{"id":243483,"date":"2025-05-13T18:05:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T17:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/disability-minister-does-not-rule-out-further-benefits-cuts\/"},"modified":"2025-05-13T18:05:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T17:05:07","slug":"disability-minister-does-not-rule-out-further-benefits-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/disability-minister-does-not-rule-out-further-benefits-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Disability minister does not rule out further benefits cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/zDZmNC2I9Ac\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Disability minister does not rule out further benefits cuts\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zDZmNC2I9Ac\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Benefits for some disabled people are definitely being cut, a minister has told ITV News, despite a growing backbench rebellion of more than 40 Labour MPs.<\/p>\n<p>Disability Minister Stephen Timms was also unable to rule out further changes to the benefits system, which he said is badly in need of reform.<\/p>\n<p>A review of personal independence payments (Pip) has already begun, Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall said in the Commons on Monday, ahead of a wider rethink on welfare policies.<\/p>\n<p>About 3.7 million people who have a long-term physical or mental health illness in England, Wales and Northern Ireland currently get it.<\/p>\n<p>And the Office for Budget Responsibility has previously said tightening the system, under plans to get more people off benefits and into work, would affect about 800,000 people.<\/p>\n<p>Some 42 backbenchers said the planned cuts were \u201cimpossible to support\u201d in a letter to Sir Keir Starmer, and represented \u201cthe biggest attack on the welfare state since George Osborne ushered in the years of austerity\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>But Minister Timms insisted benefits changes would go ahead.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follows ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benefits for some disabled people are definitely being cut, a minister has told ITV News, despite a growing backbench rebellion of more than 40 Labour MPs. 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