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Lewis Cocking Excerpts

Wednesday 3rd December 2025 Commons Chamber

[The Prime Minister]

Yes, I can give my hon. Friend that assurance, and it is important that I do so.

[Lewis Cocking (Broxbourne) (Con)]

Q12. The best form of welfare in this country should be a well-paid job, but with unemployment up and this Labour Government choosing to raise taxes to spend even more on a bloated welfare and benefits system, is the Prime Minister happy with the message that sends to my hard-working constituents in Broxbourne and constituents right across the United Kingdom?

[The Prime Minister]

We have a broken welfare system. Guess who broke it? The Conservatives. We are bringing in reforms to change it and mend it. What did they do? They voted against them. Under their watch, they drove up welfare spending by £33 billion, so we need no lectures from them on welfare.