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	Podcast:		BYLINE TIMES PODCAST
	Episode:		Labour's 'War On Welfare'
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:21:22
	Publish Date:		2025-03-26 21:05:00
	Description:		Has Labour declared war on welfare? The party was traditionally seen as a friend of the dispossessed, the downtrodden and the disabled, but Chancellor Rachel Reeves is looking to reduce the benefits bill by almost £5 billion pounds through changes revealed in her spring statement as well as previously announced adjustments to eligibility for the Personal Independence Payment. Official estimates forecast that, as a result, more than 3 million families will lose an average of £1700 a year by 2030 *Another 3.8 million families will gain* from changes to the system but only by an average of £420 a year The government says it will provide an additional £1billion to support people with health conditions into work.** Adrian Goldberg discusses the cuts with disabled activist Ellen Clifford, author of The War on Disabled People: Capitalism, Welfare and the Making of a Human Catastrophe and Anna Landre, a wheelchair user who helped shape reform of the disability benefits system in her native USA. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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