Huge number of children would fall into poverty under Reform’s benefits plans, say campaigners

Robert Jenrick (left) with Nigel Farage. Their proposals for benefits could reduce incomes for some people with health problems by at least £10,000 a year. Photograph: Victoria Jones/Shutterstock

Hundreds of thousands of children would be tipped into poverty and destitution under plans unveiled by Reform UK to slash £50bn a year from the UK benefits bill, campaigners have warned.

The warnings came after Reform published plans to drastically reduce disability payments, ban non-UK citizens from claiming benefits and introduce compulsory 20 hours a week unpaid workfare for thousands of long-term unemployed people.