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Major changes will be made to tighten eligibility for Personal Independent Payments (PIP) so save billions of pounds from the benefits bill.
The Work and Pensions Secretary told MPs that the social security system inherited from the Tories is “failing the very people it is supposed to help and holding our country back”. Ms Kendall said millions of people were trapped on benefits and denied the dignity that good work can bring. But she said the system will be there “for people in genuine need… that is a principle we will never compromise on”.
In a Commons statement, she unveiled sweeping changes to PIP as part of plans to save £5billion a year by 2029/30.
The Work and Pensions Secretary said the “complex” and “time-consuming” work capability assessment for Universal Credit will be scrapped in 2028. The package will merge Jobseekers Allowance and ESA into contributory employment insurance.
Around 4 million working age people claim sickness or disability benefits in England and Wales, up from 2.8 million in 2019. The cost of the benefits bill is forecast to hit £70bn-a-year by the end of the decade.
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