As a Tory MP, I saw firsthand how comfortable my colleagues became with the status quo. MPs were quick to celebrate small pots of funding to tidy high streets, while whole neighbourhoods in their constituencies were quietly being parked on the sidelines.
Labour’s Jobs Tax has made things considerably worse, increasing the cost of hiring precisely when young Brits need an escape from inactivity.
In 2025, 1.85 million foreign nationals received benefits or the state pension, 1.4 million of those were receiving working-age benefits. These figures account for people who work and pensioners who have paid their taxes. But it also includes those that haven’t made a sustained contribution, who taxpayers will be surprised to learn that their hard-earned money is subsidising.
Reform’s Shadow Chancellor, Robert Jenrick, is promising bold action to remove benefit entitlements for foreign nationals, get able-bodied long-term claimants to undertake community work, and place greater responsibility on employers to help sick workers return to employment.
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