There’s no surprise that any government would be looking to reform support for disability as it’s extremely expensive and the British media delight in trying to make us all out to be scroungers.
I have seen this though:
“PUBLISHED: 15 OCTOBER 2024
The Labour government will not be responding to the plan to replace PIP with vouchers, Stephen Timms has announced, in what appears to be the death knell for the proposal – at least for now.
Timms, minister for disability, was answering a question from Lib Dem MP Wendy Chamberlain who asked whether the DWP “plans to respond to the consultation entitled Modernising support for independent living: the health and disability green paper, which closed on 22 July 2024.”
Timms replied on 14 October: “We do not intend to publish a response to the previous Government’s consultation. We will be considering our own plans for social security in due course and will fulfil our continued commitment to work with disabled people so that their views and voices are at the heart of all that we do”
Until someone can provide a government release or a more senior minister replying in the House, this will remain my expectation on the scheme.
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Mark