A PARLIAMENTARY motion opposing mooted disability benefits cuts for under-22s has been tabled by a Labour MP.

Neil Duncan-Jordan MP’s motion, which is supported by Disability Rights UK, points to an absence of evidence that reducing benefit income or tightening Universal Credit eligibility “increases participation in employment, education or training.”

He said the government “cutting support for young disabled people won’t get them into work — it will push them into poverty. 

“We need to reverse last year’s cuts and fight the growing calls to take even more from disabled people.”

His motion comes as calls grow for further welfare budget cuts to fund increased defence spending and the crisis in the Middle East.

Mr Duncan-Jordan added: “The choice between welfare and warfare is a complete distraction.

“We know that two-thirds of social security spending goes on pensions — money people have earned over a lifetime of work.

“Cutting support doesn’t make people better off or safer — it makes them more vulnerable.”

Proposals to remove the Universal Credit health top-up for young disabled people were announced in March 2025.

The change, to be brought in later this year, could reduce benefits by nearly £100 per week for roughly 66,000 18-to-21-year-olds.

Mikey Earhardt, of Disability Rights UK, said: “In pursuing arbitrary savings figures, the government risks our lives rather than testing new approaches that benefit disabled people, and the wider economy and society.

“If they do go ahead with this arbitrary change, they will be undoing the very fabric of the social security system.”