Disability Benefits Freeze Lifted

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Disability benefits freeze will not go ahead after Labour MP backlash

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Government had been looking at freezing PIP so it did not rise with inflation.

But after pressure from Labour backbenchers, this has now been taken off the table.

PIP is a payment of up to 9,000 a year for people with long-term physical and mental health conditions and disabilities to help with extra living costs.

The proposal had been set to save about 5bn as Chancellor Rachel Reeves searches for savings.

"So this isn't something that is any different, but we're determined to strike the right balance here." She added there will "always be a safety net for the most vulnerable" and pointed out Labour created the welfare state in 1945 , but it needs to be "more sustainable"..

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