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Labour peer suggests cabinet must accept budget cuts to pay for welfare reform - Newswav

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A government review proposes removing young people's access to sickness and disability benefits (health element of universal credit and personal independence payment), replacing them with a lower 'youth allowance' as part of welfare reform. Charities representing disabled people have expressed concern about how these proposals affecting disabled young people's employment support might work.

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![Image 1: Labour peer suggests cabinet must accept budget cuts to pay for welfare reform](https://imgproxy.newswav.com/665x0,q50=/https://static.independent.co.uk/2026/11/13/08/2297180302..?width=1200&auto=webp&trim=0%2C1%2C0%2C1) Cabinet ministers should accept cuts to their budgets to fund reforms to the welfare system, a [Labour](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/labour) peer has suggested. โ€ฆ

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