article_snippet.sent: Government chief whip Michael Gove said: 'There is a huge amount of welfare spending that can be reduced without having any impact on people who have disabilities. '
article_snippet.sent: We're not going to hit, or take money away from, the disabled.
article_snippet.sent: We're going to protect people who are pensioners.
article_snippet.sent: Government chief whip Michael Gove said: 'It's not We policy at the moment.
article_snippet.sent: Rachel Reeves, Labour's shadow work and pensions secretary, said: 'Michael Gove's repeated refusal to rule out child benefit cuts will only add to fears that the Tories have a secret plan to cut support to children. '
article_snippet.sent: the Tories have a £12 billion black hole in the Tories welfare plans it's clear the Tories can't fill without hitting families with children.
article_snippet.sent: It's time for the Tories to come clean with the public about the Tories plans to cut child benefit.'
article_snippet.sent: But the Chancellor appeared to leave the door open to further cuts when asked if the Chancellor would be 'depriving more families' of the payments which are worth more than £1,000 per year.
article_snippet.sent: The Conservatives say The Conservatives would cut £30billion of spending if The Conservatives win a second term.
article_snippet.sent: Of this £12billion would be slashed from the welfare bill, with the rest from government departments and further cracking down on tax avoidance.
article_snippet.sent: While the Prime Minister has given a commitment to protect the state pension, few other savings have been set out apart from reducing the cap on a family's annual benefits from £26,000 to £23,000.
article_snippet.sent: It is widely speculated that The Conservatives could restrict child benefit to just two children, to save around £2billion a year.
highlights_snippet.sent: Comes after George Osborne paved the way for further cuts to payments .
  