Rachel Reeves planning £3bn welfare cuts in Budget

There is no blackhole, this is a poor political decision to appease financial markets.

Cuts are always a political choice. Seems odd to cut benefits to the sick when so many of them cannot work because they cannot get NHS treatment. Is it connected to the fact Reeves husband is Director General of the DWP and was during tory rule? Ill advised in other words.

She looks very pleased with herself, so their mantra is 'Rule of Law' or rule by lawyers... We know what that is like...self-serving protectionist...

Labour are playing right into the hands of Reform and the Tories. Good job fools! They'll be a Tory/Fascist Government in five years and this island thought Tories on their own were bad 😂 That's nothing! Ask an Italian left winger what a Fascist Government did to their country 🙁😞😢

Help the disabled ? Sounds more like the old Nazi stunt of helping them right up to the gate of the "final solution" camp. Some will work for a while then that one way trip to assisted dying ...... Sounds far fetched, but think again.

Its as if the Tories got re-elected! Klaus and his billionaire mates will be pleased!

“We have always said that the Work Capability Assessment is not working and needs to be reformed..." = not effective of denying sick and disabled people support. The whole approach to sickness and disability is now based on the Biopsychosocial model which has been majorly criticised because it lacks meaningful scientific content. Anyone applying for long term sickness/disability benefits is subject to regular Work Capability Assessments, even where the sickess/disability has been medically adjudged to be permanent. It's also commonly the case that medical opinion is completely ignored and the results too often suggest that very sick/disabled people are adjudged as fit for work. The fact that in the vast majority of cases where the applicant appeals to tribunal, the WCA decision is overturned. It's also the case that assessors who have to have some form of medical training, though how in earth a trained physiotherapist can adjudge whether someone with mental heath issues is fit or not to work if beyond me, especially as all the assessor is doing is entering responses into a set of pre-prepared questions on an online form. Basically it's assessment by multiple choice. While the applicant does have an opportunity to provide additional information and personal insights there is widespread evidence that this is ignored when making a final assessment. It's also been a bone of contention that the assessments are managed by for profit companies who are incentivised to provide. This includes a company called Maximus, a global giant with a rather appalling reputation in its home country, the USA where it is a healthcare giant, and in Australia where it has also had a rather contraversial role: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-24/the-jobs-game/6247206 Related to OP, recently the contract to provide the WCA among other services, the government announced a major overhaul, but no change in the global companies involved. meaning that benefit applicants are still being regarded as a commodity. No surprises Maximus will still run the WCA assessments. https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/major-overhaul-dwp-assessments-everything-29816475 When Reeves was Shadow Employment Minister she is on record as saying that Labour would be even harder on the unemployed, which is also code for anyone claiming benefits. It seems that now she is in a position of power, she is delivering on this pledge with a vengeance. Is there any appreciable difference between the Tories and Labour?

Come the budget the press will have to report facts instead of making it up. labour, grrrrr

How about cutting some of the "welfare" doled out to the rich tax dodgers and corporate parasites that hover around the public purse looking for handouts at every turn?

There really doesn't seem to be much difference between Labour and the Tories these days. This fixation with reducing the welfare system - as if it'll cure all ills - is set in Westminster ways. Millions will, once again be affected. Millions who are already suffering from a greed driven cost of living crisis. This is a Labour government, for god's sake, why aren't they attacking the greed and wealth of this country? It really really is time for change, not the change of this two faced government but through independence. Come on Cymru, it is the only option.