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Estimate by disability charity published on eve of MPs’ vote on restricting welfare payments for new claimants

The annual disability price tag report comes just a day before MPs are expected to debate and vote on the Government’s welfare reform Bill.

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Benefit reforms will ‘result in more premature deaths’, Government is told

The Government will release an impact assessment indicating how many people will be hit by its benefits reforms.

Mind, Scope and Citizens Advice urged a rethink, as did a group of public health experts.

Writing for the Standard, Sir Robin Millar described the welfare reforms as ‘disgraceful’ and said Labour had lost its ‘moral direction’

Last week, despite the strong objections of over 80 Labour backbench MPs, the government announced its decision to press ahead with £6 billion in savings by adjusting Personal Independence Payments. This follows the recent reduction in overseas aid. The justification? The need for rearmament and defense against unprecedented global threats.

Millions of people will be affected by the changes