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Works and pensions secretary Mel Stride, February 19, 2024
MEL STRIDE aimed to “ramp up hatred” when he claimed that the cost of paying benefits to people with certain disabilities amounts to thousands of pounds a month, a campaign group said today.
The Work and Pensions Secretary spoke to BBC Breakfast on Monday about personal independence payments (PIP), a benefit for those who have extra living costs due to long-term health problems, ahead of a consultation on proposed welfare reforms.
He said: “What we know with PIP is that it’s a very blunt benefit.
Labour will find increases in the state pension age are unacceptable, just as cuts to the Winter Fuel Allowance, personal independence payments and universal credit are — it needs to change direction immediately, writes PCS general secretary FRAN HEATHCOTE
A new report from the Citizens Advice destroys the government narrative about disabled people ‘choosing’ not to work, showing the £3,000 annual cuts will create a two-tiered system based on claim dates rather than needs, writes DYLAN MURPHY
The government’s retreat on PIP still leaves 150,000 new universal credit claimants facing halved benefits from April 2026, creating a discriminatory two-tier welfare system that campaigners must continue fighting, writes DR DYLAN MURPHY
