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Labour 'Spice Girl' Liz hopes welfare reforms are a hit

Sky News Tuesday, 26 November 2024
Labour 'Spice Girl' Liz hopes welfare reforms are a hitIt was unfortunate for Liz Kendall that as she unveiled a cure for sicknote Britain her voice was hoarse and became increasingly croaky during more than an hour of questions from MPs.
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Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall has announced radical welfare changes to get more people into work and save £5 billion by the end of 2030. The changes include tightening the eligibility criteria for disability benefits, scrapping a controversial benefits assessment, and raising the basic rate of universal credit while cutting the higher rate for those too ill to work. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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Tories: Labour needs to be tougher on welfare reform [Video]

Tories: Labour needs to be tougher on welfare reform

The Conservatives have branded the Government’s welfare reforms as too little, too late, with Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall being urged to be tougher. Shadow work and pensions secretary Helen Whately told the Commons: "The fact is £5 billion just doesn’t cut it. With a bill so big, going up so fast, she needed to be tougher." Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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Work and Pensions sec sets out overhaul of benefits system [Video]

Work and Pensions sec sets out overhaul of benefits system

An overhaul of the welfare system will see the assessment process for some health benefits scrapped and reform to disability benefits in a plan expected to save billions over the next five years. Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall said the work capability assessment is unfit for purpose and will be scrapped in 2028. Reforms to disability benefits are expected to save more than £5 billion in 2029/30, Liz Kendall has said. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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Green Party: Taxing wealth fairly would avoid need for cuts [Video]

Green Party: Taxing wealth fairly would avoid need for cuts

The Green Party has said the government's expected cuts to welfare are "not fair" and that Chancellor Rachel Reeves could avoid making the cuts by choosing to "tax wealth fairly". Co-leaders Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay joined MPs holding placards outside the Treasury, at a 'Rebalance the Economy' photo-op. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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