Britain's 'bloated' welfare bill branded a 'fiscal emergency' amid Reform's plan to overhaul benefits system

Britain's 'bloated' welfare bill branded a 'fiscal emergency' amid Reform's plan to overhaul benefits system  GB News

Craig Munro | Senior Politics Reporter Published August 16, 2026 2:52pm Updated August 16, 2026 2:52pm Reform UK said 2.89 million people would have their benefits removed or modified (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire) Reform would get rid of the Pip disability welfare system if it wins power, as part of a plan to cut

Robert Jenrick says current benefits system is ‘a strange perversion of compassion’

Reform UK vows to cut welfare system to save £50 billion  itv.com

Robert Jenrick: Reform UK would cut welfare bill by £50bn a year  The Times

The party estimates that 2.89 million people could see their benefits cut or withdrawn under the plans

Reform UK has pledged the biggest benefits overhaul “in a generation,” unveiling plans to cut £50bn per year from the welfare bill.  Robert Jenrick, the party’s treasury spokesman, said the proposals would see nearly 3m people have their disability and sickness payments withdrawn or modified. Jenrick claimed the UK’s e

Reform planning to slash £50billion from benefits bill and scrap Pip  lbc.co.uk

Reform's Treasury spokesman said the plan would be the biggest shake-up of the welfare state in a generation.

The party's proposed changes were they to come to power include a replacement for the disability payments system Pip.

Reform would abolish personal independence payments and provide support only for those ‘gravely ill’

REFORM UK has unveiled a massive £50billion overhaul of the welfare system, scrapping PIP and forcing the sick back into work, should it get into power. The party’s treasury spokesman Robert Jenrick claimed it would introduce the biggest welfare shake-up “in a generation”. He said the current system was not helping tho

David Hughes, Press Association Political Editor A Reform UK government would cut £50 billion from the welfare bill, with almost three million people seeing disability and sickness payments withdrawn or modified, Robert Jenrick said. Reform’s Treasury spokesman said the plan would be the biggest shake-up of the welfare