Disability reforms end up £4 billion over budget

[wutang]

Changes to disability benefits cost £4bn in extra welfare payments

https://www.theguardian.com/society/201 ... e-payments

So not only are these reforms pushing disabled people into hardship and poverty they are also costing the Government billions more.

A saving of £2bn was expected by 2018, but that has since been revised to an over-spend by £1.5bn to £2bn, leaving an estimated £4.2bn gap in the public finances.

The reason is down to the Government ruthlessly stripping disabled people of payments then having to give them back after expensive appeals. Would be cheaper if they didnt take the benefits away to begin with.

[wutang]

Also:

DWP reveals 17,000 people died waiting for disability benefits in 5 years

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/ ... d-13861427

I sure putting sick and disabled people through long and stressful bureaucratic & legal processes, especially while forcing them to live on poverty level incomes, is great for their health and wellbeing,

But hey someone has to pay for the corporate tax cuts

[Fletch]

It was never about saving money, none of the changes were/are. It was about redirecting public money to selected private pockets. Making benefit claimants worse off is just the price to pay for that.

[Guest]

Tory – Tory – scum scum scum
We’ve got to rid the country of…

Even if it’s yer Dad or yer Mum
Kill tory scum, kill tory scum
Even if it’s yer pal or yer chum
Kill tory scum, kill tory scum
If politics leaves you numb
Kill tory scum, kill tory scum
Murder them all to the beat of the drum
Kill tory scum, kill tory scum
Tory genocide is the perfect outcome
Kill tory scum, kill tory scum
We pay by the head, raise your income
Kill tory scum, kill tory scum
Kids all be doing it, you will succumb
Kill tory scum, kill tory scum
It’s the solution – we’ll overcome
Kill tory scum, kill tory scum

Tory – Tory – scum scum scum
We’ve got to rid the country of…

Kill tory scum before they kill you
Kill tory scum before they kill you
Kill tory scum before they kill you
Kill tory scum before they kill you!