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Botched reforms designed to curb Britain’s benefit bill are set to cost the government a whopping £1.25 billion, Labour warned yesterday.
Ministers had claimed that one million benefit claimants would be on the new universal credit system by the end of this year, but so far only 12,000 have made the transition.
The means-tested credit is due to replace benefits including income support, housing benefit and child tax credits.
Labour will find increases in the state pension age are unacceptable, just as cuts to the Winter Fuel Allowance, personal independence payments and universal credit are — it needs to change direction immediately, writes PCS general secretary FRAN HEATHCOTE
A new report from the Citizens Advice destroys the government narrative about disabled people ‘choosing’ not to work, showing the £3,000 annual cuts will create a two-tiered system based on claim dates rather than needs, writes DYLAN MURPHY
In the current climate, it is vital to bust the myths and put forward the case for a humane and decent social security system that supports people, argues FRAN HEATHCOTE
