{"id":4481,"date":"2025-03-18T17:53:29","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T16:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mondevudailleurs.ae\/?p=4481"},"modified":"2025-03-18T17:53:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T16:53:31","slug":"starmers-welfare-reforms-fiscal-responsibility-or-social-injustice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mondevudailleurs.ae\/en\/starmers-welfare-reforms-fiscal-responsibility-or-social-injustice\/","title":{"rendered":"Starmer\u2019s welfare reforms: Fiscal responsibility or social injustice?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.2\">The UK Labour government plans to cut welfare spending by \u00a35 billion annually through 2030, capping Personal Independence Payments (PIP) and health top-ups on incapacity benefits. The decision has attracted criticism from disability groups and divided Prime Minister Keir Starmer&#8217;s party.<br\/><br\/> <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.2\"><em>Government rationale and fiscal issues<br\/><\/em>Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall defended the cuts, saying they will help disabled people and put the welfare system on a &#8220;sustainable&#8221; footing in the long term. Chancellor Rachel Reeves cited an &#8220;unsustainable&#8221; surge in PIP claims, with forecast costs nearly doubling to \u00a341 billion by 2030, with total disability and incapacity benefits projected at \u00a3100 billion. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.2\"><em>Labour divisions and public backlash<br\/><\/em>The decision has sparked rebellion in Labour. More than half of the cabinet urged him to reconsider, instead urging tax increases or increased borrowing. Labour MPs Clive Lewis and Debbie Abrahams criticized the cuts as being unfair, while disability charities warned they would further embed poverty.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.2\"><em>Mitigating measures and Starmer&#8217;s defense<\/em><br\/>To ease anxieties, Kendall launched policies such as exempting severely disabled individuals from reassessments, a five-year Universal Credit increase, and a \u00a31 billion jobs support scheme. Starmer defended the cuts by stating that doing nothing was neither ethically nor economically viable.<br\/><br\/> <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.2\"><em>Future implications<\/em><br\/>The cuts come ahead of Reeves&#8217; spring statement, when additional spending reductions will be announced. Economists indicate that savings may still be needed to maintain Labour&#8217;s fiscal goals on target. Whether the reforms hold or prompt a broader Labour rebellion is unknown.  <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__avatar\"><img alt='Maria Kuznetsova' src='https:\/\/www.mondevudailleurs.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cropped-cropped-Moi-2-96x96.jpg' srcset='https:\/\/www.mondevudailleurs.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cropped-cropped-Moi-2-192x192.jpg 2x' class='avatar avatar-96 photo' height='96' width='96' \/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mondevudailleurs.ae\/en\/author\/marie\/\" target=\"_self\">Maria Kuznetsova<\/a><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__bio\">Secr\u00e9taire de redaction<\/p><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The UK Labour government plans to cut welfare spending by \u00a35 billion annually through 2030, capping Personal Independence&hellip;","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,39],"tags":[48],"class_list":{"0":"post-4481","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-economy","7":"category-politics","8":"tag-articles-en","9":"cs-entry","10":"cs-video-wrap"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Starmer\u2019s welfare reforms: Fiscal responsibility or social injustice? 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