Benefits crackdown unveiled with aim to save £5bn a year by 2030
Measures include restricting eligibility for disability payments and cutting benefits for health conditions.
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Labour unveils disability benefits cuts that aim to save over £5bn
Move risks stoking biggest backbench rebellion of Keir Starmer’s premiershipFinancial Times - 11h -
Up to 1.2m people could lose between £4,200 and £6,300 per year from changes to Pip, Resolution Foundation says -UK politics live
Work and pensions secretary says Benefits crackdown will save £5bn by 2030 but disability charities say cuts are ‘immoral’. Q: Why have you changed your mind on this? . Badenoch says she has not ...The Guardian - 8h -
Liz Kendall unveils UK benefits cuts set to leave many sick and disabled worse off
Welfare secretary announces changes aimed at cutting bill by up to £5bn in face of opposition from Labour MPs. UK politics live – latest updates Liz Kendall, the welfare secretary, has faced ...The Guardian - 12h -
Disability benefit cuts test loyalty of Labour MPs
Some are worried about the possibility of freezing payments for people with long-term conditions.BBC News - 6d -
'If I lose my benefit payments I'll struggle to get to work'
People on long-term sickness and disability benefits tell the BBC they fear how cuts will affect them.BBC News - 5h -
At-a-glance: The key changes to the benefits system
How Personal Independence Payments (Pip) and other health-related benefits could change under government plans.BBC News - 10h -
Keir Starmer defends planned welfare cuts to anxious Labour MPs
Prime minister wants to reform disability benefit payments to help fund greater spending on defenceFinancial Times - Mar. 10 -
'Worrying' number of teens lose disability benefits
More than 124,000 young people have had claims for adult disability benefits refused, the BBC finds.BBC News - Mar. 12 -
Is The Government Backing Down Over Benefits?
Plans to freeze some disability benefits could be abandoned.BBC News - 2d
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