British Chancellor: People who suffer from depression or anxiety may lose their sickness benefits

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People with depression or anxiety could lose sickness benefits, says UK minister

-Mel Stride says therapy or respite could be offered instead of Pip payments to those with ‘milder’ mental health issues

A British minister said people suffering from depression or anxiety could lose sickness benefits

– For those with "mild" mental health problems, treatment or respite time can be offered, rather than individuals paying the subsidy independently, Mel Stead said

(The plans also include proposals to ‘move away from a fixed cash benefit system’, meaning people with some conditions will no longer receive regular payments.)

(The plan also includes a proposal to "move away from the fixed cash benefit system," which means that people with certain conditions will no longer receive regular benefits.) ）

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People with depression or anxiety could lose access to sickness benefits, the work and pensions secretary has said, as part of major welfare changes that have been described as a “full-on assault on disabled people”.

The Secretary for Work and Pensions said people suffering from depression or anxiety may not be able to access sickness benefits as part of a major welfare reform that has been described as a "full-scale assault on people with disabilities".

On Monday morning, Mel Stride announced the plans to overhaul the way disability benefits work and was due to address the Commons on the issue later in the day.

On Monday morning, Mel Stead announced plans to reform the way disability welfare works and will address the issue in the House of Commons later in the day.

In a green paper due to be published alongside Stride’s Commons statement, ministers will set out plans to change personal independence payments (Pip), the main disability benefit for adults, through changes to eligibility criteria and assessments.

In a green paper released alongside Stead's House of Commons statement, ministers will lay out plans to change the individual independent payment allowance (which is the main disability benefit for adults) by changing eligibility criteria and assessments.

While he sought to portray the proposals as part of a “grownup conversation” about the best form of welfare provision, he also indicated the focus on the plan was part of a Conservative election strategy designed to put some pressure on Labour before a general election in which his party is expected to suffer a heavy defeat.

While he tried to describe the proposals as part of an "adult conversation" about the best form of welfare provision, he also said the focus on the plan was part of the Conservative Party's electoral strategy to put some pressure on the Labour Party ahead of the general election, which Labour is expected to lose badly.

The plans, which will be consulted on over the coming months, also include proposals to “move away from a fixed cash benefit system”, meaning people with some conditions will no longer receive regular payments, but instead access to treatment if their condition does not involve extra costs.

The plans, which will be negotiated in the coming months, also include proposals to "move away from the fixed cash benefit system", which means that people with certain medical conditions will no longer receive regular payments, but will receive treatment if their condition does not involve additional costs.

Stride batted away suggestions his government had created the problem by failing to adequately provide such care in the first place, saying it was introducing a scheme in which some healthcare support would be provided alongside “work coaches”.

Stead refuted claims that his government's initial failure to adequately provide such care caused problems, saying the government was introducing a program to provide some health care support alongside "job coaching."

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During a BBC Radio 4 Today programme interview on Monday, it was put to Stride that the Tories were picking apart the system they had themselves designed in the hope of starting a “row about welfare scroungers” they hoped might cause a greater political problem for Labour than for them.

In an interview on the BBC's Radio 4 Today programme on Monday, it was told to Stead that the Conservatives were debunking a system of their own design, hoping to spark a "quarrel over welfare beggars", which they hoped could create bigger political problems for the Labour Party than they were.

“As to Labour, Labour have nothing to say about welfare. In fact, the only thing they’ve been saying about welfare is that they’re very squeamish about sanctions. They don’t think they should be applied in the way that we think, which we believe will cost billions of pounds,” he replied.

"As for Labour, Labour has nothing to say on welfare. In fact, the only thing they have said on welfare issues is that they are very sensitive to sanctions. They don't think it should be applied the way we think it is, and we think it's going to cost billions of pounds," he replied.

In an interview with the Times, Stride had suggested the proposals would mean people with “milder mental health conditions” would no longer receive financial support. And they follow a speech in which the prime minister announced major changes to the welfare system earlier this month, saying “people with less severe mental health conditions should be expected to engage with the world of work”.

In an interview with The Times, Stead has said the proposals would mean that people with "milder mental health conditions" would no longer receive financial support. Earlier this month, the prime minister announced a major overhaul of the welfare system in a speech, saying that "people with less severe mental health conditions should be expected to be involved in their work".

Stride said the system should not be paying people to deal with the “ordinary difficulties of life” and suggested that many voters “deep down” agreed with him.

Stead said the system should not pay people who deal with "everyday life difficulties" and said many voters agreed with him "deep down."

Describing the changes as “probably the most fundamental reforms in a generation”, he said: “There are those that have perhaps milder mental health conditions, or where perhaps there has been too great a move towards labelling certain behaviours as having certain [medical] conditions attached to them, where actually work is the answer or part of the answer.

Describing the changes as "probably the most fundamental reform in a generation," he said, "some people may have mild mental health issues, or some people may be too inclined to label certain behaviors as certain (medical) diseases, when actually attending work is the solution or part of the solution."

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“What we’ve got to avoid is being in a situation where we too readily say: ‘Well, actually, we need you to be on benefits.’”

"The situation that we have to avoid is that it's too easy for us to say, 'Okay, actually, we need you to receive benefits.'" ”

Stride said a “whole plethora of things”, such as talking therapies, social care packages and respite care, could be used as alternatives to benefit payments.

"A lot of things" could be used as an alternative to benefits payments, such as talk therapy, social care packages and respite care, Stead said.

He added the main reason for the changes was to provide better help and not cut costs, but he acknowledged the cost “has to be one of the considerations”.

He added that the main reason for these changes is to provide better assistance, not to cut costs, but he acknowledged that costs "have to be one of the considerations".

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James Taylor, the executive director of strategy at disability equity charity Scope, called for an end to the “reckless assault” on disabled people and to fix the “real underlying issues”.

James Taylor, executive director of strategy at disability equality charity Scope, has called for an end to "reckless attacks" on people with disabilities and to address "real underlying problems".

“It’s hard to have any faith that this consultation is about anything other than cutting the benefits bill, no matter the impact,” Taylor said.

"Whatever the impact, it's hard to believe that this consultation serves any purpose other than cutting the benefits bill," Taylor said.

“Life costs a lot more for disabled people, including people with mental health conditions. Threatening to take away the low amount of income Pip provides won’t solve the country’s problems.

"The cost of living is much higher for people with disabilities, including those with mental health conditions. Threats to abolish the meager income provided by the individual independent payment subsidy will not solve the country's problems.

“The government needs to end this reckless assault on disabled people and focus on how to fix the real underlying issues.”

"The government needs to end this reckless assault on people with disabilities and focus on how to address the real underlying problems."