Labour‘s tax bombshell: Corbyn‘s benefits splurge plot would cost taxpayers £520billion

Jeremy Corbyn plotting £520 billion yearly benefits splurge (Image: Getty)

Jeremy Corbyn’s party is plotting a staggering blowout that would see spending on welfare hit nearly four times the amount that currently goes on the health service. The research was released as Labour admitted it was planning to impose fresh tax hikes to fund a raft of new spending commitments made at its annual party conference in Brighton. Conservative Party chairman James Cleverly warned that the benefits system must give a “safety net to those who need it while being fair to our hardworking taxpayers”.

He added: “Labour’s latest splurge would […]

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