Young people face losing disability benefits in huge overhaul as Labour MPs threaten to rebel over cuts
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The Sun says young people would lose PIP and receive only a youth allowance at the standard Universal Credit rate. It never reports the proposed "additional cost allowance" for those who received PIP, which would cover day-to-day costs relating to their conditions. Without it, a reader believes disabled young people would be left with no support for the extra costs of disability. That is not what the proposal says.
How we know
- The Independent reported“For those who received PIP which is intended for people with a disability, they will be moved on to a new “additional cost allowance” which would cover day-to-day costs relating to their conditions.”Young people to no longer get main sickness benefit and PIP under Milburn’s welfare overhaul plan (opens in a new tab)
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Read the original article on thesun.co.uk (opens in a new tab)What we found (1)
The Sun reports Alan Milburn's proposal that young people lose PIP and the health element of Universal Credit, quotes him at length and gives the plan's £6 billion cost. It never says that young people who now get PIP would move to a new allowance covering the day-to-day costs of their conditions. A reader is left believing that disabled young people would lose all disability-related support.
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What is missing
The Sun says young people would lose PIP and receive only a youth allowance at the standard Universal Credit rate. It never reports the proposed "additional cost allowance" for those who received PIP, which would cover day-to-day costs relating to their conditions. Without it, a reader believes disabled young people would be left with no support for the extra costs of disability. That is not what the proposal says.
How we know
- The Independent reported“For those who received PIP which is intended for people with a disability, they will be moved on to a new “additional cost allowance” which would cover day-to-day costs relating to their conditions.”Young people to no longer get main sickness benefit and PIP under Milburn’s welfare overhaul plan (opens in a new tab)
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