Keir Starmer has been warned that his £ 5 billion benefits could fail because the play of people with a disability of people – while arguing for Labor rebels to find out the reforms.
The prime minister insisted that there is no choice to reform the 'shocking' system that claims that 'those who can work must work'.
But critics have branded the changes to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Universal Credit (UC) a 'Flea Bite' – pointing that the Health and Disability benefits law will still increase in the coming years.
The respected IFS think tank wondered whether the £ 5 billion savings will even be achieved, with which similar attempts have been emphasized in the past, because the plaintiffs simply shift their approach to assessments.
Sir Keir is preparing for PMQs during lunch after work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall set movements yesterday to trim 'non-durable' costs in a long-awaited common statement.
Keir Starmer has been warned that his £ 5 billion benefits could fail because the game of people 'play' handicap tests -as he argued for Labor rebels to find out the reforms
PIP stops unless people can show that they are unable to handle daily tasks, such as without help from the toilet. Depicted a version of the PIP test distributed by Citizen's advice
It is eligible that the benefit of the most important pip -invalidity is tightened.
Hand -outs will stop unless people can show that they are unable to tackle daily tasks, such as going to the toilet.
Plaintiffs must score at least four points on scales of handicap for one of the 12 essential activities.
How does PIP change?
Personal independence payment remains an 'important non-resources tested' for the disabled and people with long-term health problems, the government said.
But ministers warned the increase in PIP claims and government spending on the benefit were 'not sustainable' and 'surpassed' the growth in the prevalence of a disability.
As part of his welfare performance, Labor will introduce an extra suitability requirement before the claimants get PIP.
This means that the claimants will need at least four points from November next year to score on one of the 'daily living activities' that are used to assess PIP claims to receive the daily element of the benefit of the benefit.
Dagelijkse levende activiteiten worden geclassificeerd als 'voedsel bereiden', 'voeding nemen', 'therapie beheren of een gezondheidstoestand bewaken', 'wassen en baden', 'het beheersen van de toiletbehoeften of incontinentie', 'aankleden en uitkleden', 'Verbaal communiceren', 'lees- en begrip symbolen en woorden', 'boeten met andere mensen met het gezicht' en 'budgetterende budgettaire debit'.
Currently, if you get between 8 and 11 points in total, you will receive the daily composing of PIP against the standard percentage.
If you get a total of at least 12 points, you get the daily component of life with the improved speed.
But Labor wants to limit the right to the daily component to only those who are more seriously disabled.
For example, to score four points about 'washing and bathing', a claimant 'needs help to wash his body between the shoulders and waist'.
The government said that their planned changes would mean “that people who only score the lowest points on each of the PIP activities in daily life will lose their right in the future.”
The Resolution Foundation suggested that between 800,000 and 1.2 million people will therefore lose a maximum of £ 6,300 per year by 2029-30.
However, the IFS said that the savings of sharpening PIP criteria were 'relatively uncertain' and could be 'much less than hoped'.
In her response to the proposals, the think tank said: 'The impact of reforms for assessment criteria is more difficult to predict than changes in paid amounts, because the way in which the claimants approach the assessment is likely to change in response.
“Previous governments that try similar reforms have shown that they have saved much less than hoped.”
Reassessments are also being performed, while the benefits are specifically unable to work, it will completely remove it – something that the IFS said they can find 600,000 current claimants.
Those with mental health complaints are more difficult to claim, while the disabled people are encouraged to try to work with guarantees that they will not lose if it turns out to be impossible.
The government wants young adults to get the health -related element of universal credit, worth a maximum of £ 419 per month, until they are 22 years old. That may cover 66,000 people and can yield up to £ 330 million.
However, the idea of freezing Pip in cash was 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.
Official figures show that the total costs of paying illness and disability will jump from £ 65 billion to £ 100 billion at the end of the decade. The bill for those who are paid to working people will rise to £ 70 billion.
An expert last night said that the proposed savings were a 'flea bite' compared to the overall growth of the welfare account.
In writing in the Times newspaper, Sir Keir pointed to the 2.8 million working age people without work due to long-term illness, claiming that this was a 'damn indictment of the conservative record' on well-being.
The PM added: 'The result is devastating for public finances. By 2030 we are expected to spend £ 70 billion a year on disability and disability benefits alone.
'But even more important is that it has caused a terrible human costs. Young people are excluded from the labor market in a formative era. People with complex long -term conditions, written off by a single assessment.
'People who want to get back to work, but still do not have access to the support they need. This all happens to scale and it is indefensible. '
Touring -Uitzendstudios This morning the Minister of Social Security was asked Stephen Timms whether people with fear will not be able to claim PIP.
“No, it depends on the effect of the condition on the well -being of people, and the indicators are all published and explained,” he said Times Radio.
'So if you have problems doing certain things, you get points about the PIP assessment. And the number of points you get determines how much PIP you get. '
He admitted that the costs of PIP will still rise, but “nothing goes beyond as fast as we have not acted” and said that the changes will “make the costs sustainable in the long term.”
He said that an impact assessment for the proposals cannot yet be published because it contains 'market -sensitive data'. It will be published next week in addition to the Spring Statement of the Chancellor.
Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall will prepare movements to save around £ 5 billion in the midst of fears spiral -shaped costs are 'not durable'
