Andy Burnham rules out Tory benefit cut plan to fund extra defence spending

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : But he rejected Conservative plans to fund the target by cutting £4billion from the welfare state through measures such as reinstating the cruel two-child benefit and reforming housing benefit.
47% : " Downing Street later insisted Mr Burnham was committed to bringing down the welfare bill, but not through "crude cuts".
46% : Any short-term savings to the welfare bill could quickly be outweighed by higher costs to councils, the NHS and other public services dealing with the consequences of people losing their homes."
40% : The Prime Minister's official spokesman said: "He has said before, we've got to get serious as a country about getting the welfare bill down."

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