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Government’s £6billion benefits crackdown: Sick and disabled face huge cuts as Rachel Reeves scrambles to curb soaring welfare bill

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The sick and disabled people are confronted with a £ 6 billion benefits that are illuminated while Rachel Reeves is climbing to curb the rising welfare account.

The Chancellor is expected to announce the performance in her spring statement later this month while fighting to prevent the need for tax increases.

About £ 5 billion of the savings will arise from making people more difficult to qualify for personal independence payments – an advantage that is designed to help with the extra costs caused by a disability.

The payments, which can be up to £ 9,600 per year, will also be frozen next year and not in line with inflation.

Moreover, those who actively request have increased their benefits, while the speed of universal credit is reduced for those who are deemed unsuitable for work, has reported ITV News.

Labor intends to invest £ 1 billion of savings in employment support for people looking for a job.

It is understanding that the purpose of the reforms is to increase the stimuli for people to continue to work, even if they suffer from a disability or health status.

Government’s £6billion benefits crackdown: Sick and disabled face huge cuts as Rachel Reeves scrambles to curb soaring welfare bill

Van Rachel Reeves is expected to announce the performance in her spring statement later this month while fighting to prevent the need for tax increases

Mrs. Reeves would be looking for £ 5 billion in savings from benefits, with suggestions that the conditions for claiming disease payments will be aimed

Mrs. Reeves would be looking for £ 5 billion in savings from benefits, with suggestions that the conditions for claiming disease payments will be aimed

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall is supposed to argue that any liberated money must be invested in helping people on the labor market

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall is supposed to argue that any liberated money must be invested in helping people on the labor market

It comes as Mrs. Reeves said earlier this week that reducing the welfare account was the 'right to do', because she tries to find ways to balance the books.

Expenditure on health -related benefits currently amounts to no less than £ 65 billion.

The Chancellor also hinted that so -called 'Nets' are in her sights and say that the 'majority' of the million unemployed young people should work.

On Wednesday, Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood defended efforts to reduce the issued amount of well -being.

She told BBC Radio 4's Today's Program: “There is a moral matter here to ensure that people who can work are able to work and there is also a practical point here, because our current situation is untenable.”

Work and pensions Secretary Liz Kendall is supposed to claim that every money that has been released must be invested in helping people on the labor market.

Mrs. Kendall announced limited plans on Thursday to use 1,000 existing work coaches to offer 'intensive voluntary support' to around 65,000 sick and disabled people.

She said: 'Too long, sick and disabled people have told that they cannot work, have not refused the support and being able to deny jobs, with all the benefits that good work entails.

'But many sick and disabled people want and can work, with the right support.

Graph shows the number of young people aged 16 to 24, not in education, employment or training

Graph shows the number of young people aged 16 to 24, not in education, employment or training

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer talks during a Q&A session at a company on March 6

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer talks during a Q&A session at a company on March 6

“We are determined to resolve the broken benefit system as part of our plan for change by reforming the welfare system and offering the right support to help people get work and go to work, so that we can make Great Britain work and deliver our ambition of an employment rate of 80 percent.”

Personal independence payments were introduced in 2013, but the number of people they use has increased.

There is also an increase in benefits claimers who have removed mental health and fear as reasons to receive the benefit.

Figures show prices for a 'psychiatric state', including anxiety and depressive disorders, grew from an average of 2,600 per month in 2019 to 5,700 in January 2024.

It is because a new report was released on Friday that claims that young adults claim those who claim for benefits for the disabled to look for work in exchange for their money.

Former Labor Minister Lord David Blunkett has approved a call for personal independence payments to be 'conditionally' made for those aged 18-30 to combat spiral unemployment.

The think tank of the Center Legal Policy Policy argues that the current system costs every taxpayer to £ 1,500 in 2028/29 and does not encourage claimants to look for work.

They claim that it has become a 'front-stop instead of a backstop', because PIP requirements do not have to offer medical proof of diseases to claim.

Former Labor Minister Lord David Blunkett endorses a call for the personal independence (PIP) to be made 'conditional' for those aged 18-30 to combat spiral unemployment

Former Labor Minister Lord David Blunkett endorses a call for the personal independence (PIP) to be made 'conditional' for those aged 18-30 to combat spiral unemployment

The Center-Law Policy Exchange thinks Tank that the current system will cost each taxpayer up to £ 1,500 by 2028/29 and plaintiffs will not encourage work (file photo)

The Center-Law Policy Exchange thinks Tank that the current system will cost each taxpayer up to £ 1,500 by 2028/29 and plaintiffs will not encourage work (file photo)

Lord Blunkett, a former secretary of work and pensions, said: 'What is absolutely certain is that because of individuals, our economy and the affordability of the system, radical and positive change are needed.

'The experience of reflecting the implementation of the new deal for the young unemployed from 1998 is the recommendation that there should be a form of conditionality for the under 30s worth exploring.

'Not least with the stunning figure of about 70 percent of those under the age of 25 who claim illness or disability benefit with a form of mental absenteeism.

'The change in time and the variation with older people of working age cannot be ignored.

“So a combination of targeted and improved support together with much clearer requirements for people looking for help makes absolutely common sense.”

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