Keir Starmer: Labour Will Look Again at Cutting Mental Health Benefits

Keir Starmer: Labour will look again at cutting mental health benefits

Welfare reform will be revisited to find a different financial solution to help those with anxiety and depression

Starmer's latest DWP plan is to target people with mental health issues

Labour’s latest Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) scheme to force disabled people who can’t work back into employment is in full swing and the prime minister is piling on in the demonisation of disabled people. This morning, Wednesday 1 October, prime minister Keir Starmer told Radio 4’s Nick Robinson that “there is a moral case for changing” who is eligible for sickness benefits. He said: I’m not saying you shouldn’t have benefits for ment…

Starmer issues benefits warning for young people with mental illnesses

The prime minister said he was concerned that young people on benefits could end up on welfare for life

Starmer suggests rethink on benefits for people with mental health illnesses

The Prime Minister said he was concerned that people on benefits in their 20s could end up in a life of welfare dependence. Sir Keir Starmer has questioned whether the Government spends too much on benefits for people with mental health illnesses, rather than funding more wider support for the conditions. The Prime Minister said he was concerned that people on benefits in their 20s could end up in a life of welfare dependence. Speaking on BBC Ra…