{"id":370811,"date":"2026-08-17T16:00:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T15:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/moral-and-economic-catastrophe-reform-uks-robert-jenrick-blasts-benefits-britain\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T16:00:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T15:00:38","slug":"moral-and-economic-catastrophe-reform-uks-robert-jenrick-blasts-benefits-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/moral-and-economic-catastrophe-reform-uks-robert-jenrick-blasts-benefits-britain\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Moral and economic CATASTROPHE!\u2019 | Reform UK\u2019s Robert Jenrick BLASTS benefits Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/G9ACxyC_n9k\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018Moral and economic CATASTROPHE!\u2019 | Reform UK\u2019s Robert Jenrick BLASTS benefits Britain\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G9ACxyC_n9k\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Reform UK Treasury spokesperson Robert Jenrick MP launches a wide-ranging attack on Britain\u2019s current welfare system, arguing that the country\u2019s benefits bill has become unsustainable and \u201cfundamentally unfair.\u201d Jenrick describes Britain as facing huge challenges and sets out his argument for major reform, including the claim that the UK taxpayer is increasingly acting as \u201cthe welfare state of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jenrick outlines Reform UK\u2019s proposals for overhauling the welfare system, including a welfare-to-work scheme that he says could get 241,000 people back into employment. He argues that long-term benefits claimants who are fit to work should provide 20 hours of work each week for their local community, while also backing the principle of \u201cno British citizenship, no entitlement.\u201d He also discusses the history of the welfare state and why he believes the original social contract described by William Beveridge has been broken.<\/p>\n<p>Jenrick also takes aim at the Conservatives\u2019 welfare proposals, accusing Kemi Badenoch and Mel Stride of offering \u201cpaper-thin ideas\u201d and arguing that only major reform can address the scale of the problem. GB News Chief Political Correspondent Katherine Forster also challenges Jenrick over the practicalities of Reform UK\u2019s plans, including whether Brexit arrangements would have to be renegotiated to deliver the proposed changes. <\/p>\n<p>#breaking  #reformuk  #robertjenrick  <\/p>\n<p>Keep up to date with GB News at gbnews.com or on X @GBNEWS<\/p>\n<p>Become a Friend of GB News: gbnews.com\/friend<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reform UK Treasury spokesperson Robert Jenrick MP launches a wide-ranging attack on Britain\u2019s current welfare system, arguing that the country\u2019s benefits bill has become unsustainable and \u201cfundamentally unfair.\u201d Jenrick describes Britain as facing huge challenges and sets out his argument for major reform, including the claim that the UK taxpayer is increasingly acting as \u201cthe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":370812,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128957],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-370811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gbnews"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u2018Moral and economic CATASTROPHE!\u2019 | Reform UK\u2019s Robert Jenrick BLASTS benefits Britain | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch \u2018Moral and economic CATASTROPHE!\u2019 | Reform UK\u2019s Robert Jenrick BLASTS benefits Britain for free, here on News ISC. 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