaches of the cap, with ever higher limits. The latest cap is now on course to be breached by an £8.6 billion overspend. This is not tolerable, given the state of our economy and the public finances.

[Official Report, 29 January 2025; Vol. 761, c. 364.]

Written correction submitted by the Minister for Employment, the hon. Member for Birkenhead (Alison McGovern):

… What was the result of a decade of Conservative welfare caps? Repeated breaches of the cap, with ever higher limits. The latest cap, with a margin included, is now on course to be breached by an £8.6 billion overspend. This is not tolerable, given the state of our economy and the public finances.