Overview
- CSJ says withdrawing the UC health element and PIP from people with milder mental health or ADHD conditions would affect roughly 1.1 million claimants.
- The package is estimated to save about £7.4bn by 2029/30, with at least £1bn proposed for expanded NHS Talking Therapies, social prescribing and employment support.
- Recommendations include a Future Workforce Credit to incentivise hiring young people not in education, employment or training, targeting 120,000 jobs and £765m in net savings.
- Separate DWP measures already legislated for April 2026 raise the UC standard allowance above inflation, cut the health top-up for new claims to £50 a week and provide reassessment exemptions for the most severe conditions.
- CSJ projects disability-related benefits could rise from about £49.6bn to over £72bn by 2030, a shift it says would add roughly £580–£700 per taxpayer, as ministers face pressure ahead of the 26 November Budget.