Burnham to make some benefits conditional and ‘get serious’ about cutting welfare (www.independent.co.uk)

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In his first major interview since becoming prime minister, Andy Burnham admitted to the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg that the nation’s welfare bill has to be reduced.

And he made it clear that going forward certain benefits, including mental health support, will become “conditional” on people taking work and not staying at home.

Terrible. Seems like I will still be able to call Labour under Burnham "Forced Labour".

Anyone worth their salt will tell you that we need to make it easier to get benefits. Hell, the recent Timms Review found that disability benefits were degrading and dehumanizing to apply for. Making care conditional on work is insane, and Burnham needs to realize this was one of Starmer's biggest failures.

Stop trying to take money away from disabled people. Why don't you try taking money away from people that don't need it. The rich. The fact Labour leadership is not doing this shows they are either corrupt or cowards.

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[-] Buckshot@programming.dev 3 points 8 hours ago

Watch the actual interview. It's about 2 minutes on benefits starting at 2:30 https://youtu.be/rEiJPHHg4dA

Supporting people into a better position rather than just giving them money forever is a good thing. As always the devil's in the details but I'm willing to hold judgement on this one.

This entire article is rage bait.

[-] Cherry@piefed.social 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I have to agree, entrenched benefits do people more harm than good long term. A health heart and mind can benefit from purpose and goals. Its hard to break out of of mental health issues, but you do have to climb out. Labour have been good traditionally at keeping people down and dependent.

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