UN urges UK government to scrap welfare cuts over human rights concerns
The UN experts called for the British government to scrape the changes in the benefits of disability, their risk of violating human rights obligations.
In the Curse letter, UN Human Rights ‘Disability Rights Special Rapporteurs Heba Hagrass and extreme poverty and Olivier de Schutter, the Labor Party’s Workers’ Party’s welfare plans are a few serious concern.
Experts instead of supporting people with disabilities, instead of achieving the purposes of the said purposes that “financial issues and those who demand negative rights appear to be like a driving logic behind the reforms.
The ministers were forced to turn a shameful partial U -turn over their plans to reduce welfare expenditures in July, but the key changes in the universal loan will come into force as of next April.
They will see that the health-related element of social assistance (UC HEALD) has almost half for new plaintiffs-from £ 423.26 £ 217.26-and also freeze the amount for four years, that is, it will not increase with inflation.
Experts oppose the Disabled Rights Agreement Agreement (CRPD), which was approved by the UK in 2009, depending on the lower authorization “discriminatory and unjust” due to the entitlement to the three health of a person.
In addition, unjust consultants say that senior government officials and politicians use the language that “benefits stamped their plaintiffs and use the language that claims that the plaintiffs abuse and deceive the system”.
They point to the statistics of the Ministry of Labor and Pension (DWP) that show excess payments for universal credit payment (PIP) and fraud for extra elements.
“We are worried that such a language normalizes and encourages a hostile and stamped environment for people with disabilities they are considered as a ‘fake’ and a evacuation over society.”
Further reforms in the welfare system adds that in autumn this year, “expected”, adding that the suitability for UC health can be bored, the health assessment can be changed by PIP assessment and that access to benefit can be limited to the age of 22 and over.
Because of these concerns, experts say at least by full consultation with disabled people – welfare reforms should be withdrawn until existing and future plans are made.
Debbie Abrahams Deputy of the President of the Intervention, Labor and Pension Committee, called the Minister of Disability Stephen Timms to give more details about the PIP review, which will result in the autumn of 2026.
The TIMMS review was initiated after removing changes in the advantage of disability from the government’s Backbench deputies and campaignists.
Although Mr. Timms has stated that the aim of the investigation is not to save for the government, Mrs. Abrahams says that the suggestions from the examination “despite his commitment to“ PIP can restrict or reduce generosity ”.
A government spokesman said: “We are changing the welfare system, so sick or disabled people have the opportunity to pass through a good, safe job and poverty as part of our change plan.
“Our reforms will re -balance the universal loan rates to reduce deviant incentives that dismiss people and will provide people with the real support they need through our £ 3.8 billion employment support package.
“The views of people with disabilities remain at the center of our decision -making process, including the TIMMS examination, which will be produced together with disabled people and organizations earlier this year.”
