Rachel Reeves, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, responding to reports in the Guardian newspaper that the Tories have a secret plan to cut child benefit, said:

“This evidence confirms the Tories’ secret plan to cut family budgets. As well as planning a £3.8 billion raid on families’ tax credits, this shows they want to make deep cuts to Child Benefit too.

"The choice is clear: a Tory plan that puts family budgets at risk, or a Labour plan that puts working families first”