The public overwhelmingly think planned PIP disability benefit cuts are wrong, polls find
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A poll by YouGov following the Budget found that 70 per cent of the general public believe the policy is “the wrong priority”, with just 13 per cent saying it is a “good idea” A separate poll conducted by Populus for the learning disability charity Mencap found only 7 per cent of people think the cuts will make society more equal, with 61 per cent believing it will become less equal. The latest PIP cut comes hot-on-the hells of at £30-a-week reduction in payments to disabled people in the so-called “work related activity group” of Employment and Support Allowance, passed by MPs this month. Against this public opinion backdrop, the Conservatives pledged to make £12 billion welfare cuts at the general election – with the largest single reduction in Wednesday’s spending statement coming from the disabled. A coalition of 25 disability charities wrote to the DWP on the day the consultation was released arguing that the cuts would have a “severe impact” on people’s security and make it harder for them to find work.
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