Liz Kendall warns benefits bill must still come down despite rebellion | Politics | News

Liz Kendall, the Secretary of Labor and Pension, warned that the social assistance system could collapse after forcing a great rebellion to scrape plans to limit disability payments. Authorized, since more than 1000 people benefit every day, personal independence payments (PIP) were increased to £ 35 billion by 2027, the rising welfare bill is determined to cut the bill, he said.

Kendall said: “This is absolutely important to make sure that an important benefit is sustainable for the future. In the last decade, the fact that the number of people in the PIP has doubled, if it will continue to the future, my real concern is the absolutely vital benefit for people will not continue in the future.”

The government has tried to bring new rules that make it difficult to demand the PIP, which helps disabled people who have life costs to save £ 4.1 billion. The proposals would mean that 800,000 people lost an average of £ 4,500 per year, but they led to anger between the craftsmanship backhencher and campaign groups, and the scope of philanthropy called them “disaster ..

The ministers diluted the plans before delaying indefinitely.

Social Security and Disability Minister Stephen Timms will now lead an investigation of the PIP, including experts and deputies, including disabled people and organizations representing them.

Ms. Kendall insisted that he was determined to cut his useful bill when he was questioned by the Commons Work and Pension Committee, chaired by workers’ deputy Debbie Abrahams, one of the leaders of the Backbench rebellion.

Under the current system, “People are almost encouraged to define themselves incapable of work”.

“We must have a much more proactive, pro -working system.”

The Secretary of Labor and Pension confessed that his department had undergone a hilly journey on the welfare legislation ,, but the cost should decrease. He said: “It is extremely difficult to replace, because people trust these benefits and built their lives around them.”

The number of people given to the Pip has increased from 13,000 to 34,000 per month since the Covid Pandememi. This means that approximately 408,000 people start to benefit each year.

According to the Ministry of Labor and Pension, fluctuation was directed to a significant increase in the number of people who declare anxiety and depression as their main states. While one of the ten people of the working age now claims to be a kind of illness or disability, the cost of all working age disability and disability aid increases by £ 20 billion since PANDEM and reaches £ 70 billion per year until 2029.

Ms. Kendall warned that the current system is bad for people who are dependent on the benefits of their work and bad for the economy. He said: “Increased businesses are worried about the costs of people in the long run.”

He insisted: “It is a good position that we have finally ended, here with disabled people, the organizations representing them, we will make sure that we are really there for those who need this benefit. To make sure that it is really there for those who really need it … In fact, the future in the world has taken into account the great changes in the world, since we have been in the world.

But blindly registered liberal democrat deputy Steve Darling came under fire and wanted to know why people with disabilities were not consulted about interruptions.

Kendall said he had consulted the parliament. He said to the committee: uk We were clearly consulted with Parliament. We do not ignore people with disabilities, they will be in the heart of Timms examination. ”