Camilla Tominey cornered the Work & Pensions Secretary after bombshell analysis found that migrants were to be receiving extra Labour handouts.
New data from The Sun has revealed that almost 350,000 foreign-born families could soon receive extra benefits in the wake of Rachel Reeves’s Budget.
Larger immigrant families hailing from Pakistan and Bangladesh are estimated to benefit from Labour’s decision to lift the two-child benefit cap.
But Sir Keir Starmer has ardently fended off criticism of the benefits, insisting that the cash allocated to welfare will benefit children, the NHS and the economy.
“The scrapping of the two child benefit cap largely benefits migrant families because they’re far more likely to have more than two children than British citizens or white families,” Camilla said.
The report, carried out by the Centre for Social Justice, found some 341,735 households are foreign-born, which makes up a third of families with more than three children.
Pakistani families is set to benefit the most, with 59,948 families in Britain with three or more children.
But Labour Minister Pat McFadden appeared to bat away the report altogether.
Pat McFadden joined GB News host Camilla Tominey on Sunday morning
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“Look, the problem with the examples quoted is they don’t know how many of those people are British citizens at all.
“Many of them may have become British citizens over the years that they’ve been here, and many of them may be working.
“Because again, Universal Credit is a benefit that applies to families both in under work depending on how much they’re earning.
“So again, I think there’s a big problem with that because it doesn’t take into account how many are British citizens.
Nick Timothy carried out the shocking research, which the Government does not publish itself
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GB NEWS“And there’s another important aspect of this, which is that people who come here don’t have access to the benefits system until they’ve been here four or five years, and we’re increasing that to 10 years.
“We’re doing that because we do believe in the principle of contribution in the benefits system, as I’m sure a lot of your viewers do too.”
However, the analysis has only assessed data from 2021, preceding skyrocketing records of immigration into Britain.
As a result, the post-Boriswave rates of migration are not included in the assessment. Consequently, the actual number of migrant families expected to benefit from Ms Reeves’ Budget is believed to be higher.
Conservative MP Nick Timothy, who carried out the investigation at the Centre of Social Justice, fumed: “You have to ask whose side this Government is on.
“They promised not to put up taxes after their first disastrous Budget, which itself broke their tax promises made before the General Election.
“Now they are actively choosing to increase welfare spending — when they should be cutting it — while making working families pay the price.” he said, speaking to The Sun.
The MP further lambasted the way that immigrants families “who have never paid into the system” will be the main beneficiaries of the welfare promise.
