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Sunday, 6 April 2025

UK Labour’s benefits crackdown ‘set to cut disability payments for 1million people’ – as Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves face backlash from own MPs

 One million people are set to lose their disability payments amid Labour‘s cost-cutting crackdown on benefits – causing uproar within the party.

The huge changes to the welfare system, due to be announced next week, are tipped to see only the most severely disabled people qualify for support amid an overhaul of eligibility criteria.

Cuts to the Personal Independence Payment (PIP), for those with a long-term condition which causes them to struggle with mobility or every tasks, will account for the bulk of the £5billion savings....<<<Read More>>>...