Tax, tax and more tax. Does Rachel Reeves not know there’s another way? |
Wealth taxes, pension raids, inheritance tax, does Labour really not know there’s another option, asks John O’Connell
There are recipients of enhanced personal independence payments (PIP) for conditions such as tennis elbow, writer’s cramp, acne, alcohol misuse and food intolerance. Last year, 13 people received enhanced PIP for “factitious disorders”, including for munchausen syndrome which the NHS describes as a “psychological condition where someone pretends to be ill or deliberately produces symptoms of illness in themselves”. Recipients of this part of PIP can use their benefits to receive a car through the motability scheme. Read the new Taxpayers’ Alliance benefits dashboard, and weep.
It’s unsurprising, therefore, that the scale and cost of incapacity and disability benefits are spiralling out of control. But a Labour government with an historic majority was unable to reduce the rate of increase in spending on certain elements of welfare,........