Shadow minister criticises Welfare Reform Bill

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Shadow minister for work and pensions Danny Kruger has criticised the government's proposed Welfare Reform Bill. Mr Kruger said the reforms "won't save much money" and "won't help people into work".  Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00We need to reform welfare, I absolutely support that.

00:02I think they've had years to prepare for government, they've now had a year in office,

00:06and we've got to this point where they've got a complete damp squib of a welfare reform programme

00:12that won't save much money, isn't going to support many people into work,

00:16and has caused a huge amount of distress and anxiety for disabled people.

00:19So we need to do a lot better than this, and it looks like Keir Starmer's simply not in control of his own party,

00:25and he's in a stalemate, he can't move one way or the other.

00:30Yes, we still want to support the government to reform the benefit system.

00:33We really urgently need it, particularly the increase in disability and health benefits.

00:38The last government, the Conservative government, reduced unemployment welfare significantly

00:41by supporting people into work, but since Covid we've seen this great rise in sickness and disability benefits.

00:47So we support the ambition to reform the system, but we're not getting reform from the government.

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