Nearly 800,000 disabled children stand to lose out from Labour welfare reform
Approximately 800,000 disabled children, the Ministry of Labor and Pension (DWP) (DWP), confirms that it will not be suitable for the protection of the Workers’ Party under the welfare privileges of the Labor Party.
Following a major Backbench rebellion on the welfare bill of the government last week, Labi Kendall, Secretary of Labor and Pension, announced several settings in the legislation before a Crunch vote on Tuesday afternoon.
However, DWP confirmed that this protection will not be extended until the age of 73,000 under the age of 166 under the age of 166, which is currently the PIP’s child equivalent, disability life allowance (DLA).
If the invoice passes, the Payment of Personal Independence (PIP) will be difficult to claim as the point score system used in the evaluations is bored. The benefit, which is currently paid to 3.7 million people, is designed to assist extra costs related to health or disability.
Approximately 1.5 million of them will not be appropriate under the new scoring system. However, Ms. Kendall confirmed that when the amendments entered into force in November 2026, the MPs confirmed that everyone who was taken of the PIP would be subject to the old, softer point scoring system in the compulsory future re -evaluation.
DLA, one of the most common health benefits in the UK, started to be gradually removed in 2013. However, the mother childhood is in place for children aged 0 to 15 years as a disabled benefit. Parents can apply to DLA on behalf of their children from their birth.
However, when DLA is taken to the age of 16, they are invited to apply to the PIP. DLA payments will stop if they do not apply for the PIP until the deadline they are given in this invitation.
DWP confirmed that the promised guards for existing PIP plaintiffs under the concessions of the government will not be expanded to any child who is currently receiving DLA.
This means that any child who is 16 years old after November 2026 will be evaluated in a new, more strict system for the PIP.
The current system was criticized in March for rejecting that young people in the BBC investigation claim that the PIP was already one -third. If changes pass, this statistics will probably rise.
The DLA receiver of 350,000 adults may face a more difficult assessment process for the PIP in the future, because they all face a compulsory movement for future benefit.
After the stage of DLA, many buyers born before 1948 were invited to apply to the PIP, subject to a compulsory assessment. DWP confirmed that these invitations have been paused for the time being, although the DLA receiver of more than 350,000 adults was in brackets to get one.
These figures mean that more than one million existing disability benefits can face more criteria to demand the PIP, and Labour can be separated from the privilege to offer protections for existing PIP plaintiffs.
DWP said that voluntary claims for adults can be made at any time for PIPs, that is, everyone who has not yet switched from the bill may want to think about it if it passes Tuesday.
James Taylor, General Manager of Strategy within the scope of disabled equality aid, said: “These destructive interruptions will support the bone for disabled children and their families in the future.
“Life costs a great amount of expensive for disabled people of all ages. Today’s disabled children can be worse up to £ 8,000 a year than an old person with the same needs and extra costs.
“Hundreds of thousands of families will encounter a terrible cliff edge supported as their children approach adulthood.
“The government needs to leave this bill and participate properly with disabled people and deputies about how our welfare system will reform the best way.”
Disability Assistance Theme Senior Advisor Derek Sinclair said: “The announcements of the last week will be a relief for the current plaintiffs.
“We are left with an unjust two -layer system. Future plaintiffs will find it difficult to qualify for financial support, and the benefits paid to many will be significantly lower.
“Our research has found that families with a disabled child or young families are already among the poorest households in the UK. The government should scrape their current plans until the first time with disabled people and caregivers.”
DWP did not comment.
Last week, Independent Moreover In the assessment of more than half of the ‘humiliated’ because they said they felt, they said they were fighting to get the support they deserve, PIP has revealed the case of plaintiffs.
