Plans to slash benefits for disabled people by £1,500 a year defeated in Lords
Plans by the Government to slash benefits for disabled people by £1,500 a year in order to "incentivise" them into work have been defeated in the Lords.
Plans to cut the benefits have been defeated in the House of Lords Peers voted by 283 to 198, a majority of 85, to strike out a clause of the Welfare Reform and Work Bill which would have cut the Employment Support Allowance for people in the Work Related Activity Group by £30 a […]
