This is the Guardian.
Today, the Labour benefit cuts that could leave disabled people worse off.
Order.
Order.
We now must come to the statement.
Secretary of State for Works and Pensions.
Let's get.
Yesterday was a big for Britain's Labour government as the Work and Pensions Minister,
Liz Kendall announced sweeping changes to the welfare system.
The facts speak for themselves.
One in 10 people of working age now claiming a sickness or disability benefit.
Almost one million young people not in education, employment or training.
That's one in eight of all our young people.
The UK cannot afford to have so many people sitting at home instead of going out to work, she said.
Millions of people who could work trapped on benefits, denied the income,
hope, dignity and self respect that we know good work brings.
And taxpayers paying millions more on the costs of failure.
With spending on working age,
sickness and disability benefits up 20 billion
since the pandemic savings set to rise by a further 18 billion pounds by the end of this parliament to 70 billion pounds a year.