A HOST of celebrities including Succession star Brian Cox and Stephen Fry have called on the government to U-turn on controversial welfare cuts.
With experts estimating around a million people will lose disability benefits as part of the overhaul, it has been branded “shameful” and said to have left those likely to be affected fearful for the future.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has insisted that the current system is “morally and economically indefensible”, with the Government estimating its measures will save more than £5billion a year by the end of the decade.
Changes to eligibility for the main disability benefit, the personal independence payment (PIP), are expected to account for the largest proportion of savings.
The Resolution Foundation think tank has said the tightening of PIP eligibility would mean between 800,000 and 1.2million people losing support of between £4200 and £6300 per year by the end of the decade.
Cox, who has spoken out about his own experience of the “brutal reality” of childhood poverty, said the Government's plan regarding cuts “makes no sense and will have a lasting impact on the lives of so many people already finding it difficult to afford life's essen...
With experts estimating around a million people will lose disability benefits as part of the overhaul, it has been branded “shameful” and said to have left those likely to be affected fearful for the future.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has insisted that the current system is “morally and economically indefensible”, with the Government estimating its measures will save more than £5billion a year by the end of the decade.
Changes to eligibility for the main disability benefit, the personal independence payment (PIP), are expected to account for the largest proportion of savings.
The Resolution Foundation think tank has said the tightening of PIP eligibility would mean between 800,000 and 1.2million people losing support of between £4200 and £6300 per year by the end of the decade.
Cox, who has spoken out about his own experience of the “brutal reality” of childhood poverty, said the Government's plan regarding cuts “makes no sense and will have a lasting impact on the lives of so many people already finding it difficult to afford life's essen...
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