Last night was challenged to prove that it was serious about the reform of welfare by focusing online 'sickfluencers' that help with the game 'of the benefit system'.
The Tories called on the government to support their proposal to make it a specific crime to help someone commit benefits fraud.
Shadow work and pensions Secretary Helen Whately said 'Internet is flooded' with videos that show people how to operate the system. Some of these 'sickfluencers' earn money from the videos, she added.
The Tory calls follow a Channel 4 Dispatches program that showed how YouTube and Tiktok accounts had received benefits of millions of views, where followers share stories about obtaining disabilities.
Tips contain lists with keywords that must be used in assessments, including conditions that corresponded to the score criteria for benefits, such as 'psychological need'.
Users are also warned not to answer certain 'trick questions' during interviews.
The bill for working age is expected to reach £ 75 billion by 2029. Half of them will be spent on disability for people whose health is ability to work.
The Tories will determine a change in the current fraud account this week to introduce the new violation.
The Tory calls follow a Channel 4 Dispatches program that showed how YouTube and Tiktok accounts had received benefits of millions of views, where followers share stories about obtaining disabilities. Shown: file photo
Shadow work and pensions Secretary Helen Whately (depicted in 2021) said 'The internet is flooded' with videos that show people how they can exploit the system
Separately, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch (photo) will launch the policy renewal process of her party this week to build what sources say is a 'serious and strategic' program to return to the government
Mrs Whately said: 'There are now a million people who claim disease benefits than for the pandemic.
'Although we know that people were struggling with Lockdown, this does not explain this enormous increase in claims. The system is gamed. '
She challenged ministers to combat the 'rise of the sick people' by supporting the Tory amendment, and said that benefits fraud reduces the help for real disabled people.
Separately, this week, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch will launch the policy renewal process of her party to build what sources say is a 'serious and strategic' program to return to the government.
The move comes in the midst of reports yesterday about more job losses at Tory's head office to lower the costs.
The number of posts has already fallen from 188 to 153, but another 19 can go.
Last night a spokesperson for a party said: “Nothing is off the table and, as she has shown with her reorganization of CCHQ, Kemi is not afraid to make major changes.”
