A fiery benefits row kicked off on GB News as Lois Perry and Matthew Stadlen came to blows.
They discussed Rishi Sunak’s plans to curb benefits spending as he bids to lower taxes.
Matthew Stadlen argued on GB News that the “vast majority” of people currently on benefits in Britain “need” them.
Snapping back, Perry argued that the comment was “absolute nonsense”, adding Stadlen “doesn’t know what he is talking about”.
Matthew Stadlen clashed with Lois Perry
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He went on to ask: “You’re going to say that anecdotally, you know a lot of benefits cheats?”
Perry said: “Not anecdotally. My background is interesting, I have the posh side and the other side, my family.
“I know there are people on benefits because they want to be. They have multiple relationships with different men and they have no intention of staying with them.
“They do this because they know it will be funded by the state. I’m sorry Matthew, but you have no idea what you’re talking about. I do.”
Stadlen probed: “You have friends who are deliberately trying to cheat the system in your view?”
The Car26 director argued they are not cheating the system, as it “is what it is”, adding what they are doing is “completely legal”.
The Prime Minister told the Telegraph that Sunak is bidding to fund tax cuts through curbing benefits.
“When I say that I want to keep cutting taxes, that’s where we’re going to deliver”, he said.
He added that he wants to be “crystal clear” on his “priority” to cut taxes.
“The “The Autumn Statement delivered the biggest set of tax cuts in one event since the 1980s.
“That should give people a sense of the scale of what we’ve just done, and a sense of my ambition and the Chancellor’s determination to cut taxes.
“When I say that I want to keep cutting taxes, that’s what we’re going to deliver. We’re going to do that responsibly.
“That requires difficult decisions on public spending. It requires difficult decisions to control welfare.
“Those, I believe, are the right things to do for our country. That’s what I want to do.”
