Badenoch: People Shouldn't Be Punished for Working Harder
The Conservative leader told the BBC she would scrap the 'cliff edge' cap on childcare support.
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Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch said people should not be punished for working harder, as she set out plans to scrap what she called the "cliff edge" cap on childcare support, in an interview with the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg.
Badenoch argued that the current system penalizes parents who increase their earnings beyond a certain threshold, leading to a sudden loss of childcare support rather than a gradual reduction.
The comments were made as part of a broader discussion of the Conservative Party's policy priorities, with Badenoch framing the childcare proposal as part of an effort to reward work.
Further specifics on how the policy change would be implemented, including its cost and timeline, were not detailed in the available interview excerpt.
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