Conservative plan for DWP welfare cuts affecting ADHD claimants, Digi Mart USA News (United Kingdom): The Department for Work and Pensions could launch a crackdown on ADHD claimants under the Tories, according to a report from Birmingham Live. Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch made the pledge on Tuesday at a press conference where she unveiled her plans for DWP cuts.
Mrs Badenoch said: “If you tell a young person that their ADHD means they are defective and will never amount to anything, that mindset is likely to be more destructive to their future than the condition itself. That is what our welfare system is currently doing.
Conservatives believe in a system that looks at people through the lens of what they can do, not what they cannot.”
The leader of the opposition went on: “Labour MPs think cutting welfare is always cruel. They believe the kindest thing you can do for someone who is struggling is to tell them it’s okay not to look after themselves.
That there’s nothing wrong with a life of dependency. And if you don’t think very hard about it, I can see why you might believe that is kind.”
She acknowledged that some people genuinely cannot work. “Of course, there are people who genuinely cannot work.
People with serious illnesses and disabilities. People who need time to recover.
We must have a safety net for those people.”
Mrs Badenoch argued that many people with serious challenges still contribute to the economy, their families and their communities. “But the reality is that millions of people can and do contribute to our economy to their families to their communities even when they face serious challenges.
Double amputees run marathons. People who are housebound do wonderful creative work from home.
People with autism run some of the biggest tech companies in the world.”
She also said the party was setting out its position in advance. “It is too late to work out what you think once you’re in government.
If you want to change this country, you need to know exactly what you want to do and how you’re going to do it. We’re telling people what we are going to do now so that there will be no nasty surprises from us such as cutting your winter fuel payment, the jobs tax or the family farm tax once we get into government.”
