PIP is not an out of work benefit and should not be treated as such. Should these changes be proposed, I hope our parliamentarians find their bottle from the dog days of Starmer to resist again
EXCL: Downing Street is considering whether plans to replace key disability benefits for the under-25s with work and training should be expanded to older age groups, the Guardian has learned, in a move that risks reigniting Labour tensions over welfare changes.View quoted post on X
The PM and other cabinet ministers are looking at applying the idea of “participation first” to all working ages, meaning spending billions more on support to enter the workplace while cutting or removing some disability benefits.
The move would be a risky political one given the difficulties that Keir Starmer faced with getting changes to health and disability benefits past the Labour parliamentary party last year, with a rebellion leading to a major U-turn.
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