Overview
- Cheryl Drew, 43, says she now receives only universal child benefit and Welsh free school meals as she runs three beauty clinics in North Wales.
- Labour’s policy would provide about £3,647 a year for each child beyond the first two, with implementation planned from April 2026, according to the reports.
- She called the Budget “stupid” and said “handouts don’t always help,” urging Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves to reverse the decision.
- Her move away from larger benefits followed the cap’s introduction in 2017, after which she took paid work and launched a tattoo-removal business with her husband during the pandemic.
- GB News reports the Budget includes tax rises to fund roughly £16 billion in extra benefits, while several of her older children are now in employment and one is at university.