Tories plan to use disability benefits review to justify deeper welfare cuts beyond £23 billion

The Conservatives have announced they will use a new review of disability benefits to justify cutting social security spending by even more than the £23 billion a year already pledged. Shadow work and pensions secretary Helen Whately stated that a future Tory government would pursue further cuts, marking a shift to the right likely aimed at countering gains by the Reform party. The article criticizes this approach as using a disability benefits review as cover for deeper welfare cuts.