Experts predict that Labour's proposed disability benefits reforms could lead to substantial financial losses for disabled individuals, with estimates suggesting that some may lose nearly £10,000 annually by the decade's end. The reforms aim to reduce personal independence payments (Pip) for up to 1 million people, risking deeper poverty for many low-income households, including unpaid carers. Critics argue the changes appear to be haphazardly implemented without adequate considerations for the steeper impacts on those reliant on these benefits, urging a careful re-evaluation of the proposed modifications.
Some disabled people could lose nearly 10,000 a year in benefits by the end of the decade under Labour's controversial disability benefits reforms that will target the living standards of poor and middle income households, experts have forecast.
Plans announced on Tuesday will see 1 million ill and disabled people directly lose personal independence payments (Pip) worth between 4,200 and 6,300 each, with hundreds of thousands more losing incapacity benefits.
The planned cuts will deliver a series of painful income shocks for many people at the lower end of the pay scale with no guarantee it will help them into work.
This will push thousands of households deeper into poverty, Carers UK said.
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