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UK - Under-22s to be excluded from #incapacity benefits

by Mitchell Labiak, March 18, 2025

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'Trapped out of work'

"The reforms come as part of a wider push by Labour to cut spending by reducing the number of people on incapacity benefits, which is forecast to reach a record high by the end of the decade.

"Experts say the increase is due to a combination of worse #MentalHealth since the #pandemic and a higher retirement age meaning some are instead claiming incapacity benefits.

"#Starmer said he is 'not prepared to stand back and do nothing while millions of people – especially young people – who have potential to work and live independent lives, instead become trapped out of work and abandoned by the system'.

"However, #DisabilityRightsUK said that barring under-22s from claiming the health element of universal credit alongside the proposal to increase assessments 'mark dangerous cuts for all #disabled people'.

"The charity added that the package of reforms was 'not about supporting disabled people into work, but making brutal and reckless cuts'."

Read more:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg8pz1g8q9o
#DisabilityRights #UKPol #BudgetCuts #TaxTheRich #AbolishTheMonarchy