Overview
- Announcing the move in London, Kemi Badenoch said the review will reassess which health conditions the state treats as disabilities for welfare eligibility, highlighting low‑level mental health issues such as anxiety and ADHD.
- The Conservatives will examine the household benefit cap and its exemptions, with Badenoch citing anxiety diagnoses as an example of grounds that can allow families to avoid the cap.
- Officials will consider whether some payments should be time‑limited, with the review set to look at when support should begin and how long it should last.
- Badenoch signaled a rethink of how deprivation is tracked, questioning the use of relative poverty defined as below 60% of median income.
- Labour condemned the announcement as delusional and self‑serving after Badenoch argued welfare spending should be cut by at least £87 billion and said some people were gaming the system.