Sir Keir Starmer will signal plans to curb welfare for young people with mental health issues amid criticism over Budget tax rises helping to pay for benefits handouts .

In a speech on Monday, the Prime Minister will restate his commitment to driving economic growth after the Budget was criticised for failing to contain any measures to boost gross domestic product (GDP).

Starmer will also highlight the cost of living support announced by Rachel Reeves last week in what is being seen as an attempt to shore up the Chancellor who is facing criticism on multiple fronts after her Budget.

It comes after Reeves’s Budget – which included £26bn in tax rises and a £16bn increase in welfare spending – went down as the most unpopular among voters since Liz Truss’s notorious ‘mini-Budget’, acco

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