US EditionTory MP slams Labour's bid to slash welfare bill by £5bn as 'impossible'
- Liz Kendall announced changes to disability benefits, requiring a minimum score of four points for the daily living element of PIP starting in November 2026, aiming to save £5 billion from the welfare bill.
- The Work Capability Assessment will be eliminated in 2028, with future support determined solely through the PIP assessment, according to Liz Kendall.
- The Disability Benefits Consortium criticized the cuts, stating they will push more disabled people into poverty and increase their health challenges.
- Kendall stated that new policies would create a more pro-work system while ensuring that those unable to work remain protected.
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UK announces controversial overhaul of welfare system
The NewsThe UK government announced a major overhaul of the welfare system Tuesday, with sweeping measures aimed at cutting £5 billion ($6.5 billion) a year by 2030 as it looks to rein in ballooning costs. The changes, which experts estimate will see more than a million people with disabilities lose thousands of pounds in assistance payments, have been controversial with the Labour Party’s left flank and disability charities. UK Prime Minister K…
Minister Sets Out Reforms to Fix ‘Broken’ Benefits System
The secretary of state for work and pensions has outlined a series of reforms to fix the UK’s “broken” benefits system, in a bid to get more people back into work and save £5 billion a year. On Tuesday, Liz Kendall announced an additional £1 billion a year for employment support aimed at helping the long-term sick and disabled return to work. This includes new “support conversations,” offering people with health conditions an early opportunity t…
Soaring benefits bill 'devastating' for public finances, PM claims as he defends slashing welfare spending by £5bn
The rising benefits bill is "devastating" for the public finances and has "wreaked a terrible human cost", Sir Keir Starmer said in the wake of cutting welfare by £5 billion.
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