Starmer’s PIP disability cuts could see claimants lose £10,000 a year, MPs warn
A group of deputies, disabled people Sir Keir Starmer’ın as a result of benefit deductions may lose more than 10,000 £ more than 10,000, he said.
In a damn report, the All Party Group (Appg) on poverty, some plaintiffs who would not be suitable for personal independence payments (PIP) lost £ 886 per month.
While the ministers tried to reduce 5 billion pounds from the welfare bill, the group said that up to 800,000 faces lost PIP support.
Poverty Appg Co-Presidents Sian Berry and Ruth Lister said: “People with disabilities already face unacceptable challenges. These offers will not eliminate the obstacles of employment-they will strip the people from the revenues they trust to stay in life.
“Evidence is clear: These deductions will deepen inequality and force people to the crisis. We call on the government to listen and change the most affected.”
A government impact assessment, which is published with reforms, warned that approximately 250,000 people, including 50,000 children throughout the UK, Scotland and Wales, may fall into relative poverty after housing costs as a result of changes.
The proposals have received strong criticism from charities and campaign groups since they were announced by Liz Kendall in March. Recent research by Trussell Trust found that approximately 340,000 more people in disabled households could face hunger and difficulties at the end of the decade as a result of changes.
Under the changes, it needs to help the toilet or help to deal with the toilet, which requires help to use the toilet or to deal with incontinence.
More than 100 labor force deputies are expected to rebel against the government in the biggest reaction of Sir Keir’s premiere, when interruptions are voted in Commons.
They include the left -wing player Richard Burgon. Independent: “A workers’ government should never try to balance the books behind the disabled. But labor deputies are asked to shake their heads.
“The government needs to learn the lesson of the disaster in winter fuel payment cuts – and this time they listen and change their positions before they do any damage.
And Appg’s report will put pressure to change the government’s route with the warning that deputies’ proposals may be “disaster .. He emphasizes that disabled people are twice the possibility of living in poverty as non -disabled people, and more than half of all people in poverty live in a house with either disabled or at least one disabled person.
In the meantime, disabled individuals and families face additional costs not made by non -disabled households, including higher expenditures for food, heating, transportation and medical support.
In some cases, Appg said in some cases that these costs can spend extra £ 1,000 each month. The report is based on the application of individuals in the sector as well as individuals who demand PIP.
He called for the government to scrape the planned changes in the PIP, to increase the benefits paid to disabled ones, to re -evaluations for disabled people and to invest in housing and transportation accessibility.
Equality Trust General Manager Priya Sahni-Nicholas said: “The disabled people told us that their greatest fears were forgotten in government priorities. And tragically, this green article confirms this fear. These proposals are not only unfair but inefficient.
