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Revealed: Labour’s welfare cuts will take people out of work

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Labour’s plans to tighten assessments for the personal independence payment ( PIP ) will affect around 800,000 claimants.

Ministers insist their welfare reforms will bring more people “back into work” But nearly two thirds of working people receiving PIP said they would need to reduce or give up work.

Reasons cited include the impact losing the benefit would have on their mental health.

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