Reeves warned welfare cuts will ‘push disabled into poverty’ ahead of spring statement

Disability advocate warns planned welfare cuts in spring statement will push disabled into povertyCredit: Sky News

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00:00there is clearly a system there that is not going well and it does need reforming, which is why I'm

00:05very keen to work with the Labour government to ensure that we do this the right way. But targeting

00:11the disabled community, PIP especially, is the wrong way to do it. Can I please have this opportunity

00:18to make it very clear to the general public, PIP is a non-means-tested benefit. I've worked every

00:25single day I pay my taxes. I believe that disabled people should work and should contribute towards

00:30taxes. Again, taking away someone's personal independent payment or removing aspects of it,

00:36I mean having to score four points on the daily living component means genuinely probably we're

00:41going to lose about half of the claimants that currently do receive it cannot because they've

00:45made it so difficult pushing a lot of disabled vulnerable people into poverty. I just wish that

00:51the people around the table making these decisions was someone like

00:55myself and I hope moving forward whatever is announced later today.