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improve MP Lee Anderson Has previously admitted to “gaming the system” to help keep people safe benefits,
The Ashfield MP made the revelation during a press conference talking about his previous role at the Citizens Advice Bureau before entering politics.
“Before joining politics, I worked for the Citizens Advice Bureau,” he said.
“We used to fill out forms for clients… I can tell you now, we were gaming the system.”
Mr Anderson described the process as “a competition” between consultants and the Department for Work and Pensions.
He said he knows advisers from the organization who have a “100 per cent hit rate” on benefits forms and can get “the most qualified people in Ashfield” on personal independence payments (PIP).
reform uk Says he wants to stop people exploiting the system as part of his welfare cut proposals.
Zia Yusuf, head of policy at Reform UK, has said that young people receiving disability benefits are “being thrown on the rubbish heap”.
The party is deciding how it will end pip Introduce more regular reassessments for claimants with “non-severe” anxiety disorders and for those who qualify.
Mr Yousaf told a central London press conference: “The number of new claims for people under 25 on PIP in this country has tripled in five years.
“So we are betraying our youth. Reparations are basically not happening anymore. These young people… are basically being thrown on the trash heap for the rest of their lives.”
Mr Anderson said: “The alarm clock generation is being replaced by the worrying generation.”
Instead of going to work, he said, they are “staying at home all day courtesy of taxpayer-funded employment assistance, loans and personal independence payments”.
Reform said welfare cuts would save around £9 billion a year by 2029.