Government unveils benefit crackdown designed to save £5bn

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Government unveils benefit crackdown designed to save £5bn

The eligibility criteria for disability benefits will be narrowed in a bid to slash £5bn from the welfare bill, Liz Kendall has announced.

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Video Credit: euronews (in English) - Published on March 19, 2025

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Liz Kendall: Labour will help more people back to work [Video]

Liz Kendall: Labour will help more people back to work

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall launched a community-led pilot in Barnsley to help people back into work. She said many on sickness and disability benefits want to work but need the right support. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

Credit: ODN Duration: 01:04Published on January 1, 1970

Taking the PIP: Government announce welfare reforms [Video]

Taking the PIP: Government announce welfare reforms

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall has announced radical welfare changes to get more people into work and save £5 billion by the end of 2030. The changes include tightening the eligibility criteria for disability benefits, scrapping a controversial benefits assessment, and raising the basic rate of universal credit while cutting the higher rate for those too ill to work. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

Credit: ODN Duration: 03:46Published on January 1, 1970

Tories: Labour needs to be tougher on welfare reform [Video]

Tories: Labour needs to be tougher on welfare reform

The Conservatives have branded the Government’s welfare reforms as too little, too late, with Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall being urged to be tougher. Shadow work and pensions secretary Helen Whately told the Commons: "The fact is £5 billion just doesn’t cut it. With a bill so big, going up so fast, she needed to be tougher." Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

Credit: ODN Duration: 00:48Published on January 1, 1970

Work and Pensions sec sets out overhaul of benefits system [Video]

Work and Pensions sec sets out overhaul of benefits system

An overhaul of the welfare system will see the assessment process for some health benefits scrapped and reform to disability benefits in a plan expected to save billions over the next five years. Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall said the work capability assessment is unfit for purpose and will be scrapped in 2028. Reforms to disability benefits are expected to save more than £5 billion in 2029/30, Liz Kendall has said. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

Credit: ODN Duration: 00:51Published on January 1, 1970

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