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Battle to persuade MPs to again profit cuts to greater than three million households

By Editorial Board Published June 18, 2025 5 Min Read
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Battle to persuade MPs to again profit cuts to greater than three million households

Plans for cuts to advantages which can influence greater than three million households shall be revealed right this moment – as the federal government faces a battle to persuade dozens of Labour MPs to again them.

Liz Kendall, the welfare secretary, has set out proposals to chop £5bn from the welfare funds – which she has stated is “unsustainable” and “trapping people in welfare dependency”.

Disabled folks claiming PIP, the private independence fee which helps folks – a few of them working – with the elevated prices of every day residing, face having their awards reviewed from the top of subsequent 12 months.

An estimated 800,000 present and future PIP recipients will lose a median of £4,500 a 12 months, in response to a authorities evaluation.

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Authorities’s battle over welfare reforms

The federal government additionally intends to freeze the well being ingredient of Common Credit score, claimed by greater than two million folks, at £97 every week throughout this parliament, and lower the speed to £50 for brand spanking new claimants.

Beneath strain from Labour MPs involved significantly that adjustments to PIP will drive households into poverty, Ms Kendall will announce new protections within the invoice right this moment.

Some 40 Labour MPs have signed a letter refusing to assist the cuts; and dozens of others have considerations, together with ministers.

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Ms Kendall is decided to press forward, and has stated the variety of new PIP claimants has doubled since 2019 – at 34,000, up from 15,000.

Ministers say 90% of present claimants won’t lose their advantages; and that many individuals shall be higher off – with the overall welfare invoice set to proceed to rise over this parliament.

To maintain the profit, claimants should rating a minimal of 4 factors out of eight on one of many every day residing standards.

Ministers say claimants with probably the most severe circumstances, who can not work, won’t face fixed reassessments.

A £1bn programme is proposed, meant to offer disabled individuals who can work tailor-made assist to seek out jobs.

Some Labour MPs have angrily opposed the reforms – which shall be voted on later this month.

Final night time in a parliamentary debate, Labour MP for Poole Neil Duncan-Jordan disputed the Division for Work and Pensions (DWP) figures.

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He stated: “We already know that PIP is an underclaimed benefit. The increase in claims is a symptom of declining public health and increased financial hardship disabled people are facing.

“Now we have the identical proportion of individuals on working-age advantages as in 2015. This isn’t an financial necessity, it is a political alternative.”

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Rachael Maskell, Labour MP for York, referred to as the proposals “devastating “. She stated: “We must change direction and not proceed with these cuts.”

Incapacity teams say they concern a rise in suicides and psychological well being circumstances.

The federal government’s personal evaluation forecast an additional 250,000 folks may very well be pushed into poverty – together with 50,000 youngsters. It didn’t embrace the influence of individuals shifting into work.

Ms Kendall was urged by MPs on the Commons Work and Pensions committee to delay the reforms, to hold out an influence evaluation, however wrote again to the committee saying the reforms had been too pressing to delay – and that MPs would be capable to amend the laws.

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