A leading thinktank has criticized proposed restrictions on disability benefits for people with anxiety, ADHD, or autism, warning they could worsen employment challenges rather than achieve significant cost reductions. The Resolution Foundation argues such changes would be overly simplistic and might discourage affected individuals from seeking or maintaining work. The thinktank suggests the focus on excluding certain mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions from support risks undermining broader social participation. Critics say the measures appear driven by unrealistic financial targets rather than practical policy goals.
Resolution Foundation says ‘crude changes’ to benefits system would probably make it harder for people to workBanning people with anxiety, ADHD or autism from claiming disability benefits would not deliver major financial savings and would probably make it harder for them to get or stay in a job and participate in society, a leading thinktank has warned.The Resolution Foundation said any proposals to make certain mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions ineligible for personal independence payments (Pip) would be “crude changes” aimed at hitting unrealistic savings targets. Continue reading...
