DWP benefits crackdown on PIP and more in doubt after key announcement

Just a month after revealing plans for the harshest benefit restrictions in 10 years, including proposals to convert disability support into vouchers and tighten eligibility for those with mental health conditions, the Department for Work and Pensions may have to shelve its ambitious overhaul.

Campaign group Benefits and Work suggests that the future of the Green Paper hinges on the election outcome, saying: "if Labour win then that's probably the last we will hear of the Green Paper."However, they also noted: "If the Conservatives win a working majority, then it's likely that the Green Paper will be followed by a White Paper which will set out which of the proposals the government plans to take forward. This will be followed by legislation.

In a statement to the House of Commons, Alison McGovern, standing in for Liz Kendall, the Shadow Work and Pensions Minister, clarified Labour's stance on the DWP's Green Paper proposals. "We will judge any measure that the government bring forward on its merits and against that principle, because the costs of failure in this area are unsustainable. The autonomy and routine of work is good for us all, for our mental and physical health-and more than that, for women, work is freedom, too."

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