'Reeves created 'tax doom loop' leaving working households worse off by £1,700'

KEMI Badenoch will today accuse Rachel Reeves of presiding over a “tax doom loop” that leaves working households £1,700 worse off.

- By Martyn Brown Political Editor

The Conservative leader will warn that the Chancellor's policies are making the cost of living worse, and that Britons face punishing tax rises in the Autumn Budget.

Mrs Badenoch will use a major speech to deliver a warning that the Government deficit — the difference between revenue and spending — is set to double from £16.3billion to more than £32billion over the next five years.

And she will challenge Sir Keir Starmer to work with her party to bring down the UK’s bloated £300billion welfare bill “in the national interest”.

The Tory leader will reiterate her pledge to recommit to the two-child benefit cap — the only party to do so — but will argue that Britain must live within its means and stop saddling future generations with debt.

Mrs Badenoch is expected to say: “Today, I’m making the Prime

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