Almost two -thirds of the households in parts of the UK claims Universal Credit, a new map in the midst of a furious government row for batent rates.
Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall unveiled fresh curbs this afternoon on Handouts despite the opposition in the cabinet and in the wider Labor party.
The government wants the growing costs of people axes that the sick people struck £ 48 billion in 2023-24 and is expected to continue to rise to £ 67 billion in 2029-30.
About 64.2 percent of households in the Perry Bar, in Birmingham, claim benefits, more than twice the British average of 25.2 percent.
It is the area with the highest percentage of household claims, according to data from the Library.
Four of the five areas with the highest counts of households are in Birmingham, where all top ten are found in the Midlands City, London or Bradford.
In the eight constituents with the most household claimants, more than half received universal credit.
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Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall revealed fresh curbs this afternoon on Handouts Despite the opposition in the cabinet and in the wider Labor Party
Mrs. Kendall said to the commons: 'The facts speak for themselves: one in ten people of working age now claims a disease or disabled benefit, almost a million young people who are not in education, work or training – that is one in eight of all our young people.
'2.8 million without work as a result of long -term illness, and the number of people who claim that personal independence payments have doubled this decade of two to 4.3 million, with the growth of claims that rise faster in young people and mental health rights.
'And with claims up to four times higher in parts of the Midlands, Wales and the North, where economic demand is the weakest.
“Places that were decimated in the 80s and 90s, written off for years by successive Tory governments and never given the opportunities they deserve.”
The share of claimants of personal independence payments in England and Wales that are younger than 30 has increased in recent years, from 14.5 percent of the total in January 2020 to 16.4 percent in January 2025.
People aged 30-44 made 18.8 percent of the total in January 2020 and 20.9 percent in January 2025.
The share of claimants from 45-59, on the other hand, fell from 36.3 percent in January 2020 to 30.1 percent in January 2025, while the figure for 60 to 74-year-olds is broadly unchanged and very light rises from 30.5 percent to 30.9 percent.
Mrs. Kendall said that the 'complex and time -consuming' working capacity assessment element of Universal Credit will be canceled from 2028. Everyone will be moved to the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Assessment.
Reports have suggested that there is also unrest around the cabinet table, with ministers, including Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner (shown today) and energy secretary Ed Miliband would have expressed concern from private
Being eligible is also tightened for benefits for the disabled, performed with continuous checks.
Those with mental health complaints can also get more obligations to look for jobs, while people with disabilities are encouraged to try to work with guarantees that they will not lose if it turns out to be impossible.
However, the idea of ​​freezing PIP in cash has been dumped in the light of a mutiny on the left.
And the initiative has only been set up to delay the alarming increase in overall health and disability spending on the prediction of the coming years.
Mrs. Kendall said that the measures were planned to save £ 5 billion in 2029/2030, after £ 1 billion has been invested again to support the work.
But that would still give the health and the disabled £ 15 billion higher than this year.
One of the best allies of Sir Keir Starmer said that the cabinet is united behind the efforts to lower the welfare account.
Pat Mcfadden, the Chancellor of the Duchy Lancaster and a key figure behind the scenes in the starmer administration, insisted that the plans 'were completely in line with the values ​​of the Labor Party'.
In anticipation of the announcement of the work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall, MPs came to the left Labor and the backers of the party of the party on the measures, with the argument that they would punish the disabled and the poor.
Reports have suggested that there is also unrest around the cabinet table, with ministers, including vice -prime minister Angela Rayner and energy secretary Ed Miliband, would have expressed their concern in private.
In the plans of NO10, a series of Labor MPs has already made the plans to convince them of the need for change.
Nadia Whittome, the MP for Nottingham East, said that she was “seriously involved about the reforms” who was said to be considered and “frankly horrible” by comments from some ministers, while experienced MP Diane Abbott said there was a “gap” between “a small number of people at the top” and the overlowness of MPS and party style.
Mayor of Labor Greater Manchester Andy Burnham warned that changes in suitability and support while the system would leave as it is, “too many people would catch in poverty.”
Unite's General Secretary Sharon Graham wrote in the mirror “We put the poorest against the poorest,” while Christina McANEA of Unison said, “It is never acceptable to speak for himself who can speak the least.”
