Labor was hit today by a wild backbench uprising, because an assessment by the government was apparent from welfare reductions could push 250,000 more people into poverty – including 50,000 children.
MPs stand in line for Chancellor Rachel Reeves in the commons after her spring declaration in the commons. They burned her cutbacks 'cruel' and demanded a U-turn while they called for more taxes on the rich.
Mrs. Reeves claims that her reforms will save £ 4.8 billion after her growth that destroys the October budget.
An internal impact assessment by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) found that 3.2 million families in April 2030 will lose on average £ 1,720 a year.
And although 3.8 million families will win £ 420 per year, the assessment also showed that 150,000 family carers lose a total of a maximum of £ 500 million in payments.
In the commons, Mrs. Reeves defended her cuts challengingly and smelled that the welfare system was' broken 'and without saying the changes', we write a whole generation of people about disease benefits.
Asked if they 'the most vulnerable penalties', she said,' There is nothing progressive and nothing work about losing control over public finances.
“That is what the previous government did … it saw prices rise. It was not the rich who paid the price, they were ordinary working people and people with a fixed income. '
In the commons, Rachel Reeves (photo) challenging her cuts and smeared that the welfare system was 'broken' and without saying the changes 'that we write off a whole generation of people' from people about disease benefits
Debbie Abrahams (photo), chairman of the Work and Pensions Committee, said: 'All proof indicates that the cutbacks on the health and disabled benefits will lead to increased poverty'
During a press conference in Downing Street, she added: “I am convinced that our plans, far from increasing poverty, actually lead to more people having fulfilling work, pay a decent wage to get themselves and their families out of poverty.”
But earlier in the commons she had confronted with a barrage of criticism from Labor MPs while revealing details about the savings.
Debbie Abrahams, chairman of the Work and Pensions Committee, said: 'All proof indicates that the cutbacks on the health and disability – benefits will lead to increased poverty, including serious poverty and also deteriorated health status.
“How will making people sicker and worse help in stimulating our economy and people in jobs?”
The DWP assessment concluded: “We estimate that there will be an additional 250,000 people (including 50,000 children) in relative poverty after housing costs in 2029-30.”
Relative poverty is when people can afford basic needs, but struggle to pay for goods that go further. In the meantime, absolute poverty is when people have trouble even paying the basics, such as food or household accounts.
The assessment showed that the cutbacks could push no fewer than 200,000 people into absolute poverty.
One in ten people in the working age claims an advantage of illness or disabled people. The number has risen by 800,000 since the pandemic – an increase of 45 percent. And those who claim a personal independence (PIP), a disability benefit, is set at 4.3 million.
According to Labor's reforms, PIP will be made stricter, so that the payments are completely reduced or reduced for nearly 1 million claimants.
Mrs. Reeves had said that the health element of Universal Credit (UC) that is paid if your ability to work is limited is almost halved from £ 97 to £ 50 of April 2026 for new claimants. And for existing claimants it will be frozen until 2030 with the current rate.
Darren Jones (photo), chief secretary of the treasury, was also confronted with spot after defending the cutbacks by comparing them to cutting pocket money for his children to encourage them to get a job on Saturday
Mrs. Reeves claims that her reform will save £ 4.8 billion after her growth that destroys the October budget
Referring to the latest cuts, said Labor Peer Lord Blunkett (photo): 'I think there were a few surprises. One was clearly the foaming of another £ 500 million in savings from the welfare budget '
But she was then forced to make further cuts on the eleventh hour today after the office for budget responsibility had rejected its initial estimates of the treasury.
The watchdog said it could not assess some of the reforms and the amount saved at £ 3.4 billion instead of the labor figure of £ 4.8 billion. It meant that Mrs. Reeves had to increase her reduction in the health element for new claimants by almost half.
Referring to the latest cutbacks, said Labor Peer Lord Blunkett: 'I think there were a few surprises.
“One was clearly the throwing of another £ 500 million in savings from the welfare budget, I didn't think that was a terribly good way to make policy.”
Darren Jones, chief secretary of the treasury, was also confronted with spot after defending the cuts by comparing them to cutting pocket money for his children to encourage them to get a Saturday job.
He said to the BBC: “If I said to my children:” I'm going to cut your pocket money with £ 10 a week, but you have to get a Saturday job. ” The impact assessment on that basis would say that my children fell £ 10, regardless of how much money they get from their Saturday job. '
Mrs. Reeves said that comparing efforts to get people to work with encouraging children to have a Saturday job is 'not the right analogy'.
Steve Darling, the spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats Welfare, burned the comments' incredibly insulting 'and added that he' owes an apology to the hundreds of thousands of people who have put the decision of his government into poverty. “
