No 10 ‘considers U-Turn on PIP disability benefits freeze’
Controversial plans to freeze some disability benefits may be dropped as ministers consider abandoning the plans to avoid a potentially damaging vote in the Commons. Initial reports had suggested that Personal Independence Payments (PIP) would be frozen from rising in line with inflation for a year, but the plan has been met with strong opposition. Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall is set to lay out the reforms to our current welfare system next week, with the government expected to announce billions of pounds worth of cuts. However, plans for the PIP not to rise in line with inflation for a year, could be dropped, as reported by the BBC.It was one of several elements of a wider package to welfare cuts that are designed to save between £5bn and £6bn, but it has drawn the ire of several Labour MPs and peers. Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall is set to lay out the reforms on Tuesday More