Funding to help the sick and disabled back to work

TENS of thousands more sick and disabled people will be given support to get into work, the UK Government has said as its welfare reforms formally passed into law.

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The Universal Credit Act was given royal assent yesterday, after what Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall has previously acknowledged was a “bumpy ride” which saw controversial wider reform plans watered down in the face of a Labour revolt.

Earlier this summer, the proposed legislation had elements to restrict eligibility to Pip scrapped, with any changes postponed until after a review which is being led by Disability Minister Sir Stephen Timms.

The UK Government has insisted their welfare reforms have been driven by a desire to end a situation where people became dependent on benefits rather than working.