£400BN and Climbing — Tory MP CORNERS the Welfare Secretary

At the Work and Pensions Committee, Conservative MP Peter Bedford confronted Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden over a welfare bill heading for £400 billion — with disability spending now set to exceed the entire defence budget. With the OBR forecasting sickness and disability costs alone near £100bn by 2030, Bedford asked the minister to name a single commitment the Committee could hold him to. Featuring Peter Bedford (Conservative) and Liberal Democrat John Milne pressing Secretary of State Pat McFadden and Permanent Secretary Sir Peter Schofield. Subscribe for the Westminster exchanges the headlines skip — @OrderOrderParliament.