- A new report from the Trussell Trust warns that government welfare cuts could push 340,000 more people in disabled households into hunger and hardship by the end of the decade.
- The proposed reforms include tightening eligibility for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and cutting the sickness-related element of Universal Credit (UC), aiming to save £5bn a year.
- A government impact assessment acknowledges that 250,000 people, including 50,000 children, could fall into relative poverty due to the changes, but Trussell claims the impact will be worse.
- Helen Barnard, director of policy at Trussell, saidthat the cuts will undermine the goal of helping people into work, damaging their health and reducing their ability to engage in training.
- Trussell is urging the government to bring forward the planned increase to the basic rate of Universal Credit to April 2026 instead of April 2029, a call supported by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
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