I read something on FB earlier from Jenrick about PIP.
He talks about PIP and cutting it for working age people (what he means in younger people) and getting them into work and off PIP (which we know isn’t an out of work benefit)
But then goes onto talk about earning their UC (which is an out of work benefit).
Keeps quoting between 4 and 5 million. (Well we know reform loves the 5mil figure 😉).
Yet unless you get LCWRA you don’t get any extra health money through UC. Those on the old style or with severe disability still get the £400 odd and anyone after April this year gets £200 odd. (Unless severe).
Those with LCW don’t get an extra payment. What they get is the initial amount earned (again about £200) disregarded if the don’t earn enough and need UC top up to recognise they often can’t work full time and part rime
hours are more necessity than choice - for a whole host of reasons.
Then goes in again saying if people want their benefits they can give back to the community for them and will get an extra £30 expenses.
Apart from all the obvious unnecessary cruelness and targeting the figures state that as of March this year only 2.8mil are in LCWRA.
Only those 2.8 get a health payment on UC.
Ao when they say they are cutting those figures and expect to be able to cut it to 2.8 mil only needing those payments they are literally forging a narrative that means they can show the figures and say “look
what we’ve done”
Which will essentially be nothing!!!!