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Commenting on reports today (Friday) of delays to Personal Independence Payments and the rising cost of implementing the welfare cap, TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said:

Commenting on reports today (Friday) of delays to Personal Independence Payments and the rising cost of implementing the welfare cap, TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said:

“The government’s disastrous shake-up of the welfare system continues apace.

“Today’s revelations about the Personal Independence Payment and the Employment Support Allowance smack not only of incompetence but of a systematic attempt to remove the safety net people depend upon when they fall on hard times.

“It is disgraceful that terminally ill and disabled people are being made to wait for months for vital benefits. Taking money away from the most vulnerable in our society is not the way to make work pay.

“The government’s welfare reforms are unravelling, with costs shooting through the roof and millions being made to suffer.”

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