{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68359028e1abc4be6b032cd1/6835cb04944c948b9a584958?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Is the welfare state about to expand?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/68359028e1abc4be6b032cd1/1748355634387-8487594e-f713-4106-9465-da2c6c1e95ba.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>James Heale and Michael Simmons join Patrick Gibbons to discuss the speculation that Labour could scrap the two-child benefit cap. Is this just red meat for the left of the party or is it a sign that public opinion around welfare has shifted? And, with mixed messages on the economy, can the country afford to scrap it?</p><p><br></p><p>This comes just a week after Labour’s partial U-turn over the winter fuel allowance so, with pressure also increasing from Reform, is the welfare state about to expand?</p><p><br></p><p>Produced by Patrick Gibbons.</p>","author_name":"The Spectator"}