If Labour are elected they say they will repeal some of the £billions of cuts to the Bene ts System over the last 7 years.
The Labour Party manifesto says they will- '• Scrap the punitive sanctions regime
• Scrap the Bedroom Tax
• reinstate Housing Bene t for under-21s
• Scrap cuts to Bereavement Support Payment
• reform and redesign UC, ending six-week delays in payment and the ‘rape clause’ • Increase Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) by £30 per week for those in the work-related activity group, and repeal cuts in the UC limited capacity for work element.
•Increase Carer’s Allowance by £11 to the level of Jobseekers’ Allowance. •Implement the court decision on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) so that there is real parity of esteem between those with physical and mental-health conditions.
• Scrap the Work Capability and Personal Independence Payment assessments and replace them with a personalised, holistic assessment process that provides each individual with a tailored plan, building on their strengths and addressing barriers. Labour will end the privatisation of assessments.
• End the pointless stress of reassessments for people with severe long-term conditions.
• Commission a report into expanding the Access to Work programme.'
The Conservative Party manifesto says they will-
'• maintain the triple lock on the state pension until 2020, and then introduce a new double lock where pensions will rise in line with earnings or infation, whichever is highest
• ensure that state pension age refects increases in life expectancy
• means-test winter fuel payments
• maintain all other pensioner bene ts, including free bus passes, eye tests,
prescriptions and TV licences, for the duration of this parliament • legislate to give unemployed disabled claimants, or those with a health
condition, personalised and tailored employment support.'
We understand that they plan no further radical welfare reform in the next parliament but will continue the roll-out of Universal Credit.
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