Rachel Reeves MP, Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, speaking in response to a report by the IFS on the impact of the government’s plan to cut £12 billion from welfare, said:

 “This IFS report suggests families with children will lose out from the Tory plan to cut £12 billion from welfare, with tax credits and child benefit in the firing line.

“For months David Cameron and George Osborne have ducked questions about which families, children and disabled people will be hit by their £12 billion welfare cut. It’s time for the government to come clean about the impact of their cuts plan on millions of families, children and disabled people.”