I tagli di Pip arrivano nel 2026 – mentre Liz Kendall rifiuta il ritardo
PIP cuts to arrive in 2026 – as Liz Kendall rejects plea for delay
di _Monsterguy_
I tagli di Pip arrivano nel 2026 – mentre Liz Kendall rifiuta il ritardo
PIP cuts to arrive in 2026 – as Liz Kendall rejects plea for delay
di _Monsterguy_
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Work and Pensions Secretary tells MPs that reforms ‘are needed now’ to make the welfare system ‘sustainable’
Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall has refused the request by MPs to delay the reforms, in a letter made public on Wednesday
The Government has refused a request from MPs to delay controversial reforms to disability benefits ahead of the bill being introduced to parliament.
A large number of MPs have opposed plans to shave £5bn off the welfare bill by restricting eligibility for personal independence payments (PIP) and the universal credit (UC) health top up.
Those against the changes have urged the Government to delay the reforms in order to carry out an independent assessment of the true impact of the cuts.
They are concerned that people who rely on the payments could be pushed into deprivation or left vulnerable if support is removed without an alternative source of income.
But Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall has refused the request by MPs to delay the reforms, in a letter made public on Wednesday.
The bill setting out the exact details of the changes is expected to be introduced into the Commons next week.
Labour MP and chair of the Work and Pensions Committee Debbie Abrahams had written to Kendall last month urging her to delay changes to allow for more scrutiny of who exactly would lose their support.
Replying to the Committee this week, Kendall said she would not push back the reforms.
This is despite threats from upwards of 150 Labour MPs who have previously indicated they will not vote for the proposed changes without these demands being met.
Kendall told the Committee the Government has “consistently been clear that we are not consulting on every proposal” – arguing that the introduction of legislation will give Parliament the opportunity to scrutinise the measures.
And she said the reforms “are needed now” in order to make the welfare system “sustainable”.
She said the Government wanted to look at “the assessment criteria” for PIP and how reforming it could “play a role in unlocking wider support”.
But she argued this would “take time and require extensive engagement” which is why the government could not wait for its conclusion to make the changes to PIP eligibility criteria.
The bill needs to achieve Royal Assent by November this year in order to be implemented for 2026/27, which is when the Government has pencilled in the welfare savings.
Under the changes to PIP, those claiming the daily living support element will need to achieve four points in their assessment in order to qualify – meaning only those with more severe conditions will be eligible.
Official analysis by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) estimates 9 in 10 people currently on PIP will still be receiving it by the end of this Parliament, even with the changes planned.
The Government argues these people would not necessarily have their PIP withdrawn under the reforms, due to possible changes in personal circumstances or health conditions and reforms to the assessment process.
Labour says that apart from needing to make savings due to inheriting a claimed £22bn blackhole in the budget, it is also introducing measures to help disabled people into work.
MPs ‘Should we find out the probably consequences of these changes?’
Kendal ‘**NO**’
Take the money from the most in need.
Spend on housing illegal immigrants, bombs and bullets for “peace keeping”
And I’m sure all those jobs that will suddenly appear will have employers who are willing to spend money on creating a workspace that disabled people can use, and give them the time off they need to cope with their disability. Why won’t they understand that labour are only making them destitute for their own good! /s
Just a thought….can we maybe delay MP pay rises for a few years instead? Maybe stop taking it from those that can’t afford it ffs
A lot of PIP assessors will say the hardest part of the job is knowing that people who need it will be denied, because they don’t know the right things to say. Conversely, a lot of people who don’t need it, but know how to correctly game the system, will be accepted.
If we’re looking to trim the fat we also need to look at **how** disabilities are measured, to ensure those who need it don’t miss out on it.
What needs cuts is MP lobbying and donations *cough bribery *cough money
Honestly thought we voted the Tories out. We just got the Tories on crack.
My mum’s PIP renewal was supposed to be done last June but it has dragged out so long that they ended up extending her current one by a year. So she might end up being assessed under the new rules. I’ve submitted my renewal this month, looks unlikely it’ll be done this year. Wonder if we’ll all be delayed so they can kick as many of us off as possible (I would still qualify but lots of vulnerable people won’t!)
A lot of people that need PIP already fail to get it because the system assessment is pushed so hard to stop faker than honest people lose out.
A big problem for disability and working is some people on PIP could work but can’t due to inconsistency and these are the people they are likely to lose PIP and be screwed. I have a friend who is suffering from long covid and could probably work if they could pick their hours according to flare ups and fatigue, but in reality that doesn’t work for businesses as they need reliability. They hate not being able to work so have tried self employed work but as you’d expect trying to manage a business is too much.
I don’t know the solutions for these people, but taking away their PIP and putting them on the streets is not it.
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At the same time, we squander money on so-called foreign aid and excessive levels of so-called “defence”.
Surely it’s not cutting PIP that’s the solution but instead looking at the process in which it is awarded.
There are genuine claimants but there are also people who take the piss.
There are people who know exactly what to say and what to claim for to play the system while people in genuine need aren’t ticking the right boxes.
But the good news is rough sleeping is no longer a crime. So when disabled people on £5k a year can no longer afford to top up their rent and become homeless they can sleep in doorways without risking a criminal record. So that’s kind of them.
Oh, and we can look forward to more local councils going bankrupt because no PIP, means no carers allowance, which means social care funded by local councils is going to get a huge jump in demand. That means more bed blocking – so say goodbye to all that extra investment in the NHS.
Mental health services are already seeing an increase in demand, that will shoot up. That means even shorter hospital stays and an increased risk of homicide (nothing like the increase in suicides of course, but if you are ill you are undeserving apparently. A useless eater, as some delightful person commented)
That’s one way to get your government voted out again. And I have an inkling that a certain Reform candidate is going to lap this up and possibly get his party some more seats. Dark times are ahead.
A psychic told me she has a heart attack in 6 months.
Much more radical cuts needed. Labour is still borrowing and spending more.
In this case I hope they make working from home a protected status.
There are many disabled or ill people who can work from home.
I’m one myself. However every few months I have to go through the whole hassle of reapplying for my work from home status. Interview with doctor, fill out forms etc.
This in itself can be harrowing, I fell ill the second year of lockdown when we’re we all working from home. After covid I had to have an interview with a doctor from work about my health and me continuing wfh. He basically said I was just trying to get out of going back to the office. This was despite, numerous Xrays, blood tests, medical reports and CT scans to say otherwise.
Then it’s up to my employer to decide if I get to keep working from home. This is the type of obstacle businesses put in the way for disabled people. And my business is one of the good ones!
The commute which I did for many years is an hour and half each way. I physically can’t do that anymore.
If I get my work from home “priveledge” rejected I will have to leave. I would have no choice.
Despite my condition and being in constant pain I can both work and contribute to society. Isn’t that better than the alternative?
An absolute ghoul who won’t face any consequences at all when vulnerable people start dying.
An un-X-able popup on that website on mobile. Avoid.
I wish the public got a vote over her pension and wages
Pensioners moan, they roll back.
Disabled people far less likely to vote get shafted. Disgraceful
Fuck it, I’m voting Reform.
Not because I agree with their policies, but because the other two main parties that are in contention for 10 Downing Street have been playing a game of Simon Says with Nigel Farage and just copying his homework. Pandering to the same crowds (TERFs, bigots and oligarchs) that Reform does is not only disingenous but it results in half-arsed policies that are destroying centrism (such as the cuts to PIP.) You may as well vote for the right wing populists over the other MPs that have been jumping on the Euroskeptic bandwagon either to make their own power grab or to try and salvage their declining vote share.
Vote Farage in, let him destroy the economy with a DOGE-style scheme of government spending cuts and the £20k personal allowance he’s proposing, and maybe we’ll see why giving him the spotlight was such a bad idea. If more people gave a shit about local politics, they’d be noticing what Reform-led councils are doing and would think twice about voting for them again.
I truly think that the BBC welcoming Nick Griffin on Question Time was the watershed moment for right wing populism being normalized.
Strange how they can find money to fund weapons, give £300 back to pensioners on 35k but someone like me will lose 93% of my income can just muddle on. I will still be disabled, I still won’t be able to work and I certainly won’t get an extra £300 to pay my winter heating bill.
PIP isn’t used to just pay people to be disabled and not work.
It provides support for those to get into work. That support could include help with mobility, accommodations for work, etc.
It saves money elsewhere.
I’m apprehensive at the risk of harm this can do to many