The Prime Minister has said personal independence payment spending is forecast to rise by more than 50 over the next four years.
A think tank has said Rishi Sunak’s proposed reforms to benefits will affect physically disabled people
The Prime Minister said current spend on benefits for people of working age with a disability or health condition is £69 billion – “more than our entire schools budget; more than our transport budget; more than our policing”.But the Prime Minister’s speech today will create more worry than support.He added that Pip spending alone is forecast to rise by more than 50% over the next four years if no changes are made.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Pip spending is set to increase by more than half over four years without reform Scope’s director of strategy, James Taylor, accused the Government of proposing to “slash disabled people’s income by hitting Pip” in a cost-of-living crisis, branding the suggestion “horrific”.
“For example, while the Prime Minister made the case for reform on the basis of rising numbers of people with mental ill-health claiming benefits, any major reforms will also impact those with physical disabilities too. Louise Murphy, senior economist at the Resolution Foundation, said: “Rising economic inactivity, and especially rising inactivity due to long-term sickness, is one of the biggest economic challenges Britain faces in the 2020s.
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