Rachel Reeves is poised to initiate a clampdown (Image: Yau Ming Low via Getty Images)

Rachel Reeves is poised to initiate a clampdown on Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP ) benefit fraud this Wednesday. The DWP will commence a renewed crackdown on benefit fraud, simultaneously lifting the two-child limit for benefits.

The removal of the cap, which has been widely applauded, carries a price tag of £3bn. "On Wednesday, Starmer and Reeves are going to increase your taxes to fund more welfare," declared Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative Party leader.

Conversely, the Liberal Democrats cautioned that the plan to freeze tax thresholds would impact 9 million earners by 2030 by pulling them into higher tax bands, and claimed ordinary people were being "milked for their hard-earned ca

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