Home news Liz Kendall says benefits system ‘holding our country back’ and claims plan to crack down on it will save £5bn by 2030 – UK politics live | Politics

Liz Kendall says benefits system ‘holding our country back’ and claims plan to crack down on it will save £5bn by 2030 – UK politics live | Politics

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Kendall confirms benefit changes to save more than £5bn by 2029-30

Kendall confirmed that the reforms she is announcing will save more than £5bn by 2029-30.

She said the Office for Budget Responsibility would publish its assessment of the savings next week, alongside the spring statement.

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Tory DWP spokesperson Helen Whately says £5bn cuts do not go far enough

Helen Whately, the shadow work and pensions secretary, told the Commons that she thought the government should be going further.

In her response to Kendall, she said:

This is a now or never chance to seize the moment, a now or never for millions of people who will otherwise be signed off for what could end up being a lifetime on benefits, but this announcement today leaves me with more questions than answers.

How many people will this help back into work? By when? Surely we haven’t been waiting eight months just for another green paper? Where is the fit note reform, crucial to stem the flow of people onto benefits? Where is the action on people being signed off sick for the everyday ups and downs of life?

Why is she only planning to save £5bn when the bill is forecast to rise to over £100bn?

Fundamentally, this is too little, too late. The fact is £5bn just doesn’t cut it. With a bill so big, going up so fast, she needed to be tougher. She should be saying no more hard working taxpayers funding the family next door not to work. No more free top of the range cars for people who don’t need them.

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