Reform’s Pip plans are ‘fantasy economics’, Labour say as claimants speak out against proposals
- Benefit claimants and disability charities have strongly criticised Reform UK proposals to abolish Personal Independence Payments and overhaul the UK welfare system.
- Under plans presented by Treasury spokesman Robert Jenrick, Reform UK aims to save £50bn by replacing current benefits with a means-tested allowance.
- An estimated 2.89 million people, representing over half of current claimants, would lose their health benefit payments under the proposed rollout.
- Disability organisations warned that scrapping PIP could push hundreds of thousands of disabled people into poverty and reduce their ability to work.
- Labour described the proposed £50bn welfare savings as “fantasy economics” that strips vital support from disabled individuals.
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