In his first major interview since becoming prime minister, Andy Burnham admitted to the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg that the nation’s welfare bill has to be reduced.
And he made it clear that going forward certain benefits, including mental health support, will become “conditional” on people taking work and not staying at home.
Terrible. Seems like I will still be able to call Labour under Burnham “Forced Labour”.
Anyone worth their salt will tell you that we need to make it easier to get benefits. Hell, the recent Timms Review found that disability benefits were degrading and dehumanizing to apply for. Making care conditional on work is insane, and Burnham needs to realize this was one of Starmer’s biggest failures.
Stop trying to take money away from disabled people. Why don’t you try taking money away from people that don’t need it. The rich. The fact Labour leadership is not doing this shows they are either corrupt or cowards.
The devil is in the hand of the officious DWP worker who presses a button to stop genuinely ill people from receiving welfare support on the basis of “You look ok to me!” Welfare support in the UK is already among the lowest in the Western World in a country that keeps telling itself it’s the 6th richest.