Tue, 18 Mar 2025

Tue, 18 Mar 2025 Under-22s to be excluded from incapacity benefits

The move comes as part of an overhaul of the welfare system as the UK's benefits bill rises.

* Government proposes raising age limit from 18 to 22 for claiming incapacity benefits on top of Universal Credit.
* Age limit for claiming Personal Independence Payment (PIP) also set to rise from 18.
* Plans aim to cut UK's growing welfare bill by reducing number of people on incapacity benefits.
* £66,000 spent annually on health top-up for under-22s will be redirected into young person training schemes.
* Disability campaigners call proposals "dangerous cuts" and say they are not about supporting disabled people into work.
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