Reform proposes £50bn welfare bill cut with changes to disability payments system Pip

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1. Sat, 15 August 2026

   1 report
   • bbc.co.uk21:19edited after publishing
     Reform proposes £50bn welfare bill cut with changes to disability payments system Pip

     previouslyReform UK plan would overhaul welfare system with £50bn in savings

     The party's proposed changes were they to come to power include a replacement for the disability payments system Pip.

2. Sun, 16 August 2026

   5 reports
   • lbc.co.uk07:50
     Reform planning to slash £50billion from benefits bill and scrap Pip

     The new plans, which are set to be released in full on Monday, would affect nearly three million people.

   • express.co.uk21:00first to report
     Reform UK pledges to ban foreign nationals from claiming almost all benefits

     The move is part of plans to slash the welfare bill by £50 billion a year

   • express.co.uk21:00
     'Britain is being bled dry as welfare bill completely out of control'

     OPINION: Reform UK's Lee Anderson warns that the UK benefits bill is completely out of control

   • The Guardian World21:00
     Reform accused of targeting the most vulnerable with £50bn benefit cut

     Robert Jenrick takes aim at disabled people and foreign nationals after saying UK guilty of ‘suicidal empathy’ Reform UK has been accused of excluding the most vulnerable from society and punishing non-Britons living in the UK as it prepared to outline £50bn of cuts to benefits for disabled people and foreign nationals. Robert Jenrick, Reform’s finance spokesperson, will detail the plans for £20bn of cuts to disability benefits overall, as well as another £21bn from stopping foreign nationals –...

   • mirror.co.uk21:30
     'Cowardly' Reform blasted over welfare plot 'that would spark new Brexit clash'

     Nigel Farage's Reform UK has been savaged over 'cowardly' welfare plans to strip foreign nationals of their rights and breach the terms of the UK's Brexit deal with the European Union

3. Mon, 17 August 2026

   6 reports
   • hulldailymail.co.uk10:29edited after publishing
     Reform UK benefit changes explained - millions to lose out

     previouslyThe party says it would reduce the benefits budget by £50billion

     The party says it would reduce the benefits budget by £50billion

   • The Guardian World14:54edited after publishing
     Jenrick says Reform would make long-term benefits claimants clean up high streets – as it happened

     previouslyJenrick says Reform would make long-term benefits claimants clean up high streets – UK politics live

     Party’s ‘welfare to work’ policy would force long-term claimants to do community work or face losing benefits Robert Jenrick went on to say that long-term benefits claimants will be made to clean up their local high street and do charity work or face having their benefits taken away. He said as part of the party’s “welfare to work” policy, long-term claimants, who are fit to work, will be forced to do 20-hours of work a week in the community. They’ll work to clean up high streets and parks, to...

   • RMF24 (Poland)16:28
     Polacy bez świadczeń w Wielkiej Brytanii? Reform UK chce zmian ws. unijnych migrantów

     Polacy bez świadczeń w Wielkiej Brytanii? Reform UK chce zmian ws. unijnych migrantów

   • irishtimes.com16:36
     ‘No British citizenship, no benefits.’ Kind of.

     Reform UK unveils tough proposals to save £50 billion. But what about the Irish?

   • Index.hr (Croatia)16:51
     Britanska desnica želi ukinuti naknade svim strancima. I građanima EU-a

     BRITANSKA stranka Reform UK predlaže ukidanje socijalnih naknada za strane državljane, uključujući građane EU, radi uštede od 24.6 milijardi eura, što bi zahtijevalo nove pregovore o Brexitu.

   • The Guardian World19:11
     Huge number of children would fall into poverty under Reform’s benefits plans, say campaigners

     Party wants to cut £50bn from UK welfare bill but charity says proposals would cause ‘horrific levels of destitution’ Hundreds of thousands of children would be tipped into poverty and destitution under plans unveiled by Reform UK to slash £50bn a year from the UK benefits bill, campaigners have warned. The warnings came after Reform published plans to drastically reduce disability payments, ban non-UK citizens from claiming benefits and introduce compulsory 20 hours a week unpaid workfare for...

4. Tue, 18 August 2026

   1 report
   • The Guardian World23:01
     Do not cut benefits for disabled young people, dozens of UK charities urge ministers

     More than 40 charities write to Pat McFadden and review head Alan Milburn over fears of stricter eligibility rules More than 40 of the UK’s leading charities have warned ministers against imposing tougher benefit sanctions or cuts on disabled young people, as the government considers how to encourage more young people into work. The charities raised concerns that an imminent review of young people and work by Alan Milburn could bring in stricter eligibility rules for keeping disability benefits...

5. Thu, 20 August 2026

   2 reports
   • thelocal.es12:45
     Could Brits in Spain really lose their benefits if Reform UK wins power?

     Nigel Farage’s Reform has pledged to ban foreigners in Britain from receiving benefits if elected. This would include Europeans living in the UK, leading to suggestions that the EU would retaliate with similar measures for Brits residing across the bloc.

   • The Guardian World17:36
     Reform’s new economic adviser has called for end of pensioners’ triple lock

     Exclusive: Mitchell Palmer has also argued for privatising the NHS and immigration as way of cutting poverty Reform UK’s new economic adviser has previously called the pensions triple lock unsustainable, advocated privatising the NHS and welcomed migration as a poverty alleviation tool, the Guardian can reveal. Robert Jenrick, Reform’s economic spokesperson, has appointed Mitchell Palmer, a rightwing economist at the free-market Adam Smith Institute, as one of his key aides. Continue reading...

6. Sun, 23 August 2026

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   • The Guardian World21:00
     Reform says it would put foreign-born UK citizens lower on social housing list

     UK-born married couples under 35 with children would get priority under proposals to be outlined by Farage’s party British citizens who were born abroad would be made to wait longer for social housing under proposals to be announced by Reform UK on Monday. Nigel Farage’s party will announce the policy at a press conference in London. Under the policy, people born in the UK and young married couples with children would be given priority for social housing. Continue reading...

7. Mon, 24 August 2026

   1 report
   • The Guardian World17:40
     Reform would evict social housing tenants over unkempt gardens

     Plan part of a wider policy to remove foreign nationals from social homes and prioritise young British-born couples Social housing tenants will be evicted if they fail to keep their gardens well maintained under a Reform UK government, the party has announced. Lee Anderson, the party’s chair, said that if Reform came to power it would insist that those in social rented homes would be required to keep their properties decorated and gardens looked after. Continue reading...

8. Tue, 25 August 2026

   1 report
   • Politico Europe21:00
     Nigel Farage wants to scrap GDPR for the UK

     Reform UK said GDPR has "strangled small businesses and tech firms."

9. Fri, 28 August 2026

   2 reports
   • express.co.uk12:54
     Reform to ban people from voting if they don't speak English

     Nigel Farage's party announces dramatic changes to elections

   • express.co.uk12:57
     Readers debate if people who can't speak English be banned from voting

     Have your say in our online poll on Reform UK's plans for changes to the electoral system

10. Thu, 3 September 2026

    1 report
    • birminghammail.co.uk10:37
      DWP could change Local Housing Allowance rates for first time since 2024

      Kemi Badenoch has put forward plans for sweeping benefits cuts to bring down the welfare bill.

11. Mon, 7 September 2026

    1 report
    • Bloomberg Politics17:46
      Reform Plans to Improve Offer to Lure the Rich Back to Britain

      Reform UK plans to bolster its plans to attract the rich back to the UK should it win power at the next general election, the insurgent party’s Treasury spokesman, Robert Jenrick, said.

12. Tue, 8 September 2026

    1 report
    • The Guardian World04:00
      Majority of Tory and Reform voters do not back cuts to disability benefits, survey finds

      Nearly half of respondents say spending on personal independence payments should be increased There is little appetite for cuts to disability benefits even among Conservative and Reform voters, and proposals to reduce spending could prove politically risky, according to an authoritative national survey. The British Social Attitudes (BSA) report found that while support for welfare spending as a whole had dipped sharply in recent years, just 7% of respondents backed cuts to disability benefits –...

13. Wed, 16 September 2026

    1 report
    • Bloomberg Politics04:00
      UK Should Slash Tax on Rich, Report for Farage’s Reform Says

      The UK should slash taxes on the rich and encourage the City to take greater risks, according to a report by a think-tank linked to Reform UK that’s set to guide the economic policies of Nigel Farage’s insurgent party.

14. Fri, 18 September 2026

    1 report
    • The Guardian World12:01
      Poorest countries hit hardest by UK aid cuts under Keir Starmer government, new figures reveal

      Aid to lower-income countries fell by almost 7%, while higher-income countries saw their share of Britain’s aid budget increase The world’s poorest countries were worst hit by British aid cuts under Keir Starmer’s government, while higher-income countries saw their share of aid increase, new figures reveal. The latest figures released by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office show a 6.7% decrease in funding to the least-developed countries and low-income countries, amounting to cuts...

15. Wed, 23 September 2026

    2 reports
    • The Guardian World04:00
      Thinktank linked to Reform UK calls for abolition of state pension

      ‘Radical’ report likely to influence party’s platform also proposes abolishing inheritance and capital gains taxes A thinktank linked to Reform UK has called for the abolition of the state pension and £75bn worth of sweeping tax cuts in a “radical” report likely to influence the party’s platform for the next election. The Centre for a Better Britain’s (CFABB) report – which also calls for weaker rules for UK banks and Trump-style investment accounts offering £1,000 to newborns – will be...

    • The Guardian World21:30
      Tories target universal credit claimants in plan condemned as ‘fast track to poverty’

      Proposals aim to push people into work, but charities say families are still paying price of austerity cuts and rise in cost of living People claiming universal credit (UC) would have their payments cut by a third if they have not paid enough national insurance, under a Conservative plan condemned by one charity as “a fast track to increased poverty”. Under the proposals, those who receive this “subsistence allowance” would have it paid into a dedicated debit card that would prevent from them...

16. Sun, 27 September 2026

    1 report
    • The Guardian World16:33
      Changing UK benefits for young people a ‘moral crusade’, says minister

      Pat McFadden urges Labour MPs to back overhauls, amid signs party looking to cut payments for some 16- to 24-year-olds UK politics live – latest updates Labour MPs have a moral responsibility to accept significant changes to the welfare system to help get more young people into work, the work and pensions secretary has said. In a sign he is looking to overhaul the welfare state, Pat McFadden said it was time for Labour to “renew” the system first created by the Clement Attlee government and...

17. Thu, 1 October 2026

    1 report
    • The Guardian World18:43
      Key disability benefit for young people may be axed under major welfare changes

      Exclusive: Plan under discussion involves intensive support to help young people into employment Ministers are working up sweeping plans for welfare changes including scrapping a key disability benefit for under-25s and replacing it with a multibillion-pound package of support to get into work, the Guardian has learned. Whitehall sources said the package of changes under debate was much bigger than previously thought, as Andy Burnham’s government hopes to persuade more people on benefits back...

18. Sat, 3 October 2026

    2 reports
    • express.co.uk13:29
      Tax cuts for working people are key to Conservatives ousting Labour

      Major new polling show the public are in no doubt about what Kemi Badenoch needs to do to win back trust for the Conservatives with working Britons

    • The Guardian World21:00
      Tories would expand free childcare to high earners, Badenoch says

      Kemi Badenoch says those earning more than £100,000 should not be discouraged from working more The Conservatives have unveiled a proposed £700m childcare giveaway for high earners ahead of their annual conference, saying they would end the “cliff edge” where free entitlement ends at salaries above £100,000. The plan, set out the day before the event begins in Birmingham, follows the earlier proposal by Kemi Badenoch’s party to abolish most stamp duty , another change to taxation that would...

19. Sun, 4 October 2026

    1 report
    • express.co.uk07:00
      The real reason Burnham is terrified of cutting benefits will shock you

      Benefits claimants have the electoral power to end the careers of a majority of Labour, Conservative and Reform UK MPs in England and Wales

20. Tue, 6 October 2026

    2 reports
    • Bloomberg Politics16:00
      UK Tories Pledge Employer Tax Cut to Tackle Youth Unemployment

      The Conservatives pledged to halve the tax businesses pay on employees in their early 20s as the UK’s main opposition party seeks to restore its reputation for economic competence and tackle a rise in joblessness among young people.

    • dailymail.com23:00
      Tories to slash jobs tax to get young back into work

      The Conservative leader will urge her party to focus on saving the economy from Labour by unveiling measures aimed at reversing the slide in entry-level jobs.

21. Thu, 8 October 2026

    1 report
    • aol.co.uk16:30
      Campaigners led by Chris Packham urge prime minister to rethink Send reforms

      Exclusive: Letter to PM, also signed by Sally Phillips, says reforms will unfairly remove children’s legal protections

22. Sat, 10 October 2026

    2 reports
    • The Guardian World05:00
      Create new pre-apprenticeship scheme to close youth unemployment gap, says Milburn

      Exclusive: Former minister’s review warns that dramatic action is needed over huge drop in youth apprenticeship starts A national apprenticeship readiness scheme should be introduced in England to close the gap for young people between leaving school and starting work, the government is to be told. Alan Milburn, who is leading a major review into Britain’s youth jobs crisis , will call for a new “national pre-apprenticeship route” to offer young people further education, training and work...

    • rnz.co.nz23:15
      Election live: Labour promises fresh, locally made school lunches if elected into power

      URL changednow www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics_election-2026/1835030/election-2026-as-it-happened-11-oct-greens-label-act-fiscal-plan-welfare-for-the-wealthiest-opportunity-seeks-answers-over-assumptions

      It's a busy Sunday again for the political world, with most of the parties out on the campaign trail.

23. Mon, 12 October 2026

    2 reports
    • The Guardian World14:24edited after publishing
      Children and women included in Reform plan to immediately deport 90,000 asylum seekers

      previouslyChildren and mothers included in Reform plan to immediately deport 90,000 asylum seekers

      Farage’s party says it would ‘embed’ immigration enforcement in UK and use ‘aerial imaging’ to identify people UK politics live – latest updates Children and mothers would not be exempt from plans by Reform UK to immediately deport 90,000 asylum seekers and impose a five-year ban on people being granted asylum. The party’s most hardline immigration policies to date were condemned by refugee charities and others as “unworkable” and an abandonment of Britain’s tradition of helping victims of war...

    • Anadolu Agency (AA)18:20
      Far-right party Reform UK vows to suspend asylum system for up to 5 years if elected

      Under Nigel Fararge's proposal, suspending system would also invalidate pending asylum applications

24. Tue, 13 October 2026

    1 report
    • dailycaller.com10:00
      DUKE: Britain’s Welfare State Is A Gravy Train Headed For Disaster

      Britain’s government-backed disability programs are allowing people with wheat intolerance and dyslexia are qualifying for subsidized car leases

25. Sun, 18 October 2026

    2 reports
    • express.co.uk07:00
      Ministers have relied on immigration rather than rescuing left behind Britain

      OPINION: We are now paying nearly £140billion a year to see communities slip back into worklessness, ill-health, and social breakdown

    • The Guardian World18:30
      Cut benefits to fund work support for young people, says Neet review author Alan Milburn

      Exclusive: Former health secretary says upfront investment in support is needed ‘if we are going to end the Neet crisis’ Ministers should cut welfare spending to fund more employment support if it wants to end the youth Neet crisis, the author of a government-led review has said. Alan Milburn, the Tony Blair-era health secretary, told the Guardian he believed ministers should reduce benefits payments to help pay for more employment support, opening a potentially contentious debate within the...

26. Fri, 23 October 2026

    1 report
    • theconversation.com13:45
      From aristocracy to ‘assetocracy’ – how wealth has transformed the House of Lords

      Hundreds of peers enjoy extraordinary wealth, new research has found.