Disabled to have voice but PIP cut may come

PEOPLE with disabilities will not be allowed a veto over potential cuts to benefits, Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden has warned.

- JONATHAN WALKER Whitehall Editor

And he refused to rule out reducing payments, despite a massive Labour rebellion.

The Government postponed changes to Personal Independence Payments (PIP) in July, in order to avoid a vote that would have led to a significant number of Labour MPs opposing the plan.