Sick and disabled face being stripped of £1,200 a year each in welfare benefits as Reeves tries to balance Budget

The Institute for Fiscal Studies warns that to balance the books, benefits cuts may reach up to £1,200 a year for disabled and long-term sick individuals. Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall plans to cut around £5bn in benefits, focusing on working-age welfare claimants, with fears that the annual bill for these benefits could reach £70bn by 2030. Despite the OECD downgrading the UK’s growth forecasts, the government insists that benefits cuts are not necessary, but the IFS director Paul Johnson warns of limited room for maneuver in the upcoming spring statement.

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