Burnham Faces £45bn PIP Crisis As Benefit Claims Explode | Fraser Nelson

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“We're basically paying people to go into benefits, creating a gap in the labour market filled by immigration. That's no way to run an economy.” With personal independence payment (PIP) costs projected to surge from £26 billion to £45 billion by 2030, political parties might informally coordinate a “plan to stop PIP from mental health payments because we just can't afford it anymore” says Times columnist Fraser Nelson. Fraser Nelson was speaking to Gerard Baker on The Times At One. Listen live Monday-Thursday, 1-2pm. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/

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