Liz Kendall Slammed Over 'Simply Indefensible' £5 Billion Cuts To Disability Benefits
The work and pensions secretary unveiled the controversial move as part of a major reform of the welfare system.
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Incapacity benefits freeze set to cost some claimants £2,500 per year
A planned freeze of incapacity benefits is set to cost current claimants £80 per year and new claimants £2,500 annually, ...
20 PIP conditions in firing line from DWP with £5 billion cuts incoming
20 conditions in the firing line as the Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP ) wields the axe on Personal Independence ...
Government unveils benefit crackdown designed to save £5bn
Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall said the current social security system is "failing the very people it is supposed to help and holding our country back".
All the PIP changes coming under DWP cuts - from points to face-to-face assessments
Speaking out to claimants, Ms Kendall raised three points around Personal Independence Payments: no vouchers, no ...
Starmer’s Government faces backlash over ‘cruel’ £5bn cut to welfare
Sir Keir Starmer said failure to reform the system would be ‘morally bankrupt’ but his own backbenchers, unions and campaigners hit back ...
What are the key benefit changes in Labour’s welfare overhaul? From PIP to Universal Credit
Labour will also introduce a new benefit called ‘Unemployment Insurance’ through the reform of contributory working-age benefits. It will replace Jobseeker’s Allowance and ESA (both of which were ...
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Government unveils benefit crackdown designed to save £5bn
The eligibility criteria for disability benefits will be narrowed in a bid to slash £5bn from the welfare bill, Liz Kendall has ... Charles Gillies, of the Disability Benefit Consortium, warned ...
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A million to lose disability benefit as Labour slashes £5bn from welfare bill
Charles Gillies, senior policy officer at the MS Society, said: “These immoral and devastating benefits cuts will push more disabled people into poverty, and worsen people’s health.” ...
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Major reforms to Britain's benefits system announced as Government seeks £5billion cut to welfare bill
Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall said it was unsustainable ... The consortium's policy co-chairman Charles Gillies said: "These immoral and devastating benefits cuts will push more disabled ...
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Labour unveils huge benefits change with Universal Credit, Jobseekers Allowance AND PIP hit – what does it mean for you?
Liz Kendall says she will “focus on returning ... urged the government "to abandon these cruel cuts". Charles Gillies, Senior Policy Officer at the MS Society and Policy Co-Chair at the ...
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Labour will make it harder to claim benefits in a ‘cruel’ £5bn crackdown
The Labour plan to make it harder to claim benefits involves a £5 billion crackdown on the current welfare system.