Welfare reforms announced earlier this year would go ahead if the Conservatives win the General Election.
The Conservatives have pledged to halt the rising costs of welfare by reforming the benefits system if they win the General Election on July 4. The latest offer from the Tories would help to save some £12 billion a year by the end of the next parliament, the party has claimed, by ensuring more working age people currently claiming benefits have a job.
Previously announced plans to pass on the responsibility for issuing sick notes from GPs to specialist work and health professionals are within the Tories’ plans. Tom Waters, institute for Fiscal Studies associate director, said “it is understandable that whoever is in office after the election should want to take a careful look” at the growing number of people receiving financial support from the government for a health-related benefit.
“Delivering an additional £12 billion saving from this set of measures relative to what was forecast in the March Budget looks difficult in the extreme. That said, even if it was achieved, it would still only leave spending around its current level.” Other forms of support could include health care, social services care provision and respite, which it states are also important to help people to realise their full potential and live independently.
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