Overview
- Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden told MPs he is "not ruling out anything" on future benefit changes.
- He said the Timms Review cannot propose higher Personal Independence Payment spending and must operate within fiscal rules.
- The review’s terms were updated in October to state it will work within the Office for Budget Responsibility’s projections for future PIP costs.
- Opposition politicians and the charity Scope criticised the stance, urging ministers to keep promises to co‑produce reforms with disabled people.
- About 24 million people receive a DWP benefit and roughly 3.8 million claim PIP, with earlier plans to tighten PIP assessments withdrawn in June after a Labour revolt.