YoDoes the British Labor Party are still a leftist party? This question has tasks about the new weight after the Keir Starmer government announced a series of highly controversial measures, including cuts to support the most vulnerable to funds defense efforts and adhere to geopatized budgetary rulitas and the geodded balance against the increase of Donald Trump.
On March 18, the Prime Minister, whose party ended 14 years of conservative government in July 2024, confirmed a cut of £ 5 billion (more than € 5.8 billion) in helping people with disabilities or long -term diseases. The eligibility criteria for the payment of personal independence (PIP), an allocation granted to people with health problems that affect their daily lives or their ability to work, will be adjusted.
In fact, the current situation seems insoiced: as of January 31, almost 3.7 million people received PIP, according to the Ministry of Labor, almost 60% more than in 2020, before the pandemic. “One in 10 people of working age who demand a disease or disability Without reforms, the cost of health and the help of disability will increase from £ 65 billion to £ 100 billion by 2030.
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However, without an ambitious plan to promote the hiring of people with disabilities or improve mental health care, the reform planned by the Starmer government runs the risk of affecting a large number or genuinely unable to work individuals and that often. They often come. “These immoral and devastating benefits cuts will push more people disabled to poverty and worsen people’s health,” said Charles Gillies, leader of the disability benefits consortium, a coalition of positions specialized in disability.
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