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  • 1 month ago | theguardian.com | Chaminda Jayanetti

    The government’s planned disability benefit cuts will hit 700,000 families who are already in poverty, according to internal Department for Work and Pensions forecasts obtained by the Guardian. The figures, sourced under the Freedom of Information Act, are in addition to the projected 250,000 people who will be newly driven below the poverty line by the cuts, as set out by the government’s impact assessment in March.

  • 1 month ago | aol.co.uk | Chaminda Jayanetti

    The government’s planned disability benefit cuts will hit 700,000 families who are already in poverty, according to internal Department for Work and Pensions forecasts obtained by the Guardian. The figures, sourced under the Freedom of Information Act, are in addition to the projected 250,000 people who will be newly driven below the poverty line by the cuts, as set out by the government’s impact assessment in March.

  • 2 months ago | theguardian.com | Chaminda Jayanetti

    MPs are set to vote on Labour’s disability benefit cuts without any idea of how many of those affected will be able to find work, after it emerged that Britain’s economic watchdog may not publish its forecast of the employment impact of the plans until the end of October. The Department for Work and Pensions’ own impact assessment last week predicted that the cuts announced in the disability benefits green paper would drive at least 300,000 people into poverty, including 50,000 children.

  • 2 months ago | theguardian.com | Chaminda Jayanetti

    The government’s plans to cut at least £5bn from disability benefits could end up driving more costs on to cash-strapped councils, according to campaigners and local government officials. Last week, work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall published a green paper including a package of cuts to disability benefits.

  • 2 months ago | bigissue.com | Chaminda Jayanetti

    Social Justice Labour's welfare crackdown will also have an impact on 'passported benefits', including carer's allowance and the Disabled Persons Railcard by: Chaminda Jayanetti The government’s plans for disability benefit cuts which will impact around one million people will have sharp knock-on effects, including for unpaid carers.

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Chaminda Jayanetti
Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti
30 May 25

RT @johnharris1969: I wrote this piece in Substack. There'll be more. There always is. Link below https://t.co/TdFIbAd2l2

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