Disability cuts would 'entrench deprivation in Wales and north of England'

A £5bn programme of disability benefits cuts planned by the government would disproportionately hit people in Wales and northern England, "entrenching deprivation", according to new analysis.

- Mark Brown

The Policy in Practice thinktank looked at how the proposed changes would affect individual regions and local authorities and found the impact across the UK starkly uneven.

The research found that north-east England, north-west England and Wales would be the hardest hit, with three times the economic impact and with twice as many affected residents as London and the south-east.

The 10 most affected councils, including Blaenau Gwent, Hartlepool and Blackpool, would "face economic costs around five times the national average", with nearly one in 10 people affected.