Three groups of PIP and Universal Credit claimants risk losing £10,000 a year

NewsCost Of LivingDWPDWP crackdown being planned05:48, 18 Aug 2026A massive number of children would fall into poverty under Reform’s benefits plans, campaigners have warned. Reform is planning to abolish a Universal Credit rate and make Personal Independence Payment (PIP) harder to qualify for.‌But cuts to disability benefits would be so steep that even those with terminal illness, blindness or profound learning disabilities would stand to lose as much as £10,000 a year.‌Campaigners said the wide-ranging proposals were “cruel and dangerous”, and one poverty charity official said: “This will cause horrific levels of destitution and hardship.”‌READ MORE NEew rubbish rule from September 1 under Andy Burnham 'for England only'A foreword by Farage and the party’s Treasury spokesperson, Robert