LABOUR’s shadow work and pensions secretary raised concerns over a “two-tier” benefits system today after suggesting that those who make “greater contributions” to the welfare system should receive more.
The language used by Jonathan Reynolds, who was given the job by new Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer two months ago, has been described as “divisive” and “toxic.”
In an interview with Politics Home, he criticised the Tory government’s universal credit (UC) scheme, but added that he wants a “simpler” system in which “if you put more in, you get more out.”
The government’s Pip review looks like a carefully managed exercise in legitimising future cuts to disability support, argues Dr DYLAN MURPHY
Plans to delay access to the universal credit health element until age 22 have triggered fierce opposition from disabled people’s groups, who warn it would deepen poverty and entrench discrimination against young disabled people under the guise of ‘encouraging work.’ DYLAN MURPHY reports
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