Reform UK’s plan to overhaul the welfare system risks alienating would-be voters and could stop the party from winning the broader support it needs to succeed at the next general election, the country’s leading pollster has warned.
At a press conference on Monday, Robert Jenrick, the party’s Treasury spokesman, unveiled plans to abolish the personal independence payments (PIP) system and make long-term claimants clean up their high street as part of Reform’s pledge to save £50bn from the welfare bill.
