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Should poor people stop having children?

David Cameron will be in Kent today to set out some ways the Conservatives could cut the welfare bill in future.

He will talk about people who have children but do not work. Saying that they should "think very carefully about whether they can afford to have children". There is a suggestion child benefit should stop after you have had two or maybe three children.

Do you know a family in Kent with more children than they can afford? Do you think it is their right to have as many children as they like? Do you resent supporting them on benefit?

There is an incentive to have more children even if you cannot pay for them yourselves. A bigger house - more child benefit. But should you have a baby if you cannot afford it?

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So what's all the fuss about?

We speak to local author, Jane Wenham Jones.

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