Some PIP recipients may lose out under welfare cuts
Under the planned overhaul of the welfare system, some current recipients of individual independent payments (PIPs) are likely to lose, which is expected to tighten the eligibility criteria.
Work and Pension Minister Liz Kendall will elaborate on the way the government intends to reform the health welfare system on Tuesday afternoon, aiming to reduce the growing welfare bill.
Her reform plan is expected to include more help and support finding jobs and protect payments to the most vulnerable.
However, the opposition faced by the move in the workforce is a concern for the potential impact on vulnerable claimants.
The government wants to reassure certain recipients, even some uneasy Labour MPs, that they won’t lose when welfare reforms are unveiled later on Tuesday.
The initial report indicated that PIP (the main disability benefit in England and Wales) would be frozen for one year. But now it is expected that the reform will focus on profitable qualifications After the retreat of the labor force MPs.
On Monday, Kendall insisted that her plan changed fairministers say they will protect the most vulnerable.
In fact, this could mean that those who are obviously unable to work will not face further reassessment of their situation and will retain the full payment.
However, for those with poorer conditions, eligibility criteria should be tightened, meaning some current recipients will inevitably lose.
Unemployed people are expected to receive universal credit and those actively seeking jobs will see their welfare levels rise – although this may be relatively modest.
It is also expected that if something goes wrong, people with disabilities trying to work will not lose their existing welfare rights.
The Times reported Under reform, such claims of ill and disability in interest will face more frequent reassessments, but those with “permanent or degraded conditions” may never have to reassess.
However, the government still faces resistance within its own party, and fellow laborer Baroness Shami Chakrabarti told the BBC Newsight that this is “false in principle” that benefits from people with disabilities and the beneficiaries of the disease.
Prime Minister Rachel Reeves will issue a spring statement on March 26 amid a deteriorating economic forecast, which increases the need to seek savings to enable the government to comply with its self-implemented spending rules.
Prime Minister’s Policy Team I met labor congressman last week Discussing the savings of £5 billion to £6 billion in potential welfare reforms.
But Downing Street said its overhaul was not driven purely by financial problems.
“I think the Prime Minister is already very clear that there is a moral and economic case that can solve our broken social security system, which has retracted our people and our nations,” Sir Keir Starmer’s official spokesman told reporters on Monday.
He added that these changes will bring the welfare system “back to a more sustainable path.”
Several disability benefits claimants told BBC speculation about the prospect of cutting Always frustrated.
“It’s not a situation where I don’t want to (work),” said Alison, 56. “I’ve been thinking all the time. It doesn’t make me happy to enjoy the benefits.”
Speaking on the commons on Monday, Minister of Social Security Sir Stephen Tims admitted that the official announcement of speculation was a source of “anxiety” for the claimant, adding: “I regret this happening and people have been worried.”
The number of claims for PIP and universal credit payments has increased significantly in the four years since the pandemic, with total health and disability benefits expected to increase from £64.7 billion in 2023-24 to £100.7 billion in 2029-30.
Kendall said on Monday that the government would not “shirk the decisions we think can provide opportunities for those who can work” but would rather maintain “can’t those who can’t do it.”
She added that the changes will ensure “trust and fairness of the social security system”.
The former Conservative government explored that it was harder for young people with mental health to demand PIP.
However, no detailed proposal was announced before the general election in July last year, which returned to power after leaving 14 years.
Conservative Shadow Work and Pension Secretary Helen Wathely questioned Kendall’s report on uneasiness in the cabinet on Monday.
Whately asked the minister if he had reached a “collective agreement” on the plan, Kendall replied that the shadow minister must “express a little patience.”
