BBC Radio 4 Today

It seems “eminently plausible” that the Conservatives might seek to limit child benefit, Norman Smith adds.

It is among one of the most expensive benefits to government and it seems very likely to be an area that the Conservatives would look at, in order to achieve at least part of the £10bn of spending cuts they hope to achieve in the next parliament to get the deficit down.

He says: “When you look at the what the Conservatives are now saying about the areas they would look for welfare savings, they say they would not hit the vulnerable, pensioners, the disabled and would seek to make work pay.

"By that definition child benefit doesn’t fall into any of those categories so it seems to me that it is very likely to be an area that the Conservatives would look at if they were to press ahead with this £10bn worth of welfare savings."

The Guardian

The Guardian leads on this story - namely the claims by Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander , externalabout Conservative plans for an £8bn cut in welfare, "including slashing child benefits and child tax credits".

The Lib Dem tells the paper that in June 2012, members of the Quad, external were sent a paper by the work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith entitled “Welfare Reform Quad Summer Reading Pack” which included proposals such as limiting support to two children in child benefit and child tax credit.

BBC Radio 4 Today

Danny Alexander “knows where the bodies are buried”, the BBC’s assistant political editor Norman Smith tells the Today programme, about the Chief Secretary to the Treasury’s accusations that the Conservatives wanted to restrict child benefit payments to just two children three years ago, saving £8bn a year.

Mr Alexander suggests this is something the Conservatives will do if they win the election. The ideas suggested before were: restricting child benefit to two children, there would only be a standard rate of £13 a week (with the higher rate for the first child scrapped); limiting it to children up to the age of 16 and there would be some means testing.

The Sun

Two different front pages for The Sun today: the Scottish and English editions have revealed who they are planning to endorse for the election.

It's a Tory: that The Sun's 2015 election verdict (in England). The paper says it is because the Conservatives promise to keep the UK economy on track; stop the SNP running the country and guarantee a referendum on the EU.

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Meanwhile, in Scotland, the paper has come out in favour of Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP, with the headline: May the 7th be with you.

The paper says the party will "fight harder for Scotland"s interests at Westminster".

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