WCA consultation ruled unlawful - White paper, part 2

The MP's just shuffle around a bit in a room full of filling cabinets. J/K

I found this .

Labour to push ahead with DWP and benefits cuts despite "unlawful" High Court ruling

Labour have indicated they will pursue controversial disability benefit cuts despite a legal ruling that consultation around the scheme was "unlawful". The Work & Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall and the Chancellor Rachel Reeves have both signalled moves to cut billions from the benefits bill.

The proposed changes would reduce disability benefits, such a Personal Independence Payment (PIP) by hundreds of pounds for new applicants by 2029, compared to current payment levels. The reforms are based around changes to the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) system by reducing emphasis on mobility and movement difficulties when evaluating disability levels and rights to payments.

The changes are expected to affect more than 450,000 disabled people, with most facing potential losses of up to £416 monthly at current benefit rates, according to disability rights campaigners. The Government's stance comes despite a High Court ruling in favour of activist Ellen Clifford, who challenged the Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) consultation process.

Would it apply to PIP renewal or new applications

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what's your source of absolute truth ? I'd like to try it out ;)

@Andi66 Here's a quote from today's "Guardian". To me, it suggests that the Lords believes there is a need for change but that any changes are not initiated for the sole purpose of saving money:

"Labour must carry out a root-and-branch overhaul of the UK’s incapacity benefits system if it is to rein in rising heath-related welfare spending, an influential cross-party Westminster committee has warned.

The House of Lords economic affairs committee – whose members include two former Treasury permanent secretaries and a former chancellor – said major reform was needed to address the rising social and fiscal costs of disability benefits.

The chair of the committee, the Tory peer George Bridges, told the Guardian the government must “step back and hold a fundamental review of the benefits system” that went beyond simply looking for “so-called savings”.

The committee’s remarks came amid rising concern among disability campaigners and Labour backbenchers over the chancellor’s insistence on sticking to inherited Tory plans to cut £3bn from incapacity benefits by 2028."

Surely savings can be found elsewhere. Like the NHS charge overseas people to use it. Like they do in other countries, they come in use it and fly out again. Get the money back from the waste ppe that was spent in the covid years from unscrupulous firms. Cut heating for mps out of tax payers money. Using tax payers money for their perks, they earn enough etc