{"id":83494,"date":"2025-06-27T06:41:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T05:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=83494"},"modified":"2025-06-27T06:41:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T05:41:32","slug":"do-not-be-young-do-not-be-ill-do-not-be-old-labour-is-intent-on-failing-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2025\/06\/27\/do-not-be-young-do-not-be-ill-do-not-be-old-labour-is-intent-on-failing-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Do not be young. Do not be ill. Do not be old. Labour is intent on failing you."},"content":{"rendered":"

As The Telegraph<\/a> reported last night:<\/p>\n

Sir Keir Starmer has caved to welfare rebels by agreeing that existing disability claimants can keep their benefits.<\/p>\n

In a major concession, The Telegraph understands that the Prime Minister has agreed that nobody currently getting the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) will lose out.<\/p>\n

Instead, changes to who is eligible for the money, which is given to help people with\u00a0the extra cost of disabilities, will only apply to new claimants.<\/p>\n

The change\u00a0will cost the Treasury around \u00a31.5 billion a year<\/a>\u00a0by the end of the decade, slashing the original savings from the welfare cuts plan by a third.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Let's be clear about what this means.<\/p>\n

It means every young person coming of age who is in need of support will not get it in future.<\/p>\n

It means people developing chronic or degenerative illnesses in the future will find it much harder to get support.<\/p>\n

It means those barely coping now, but who know they will get worse with age (and that is commonplace) will not get the help they require.<\/p>\n

As Neil Kinnock said in the 1983 general election campaign, of the Tories:<\/p>\n

I warn you not to be ordinary.<\/p>\n

I warn you not to be young.<\/p>\n

I warn you not to fall ill.<\/p>\n

I warn you not to get old.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He should now say it of Labour. Those are the situations that create the risks we now face, imposed by this Labour government.<\/p>\n

He should be ashamed to be still in that party.<\/p>\n

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Taking further action<\/b><\/p>\n

If you want to write a letter to your MP on the issues raised in this blog post, there is a ChatGPT prompt to assist you in doing so, with full instructions, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As The Telegraph reported last night: Sir Keir Starmer has caved to welfare rebels by agreeing that existing disability claimants can keep their benefits. In
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