article_snippet: Slashing £12billion from the nation’s bloated benefits bill will be at the heart of the Tory pitch for a second term in office.
highlights_snippet: Slashing £12bn from benefits bill will be at the heart of Tory election pitch .
  
highlights_snippet: Child benefit will be restricted to three children for new claimants .
  
highlights_snippet: Overall cap on welfare claims to be cut to £23,000 from £26,000 now .
  
highlights_snippet: Restricting child benefit to three children for new claimants and extending a freeze on benefit increases; .
  
highlights_snippet: Cutting the overall cap on welfare claims to £23,000 per household from £26,000 now; .
  Under-25s to lose their right to housing benefit and jobless payouts if their refuse offers of work, training or education.