As the discussion rumbles on, let's not forget that 44% of all households without anyone in work + receiving PIP experienced food insecurity in 2022-23. Massively paring back PIP without providing any replacement is a road to even deeper hardship for these families.

“Instead of coaching Britons comfortably into the workforce, the DWP and Jobcentres demand they take poor-quality jobs, often inappropriate for their life circumstances and expertise.” 🖊️ Anoosh Chakelian newstatesman.com/comment/2024/0…

This The New Statesman piece by Anoosh Chakelian covers work NEF is undertaking to explore alternative approaches to harsh & prescriptive benefits conditionality Here's what we've found so far & why this issue is critical for any government serious about improving employment outcomes...🧵

So many people receiving disability benefits are in deep financial hardship. Cutting eligibility without any reckoning with the inadequacy of the social security safety is not the answer.

Worth reading this important report from Z2K. We can't reform incapacity and disability benefits without grasping the nettle of our inadequate social security system.

1/5: Government says that its benefits reforms are designed to address economic inactivity. But it’s ignored the two biggest ways the benefits system increases inactivity: inadequacy and risk 🧵.