What lies behind Labour’s crackdown on welfare benefits?
The IndependentLabour’s blitz on benefits comes with some eye-catching language from the prime minister, announced in The Mail on Sunday. He has warned of Britain’s “bulging benefits bill blighting our society” as he vows to cut the £137bn cost. The government’s latest official forecasts show the number of people claiming incapacity benefits is expected to climb from around 2.5 million in 2019 to 4.2 million just 10 years later. “If people repeatedly refuse to take up the training or work responsibilities, there will be sanctions on their benefits,” she said on Sunday. Starmer has already come under fire from veteran Labour MP Diane Abbott, who accused her party leader of “peddling benefit scrounger mythology” with an article he wrote about plans for a crackdown.
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LEO MCKINSTRY: The welfare state has become a bloated monster. Can Keir Starmer really tame it?
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Sick note Britain! Business chiefs urge Labour to end UK's worklessness crisis - as ministers set to unveil radical welfare reforms to get Brits back into work
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If people refuse to work they WILL lose their benefits, insists Labour as Starmer's vows to crack down on huge welfare bill is branded a 'hollow promise'
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Starmer is right to grasp the nettle of benefits reform – even if it stings him
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PM to promise welfare fraud crackdown in bid to free up cash for public services
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Welfare reforms are a cynical attack on disability benefits, charities say
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