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Minister Pat McFadden says welfare cuts are ‘coming quickly’

By Editorial Board Published March 9, 2025 4 Min Read
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Minister Pat McFadden says welfare cuts are ‘coming quickly’

Decreasing the price of the welfare state has been a long-term aim for successive governments, with the Conservatives additionally seeking to minimize spending earlier than being ejected from workplace final 12 months.

Chatting with Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Pat McFadden mentioned: “We are the Labour Party. The clue is in the name.

“We can’t be relaxed about yearly, tons of of hundreds extra individuals happening these advantages.”

The federal government is seeking to discover billions of kilos of financial savings because it seeks to steadiness the general public funds – particularly after committing to a rise in defence spending.

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Chancellor Rachel Reeves wants to search out billions of kilos. Pic: PA

Mr McFadden mentioned: “We do have a package of welfare changes coming.

“It can come fairly quickly. This space of incapacity advantages is admittedly vital.

“Let me just set out for you and your viewers what is happening here: We have over nine million people of working age in the country who are not working, and some of those are earlier retirees and so on, but about 30% of those are people on long-term sickness benefits, about 2.8 million people.

“The price of this has gone up by about £20bn prior to now few years.

“Furthermore, the ‘do nothing’ trajectory, if you like, is for it to rise to over 4 million people by the end of the decade.

“That is not honest on the individuals concerned, and it isn’t honest on the taxpayer.

“So yes, we do have to act on this to make sure that we give everyone in the country the opportunity to work.”

It’s not clear exactly when the small print of the adjustments shall be introduced after which applied.

Nonetheless, the Workplace for Finances Accountability is ready to supply its newest outlook for the financial system by 26 March, and the federal government can also be at the moment updating its spending assessment, which shall be revealed in June.

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Mr McFadden mentioned: “Wait to see our proposals, but there will be changes in long-term disability benefits because we cannot sit back and let this bill grow and write people off in the way that’s happened for many years.

“We will present actually vital employment assist: 200,000 individuals among the many 2.8 million have mentioned that they’d work tomorrow with the appropriate assist.

“We’ve got a duty to put that support in place; that will be better for them, and it will get the bill down for the country.”

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