Young disabled people to lose Pip under Milburn plans

Milburn plans to end Pip for young disabled people

Alan Milburn's review will recommend that most under-25s with disabilities lose personal independence payments but can apply to local funds for equipment and short-term expenses instead.

Those with severe needs will keep their payments

Young people with the most severe disabilities will keep their entitlement to personal independence payments, while others must apply for money for specific purposes rather than ongoing support.

New youth allowance replaces current benefits

Under-25s will no longer be eligible to claim personal independence payments or the health element of universal credit. Instead they will receive a new youth allowance paid at the standard rate of universal credit.

Milburn calls for complete system overhaul

Milburn said the current benefits system must be entirely replaced for young people.He stated: we need to tear up the old approach and start again for under-25s.A tweak to the benefits system just won't do.

“We need to tear up the old approach and start again for under-25s. A tweak to the benefits system just won't do.”

Review promises 440,000 opportunities by 2036

Milburn's report will recommend creating 440,000 employment and education opportunities by 2036 and raising the net incomes of young people by more than two billion pounds.

Joseph Rowntree Foundation warns of safety net cuts

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation said the proposals could significantly weaken the safety net for hundreds of thousands of young disabled people, leaving many on universal credit with around eighty pounds a week.

Labour MP expresses concern about disabled young people

Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy told Radio 4's Today programme she felt uneasy about voting for cuts to disability benefits.She said the cuts seem to land on young disabled people already in college or at work.

“The cuts seem to land on young disabled people, and many of them are in college already or already at work.”

Treasury committee chair backs Milburn's approach

Meg Hillier, Treasury select committee chair, told the BBC she was open to the changes because Milburn has done detailed work explaining what will happen to people, unlike last year's welfare cuts proposal.

“Milburn has done some very good work on this, so I'm giving him a fair wind.”

Report to be delivered next Tuesday

Milburn will deliver his full report next Tuesday.No 10 declined to rule out the changes affecting existing claimants, saying the country must choose between investing in young people's success or paying the cost of failure.