Liz Kendall, secretary of labor and pensions, will today establish plans for a “right to try the guarantee” which will guarantee people who seek to return to the labor market will not have their disability services automatically deleted to do this.
Charitable experts and organizations complain that the current system discourages people from finding work by threatening to remove their advantages as soon as they find a job.
Kendall will say that the “right to try the guarantee” would mean that when the benefits are trying to take a job, this will not automatically be considered as a relevant change in circumstance which will trigger a re -evaluation by the authorities.
The minister’s announcement became a controversial set of measures designed to reduce government spending on health -related benefits.
The measures, which will be exposed in green health and disability paper on Tuesday, are designed to reduce the invoke bills up to 5 billion pounds sterling per year. Rachel Reeves, Chancellor, said on Friday that the government “was to take a take” on the “broken” performance system.
But the plan has already caused a deep concern among certain charities and many Labor deputies who fear the impact on some of the most vulnerable people in society. The concerns about the package were raised Tuesday at a unusually stormy firm meeting.
Kendall is expected to reduce the highest incapacity service rate. Those deemed improper at work are currently paid more than £ 800 per month – double the figure of job seekers.
At the same time, it should increase the basic support rate for unemployed people, known as universal credit.
Experts have long argued that the low level of unemployment benefits has grown more people with underlying health problems to claim additional incapacity and disability benefits.
The National Institute of Economic and Social Research said last week that “CU” had not covered the cost of essential elements for more than 14 years, apart from a brief period during the pandemic coche when the government gave it a temporary increase.
The most controversial element of reforms should be modifications to the eligibility criteria to a distinct advantage called “personal independence payments” (PIP) which constitute a distinct type of invalidity services. Expenses for PIP beneficiaries have jumped more than 1 million applicants 3 minutes since 2019 and should continue to increase.
Times reported on Saturday that a million people are faced with the reduction of their advantages under a pips overhaul, which means that only the most severely disabled will qualify. Payments would be refused to many people with mental health problems and those who have trouble washing, eating and dressing. People with hearing aid should also fall below the new threshold and may lose payments.
James Taylor, the scope of the charity, said: “The tightening of the evaluation would be a disastrous decision and would lead to hundreds of thousands of additional disabled people in poverty.”
A government official said: “The reforms will guarantee seriously sick and disabled people are always protected while putting the invoices of benefits on a more sustainable long -term basis to unlock growth within the framework of our change plan.”
