Under-22s will not get incapacity benefits under welfare shake-up | Global News Avenue

Under 22 years of age for people with chronic illness or disability is a healthy recharge in general credit under the government program.

This is one of the measures announced by Minister of Work Liz Kendall Cut the UK’s growing welfare bill.

The government said about 66,000 young people aged 18 to 21 are claiming the benefits and saving young people by stopping.

Kendall said the reform would mean “fairness” for long-term patients and people with disabilities, but disabled campaigners called them “risk cuts.”

Under the current system, people over 18 years of age are in the state pension age of England, Wales and Scotland, if the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) assesses that they are too sick to work to work.

However, in a paper published Tuesday by DWP, it proposed to raise that age to 22.

The paper also proposes to raise the age at which people can demand the benefits of adults with disabilities, Called Independent Payment (PIP)from the age of 18.

The government is looking for feedback on the proposal Other recommendations for reforms in the white paper Before the end of June.

Neither of these reforms will affect Northern Ireland, where most of the interests pass Work and Welfare Office Managed by the Community Department.

Reform is Part of labor promotion Cut spending by reducing the number of incapacitated benefits is expected to hit record highs by the end of the decade.

Experts say the increase is due to the combination Mental health is poor, due to the pandemic and higher retirement age, which means some people claim they are not capable of benefiting.

Starmer said he was “not willing to take a step back and not do anything, especially young people, who have the potential to work and live independently, but are trapped and abandoned by the system.”

However, the UK’s Disabled Rights say it prohibits people under 22 to claim health factors in general credit and a proposal to improve assessments of “hazard cuts that mark all persons with disabilities”.

The charity added that the reform package “is not about supporting people with disabilities into the work, but about brutal and reckless cuts.”