Rachel Reeves MP, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, said:

“These plans to hit the disabled and carers were drawn up for  Conservative ministers to deliver their extreme cuts plan. The Tories now need to come clean about what cuts they plan to make and who will pay the price. If they are ruling out these extreme cuts for the most disabled and carers, then it is clear they will be hitting the tax credits, and support for children, for millions of working families.

“Labour has a better plan to control the costs of social security, by tackling the root causes of spending in low pay and rising housing costs. We will raise the National Minimum Wage to £8 an hour, promote a living wage, and get at least 200,000 homes built a year.”