The official 2024 budget discussion.

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Which will only benefit people who don't receive Universal Credit or legacy benefits

At present, the DWP along with other entities can claw back debts from Universal Credit payments up to 25 per cent of the standard allowance. This cap is expected to be lowered to 15%, with the change slated to take effect from April 2025.

This is a significant benefit for anyone having money clawed back from their UC allowance, correctly or otherwise..

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She told the Commons: “Today, I am also taking three steps to ensure that welfare spending is more sustainable.“First, we inherited the last government’s plans to reform the work capability assessment. We will deliver those savings as part of fundamental reforms to the health and disability benefits system that the Work and Pensions Secretary (Liz Kendall) will bring forward.

So, essentially, a complete non-statement that could mean either "we're doing the tory's plans" or "we're not doing the Tory's plans" without actually committing to either.

Great. About what I expected from labor, back to anxiously waiting for them to actually give any details I guess.

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Votadini

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/933359#Comment_933359

If they're going ahead with the Conservative plans (which is what they've briefed to the press and Reeves seems to have confirmed), then for existing claimants nothing will change until 2028/29 even if you're reassessed, the changes to the WCA will be for new claimants only until that time. We'll know more when Liz Kendall releases her white paper.

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https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/933382#Comment_933382

Thank you

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Albus_Scope

Scope will be releasing a statement later today, so I'll post it here as soon as I hear anything.

JonnycJonny

The 'savings' had already been baked into the figures. What remains is the specifics of the reform - our state of limbo persists.

Meg24

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/933382#Comment_933382

Where is this written? I've only seen them say "new claimants and those who have a change of circumstances or a reassessment"

I haven't had a WCA since 2018 so I'm definitely due one. Surely they have to apply the new rules to all WCAs, not just to new claimants? I thought they'd said that they expect ALL claimants to be under the new rules BY 2028/9. I'll be very happy to be corrected because that will give me a few more years. I won't last long once the changes kick in.

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Andi66

Just heard sunak tear into reeves about not cutting welfare and making disabled work. So unsure what she meant then

TheManFromLondon

Her words were exactly these:

"We inherited the last government's plan to reform the WCA, we will deliver those savings, as part of our fundamental reform to the health and disability benefits system."

This signals a big change of some sort, but it remains to be seen what this change will be.

I still expect PIP to be passport to LCWRA, or a new name for that element in the UC area, and the rest of changes to be few things picked from Tories ideas (maybe remixed), most things to be existing options explored by DWP in the last year or so, and some new ideas that will hit the desk.

Time will tell.

JasonRA

What the hell does Sunak want? A paranoid schizophrenic to work as a junior chef? It's Sunak who needs an assessment.

I won't rant but I will ask this question, why have Conservative types got against Disabled people? What is their problem? I will warn these people if they visit this site that if you force someone seriously mentally ill into a place of work they might become a risk to themselves and to the people around them and if anything were to happen it would be on Sunak, it would be on Mel Stride, The Sun, the Telegraph, GB News and the Daily Mail's hands.

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Meg24

I wouldn't be surprised to see them tie LCWRA to PIP, especially if they plan to restrict eligibility for PIP. This will present a less harsh face than simply scrapping the substantial rule eligibility, although the effect will still be the same for those of us at thw sharp end, it will look better for them. How do they sleep at night.

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