Scotland refuses to copy Labour’s ‘damaging’ welfare cuts

The Scottish government announced that it will not reflect the planned changes in the prosperous disabled aid proposed by Emek.

The costs that reduce costs are largely focused on the personal independence payment (PIP) designed to help the extra costs it experiences with a disease or disability.

Equivalent in Scotland, adult disabled repayment (ADP) and its administration was transferred to the Scottish government.

Holyrood’s Social Justice Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville confirmed the decision in an official statement and criticized the British government for plans.

Somerville said: “The proposed reforms of the British government will cause great harm to those who rely on social security support during the cost of the life crisis. These plans have not yet passed in Westminster, so there is still time to step back from this damaging policy and I encourage them to scrape their harmful suggestions.

“Reforms do not reflect the values ​​of the Scottish Government. We will not drop or not leave them aside as the British government does. We will not stop Scotland’s adult disabled payment.

“The United Kingdom Government must follow our leader and protect the social security system instead of dismantling it.

Ms. Somerville stressed that the Budget Responsibility Office (OBR) has been arranged to push 250,000 more people, including 50,000 children, to poverty. For Dunfermline, the MSP claimed that it threatened to undermine the work to reduce child poverty, and that Labour refused to scrape the benefits limit.

Labor and Pension Secretary Liz Kendall presented the welfare bill, where MPs are preparing to vote next month, but now they are now divided.

Ms. Kendall defended more people from disease benefits and reforms aimed at encouraging them to work – saying that they are necessary as the “social security system at a intersection”.

He said: “Unless more people do reform, more people will be rejected and they may not be there for those who need it.

“This legislation represents a new social contract and points to the moment we take the path of compassion, opportunity and dignity.”

Although Scotland is able to decide how the ADP is to be managed, the measures related to the universal loan in the bill are still obliged to influence Scottish citizens, since this benefit is managed.

As of April 2026, the payment rate of the universal loan for the health element will be frozen. Already the fields will remain at £ 423.27 per month by 2029/30.

However, after this month, the new applicants will receive a significant ratio of almost half of £ 217,26.

Disguised proposals received widespread criticism from charities and campaign groups. Since the government faces an important rebellion, it is reported that more than 100 labor deputies consider voting in plans against the government.