Young people with ADHD or anxiety may lose disability benefit

Summarised from 4 outlets · Updated 11 Nov, 23:01 · Archive

Young people under 25 without severe disabilities could lose £217 monthly Universal Credit and receive employment support instead.

Young people under 25 with conditions including ADHD and anxiety could lose access to £217 monthly from the health element of Universal Credit under sweeping proposals to overhaul Britain's benefits system. Those without severe disabilities that significantly limit their ability to work would instead be offered employment, education and training support.

Former Labour minister Alan Milburn is expected to publish his long-awaited report into youth employment next week, recommending the creation of a separate social security system for younger people. This forms part of Labour's ambition to prioritise employment over welfare and reduce the number of young people being signed off for health reasons. The proposals would create a new pathway for affected claimants, moving them away from the Universal Credit health element.

According to the Resolution Foundation think tank, approximately 260,000 young people currently receive the health element of Universal Credit, with no requirement to participate in programmes helping them enter employment, education or training. Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden are expected to accept Milburn's 200-page report in full, though McFadden has suggested remaining open to discussion about which age range the new system would cover.

How it is being reported

• Young people to no longer get main sickness benefit and PIP under Milburn’s welfare overhaul planPeople aged under-25 would be moved off the main sickness and disability benefits and given an allowance instead under changes Alan Milburn admits would not be ‘pain-free’The Independent · 12 Nov, 00:11
• Some under-25s should get less benefits, Milburn review to sayThe proposed radical overhaul of the welfare system would move under-25s off the main sickness benefits.BBC News · 11 Nov, 23:22
• Brits with ADHD or anxiety set to see £217 a month benefits axedA major shake-up of the welfare system could see young people offered employment and training support instead of additional benefits.Daily Express · 11 Nov, 22:49
• Under-25s with ADHD or anxiety set to see £217 a month disability benefits axedInstead of the health element of Universal Credit, young people without severe work-limiting disabilities could be offered education, training and employment supportThe i Paper · 11 Nov, 18:27

In this story: Alan Milburn · Andy Burnham · Pat McFadden · Resolution Foundation · Labour · Britain

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