Welfare reform ‘must happen’, says Pat McFadden

The reform of the welfare system should “take place”, Pat McFadden, Secretary of Labor and Pension, told BBC.

Two weeks after he seized the welfare briefing, he spoke and promised to progress with changes to ensure that people get the help they need and to address the increasing cost of benefit.

In June, the government received an flagship policy to reduce approximately £ 5 billion from the disability and health -related benefits to prevent a humiliating defeat in the hands of labor deputies.

The government says that tens of thousands of people with disappearances that are currently needing to look for a job will be offered skill and employment support to help them hire them.

McFadden’s hostage is after Government U-Turned Recommended changes in personal independence payments (PIP) and the health element of universal loan.

The reforms planned to save approximately £ 5 billion a year until 2029-30, but they contributed to the pressure on the chancellery before the budget of November, and some analysts predicted that they should increase tax increases or £ 20 billion with expenditures to meet their own obligation.

After abandoning the tightening plans for the PIPs, the government led to the review of payments made by the Minister of Disability Sir Stephen Timms.

The report will not be ready for another year, but McFadden returned to the idea that the reform has been standing until then.

” Absolutely no. Welfare reform is always happening. Everyone looking at the current system, the wagons around the circle to take the conclusion should not conclude, ” he said.

In addition, he did not ignore the tightening of suitability for universal loan or eliminating the authority of health -related universal loan payments to people under 22 years of age.

‘Look, I’m not excluding anything. Welfare reform is really important. Currently, this system is unhealthy and long -term benefits for people, because we do not get help to people who can work, “he added.

The scale of the difficulty is intimidating. Approximately 3.7 million people of working age obtain health benefits. The Budget Responsibility Independent Office estimates that health and disability bills will reach £ 100 billion by 2030.

McFadden spoke with a business center in Barking, east of London, with BBC. There he met four women who acted about the fact that the traumatic events in their lives have led to sick health and for several years of disease benefits. A specialist working coach, whom he said to help everyone to give confidence, was appointed.

Interest told us how domestic violence leads to depression and anxiety and that he felt “over”. While talking, the trembling inn said that his body was “closed” after his marriage and several surgeries collapsed.

Women’s names have been changed to protect their identities.

Everyone said they wanted to work, but there is no obligation to participate in a business center under the current system.

McFadden said that the system created a “unhealthy” “dual division” that makes people suitable for work and is “unhealthy”.

1000 special trained business center staff will provide voluntary support to those with disease benefits, he said.

The government says that the coaches, known as the road to business consultants, are now in every business center in England, Wales and Scotland.

“We have supported people who have been away from the labor market for a long time, obviously, signing, paying wages and not touched for years. This is wrong.” He said.