US EditionBackbench MPs demand further DWP benefit reforms with plan to widen eligibility
- Parliamentarians are scheduled to discuss the Universal Credit Bill in the coming week, which contains provisions impacting claimants with health conditions.
- The debate arises from concerns that current rules, which require claimants to be continuously impaired in carrying out certain activities, exclude individuals with fluctuating conditions such as Parkinson’s disease.
- Labour backbencher Graeme Downie proposes widening eligibility for claimants with conditions like Parkinson's and MS to avoid repeated medical assessments.
- Downie's amendment has cross-party support from 23 MPs and highlights that costs for claimants with these conditions can significantly impact their health.
- The government has withdrawn damaging restrictions to Personal Independence Payment but must also address Universal Credit health payment rules to include fluctuating conditions.
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DWP benefit cuts anger as Parkinson's and MS not classed as 'severe conditions'
The Government faces another welfare reform Bill amendment, so universal credit claimants with Parkinson’s or multiple sclerosis are included
·Scotland, United Kingdom
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DWP benefits reform faces new challenge as Labour MPs back plan to widen eligibility - Manchester Evening News
Labour backbencher Graeme Downie has proposed a welfare reform Bill amendment that would make the lives of sickness and disability benefit claimants simpler
·Manchester, United Kingdom
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