1 million people are less than people to secure health benefits in the framework of welfare reform in the United Kingdom

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About 1 million people will be prevented from receiving the advantages of health and deficit in light of the social welfare reforms that the Sir Kerr Starmer government has placed in its course to obtain a confrontation with the Labor Party deputies.

Plans aimed at providing 5 billion pounds annually from the increasing interest in the United Kingdom that will be revealed on Tuesday by the Minister of Pension, the Minister of Pension Liz Kendall will include translation into “personal independence payments”, or PIP, which was made to cover additional costs for people who cannot work due to deficit or poor health.

Under the reforms, PIP will be rejected for many people who suffer from mental health conditions, while others who suffer from some physical and psychological conditions will see their benefits less than a lower level, according to the people who have been informed of the plans.

The people said that these changes will require a vote in the House of Commons, as they discouraged a curtain and its ministers against an increasing choir of Backbench deputies who object to measures and increase the possibility of a greater rebellion so far.

Dozens of representatives of work expressed serious concerns about withdrawing or cutting support to the needy, and many ministers raised objections with Prime Minister Sir Kiir Starmer last week cabinet meeting.

However, Starmer and Kendall – who will present its green paper on Tuesday – are determined to reduce benefits in the UK, which they claim is invalidating the economy and undermining growth.

About 4 million to 16 to 64 years-one in 10-they are now claimed as well Benefits of disability or disabilityUp from 2.8 million in 2019, according to the Institute of Financial Studies.

More than half of this height stems from increased claims related to mental health or behavioral conditions.

Kendall defended its upcoming reforms on Monday, saying, “There will always be people who cannot work because of the severity of their illness. These people will always be protected.”

Rachel Maskel, a former member of the Council of Ministers under work, said that the ministers’ attempts to reassure that deputies are “non -conflicting” with the proposed scope of the discounts: “Some of us wonder how they can connect this circle.”

She added: “If they come out with Drakon measures, they will still have to go through the appropriate consultation and there is everything they play.”

Rachel Reeves, Chancellor, seeks to use discounts to fix a hole in public financial affairs caused by slow growth and high borrowing costs.

9.9 billion pounds of the River Financial Laws of the October Budget has been eliminated largely, according to government officials. The rules say that the current spending should be covered by tax revenues by 2029-30.

People who have been informed in the plan said that about 1 million people will receive health -related benefits by the end of the prediction period, mainly through changes on eligibility criteria for new demands, and also through reassessing current cases.

There will also be a comprehensive repair of the system to obtain normal benefits, with an assessment of the work capacity determines who is qualified to obtain additional support expected to completely cancel.

Kendall will also reduce the highest level of miraculous support – which provides 416 pounds per month – with an increase in the basic support rate for people who suffer from work, known as global credit, according to people who have been informed of this step.

It is not expected that the balance re -balance is expected to be costly, as the Treasury is planning more savings by reducing the highest rate to support the pumping deficit in increasing global credit.

Previous media reports claimed that Kendall was planning to freeze deficit subsidies so that he would not rise with inflation in a move that is likely to increase several billion cabinets.

However, some Labor Party representatives believe that freezing was never a dangerous idea. A senior deputy said he was a tactic “to make him seem to make concessions and actual pieces are not bad.”

One of the Treasury officials said that the proposal was not taken seriously in the department.

The Labor Party has taken difficult disciplinary measures taken against rebel deputies last summer after they voted against social welfare policies, with a hanging handful.

Another chief deputy said that the gunmen who are passing by with great feelings: “There is a mixture of concern about the fear of the whip, with a feeling of dread on the consequences of their voters.”