The Independent·3 min read·medium
‘We’re not scroungers - we need it’: Furious PIP claimants hit back at Reform’s plan to axe benefits
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Albert Toth
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Claimants of the UK's Personal Independence Payment (PIP) are protesting Reform UK's proposal to abolish the benefit system. Party leader Nigel Farage and Treasury spokesman Robert Jenrick aim to cut £50bn from the welfare budget, a move that has sparked outrage among those who rely on the payments for disability support.
Over half of the UK’s health benefit claimants would be stripped of their payments under the plans announced by Reform UK
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