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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Aine Fox

Pip claimants at record 3.7 million as welfare reforms loom

Ms Kendall previously said there are 1,000 new Pip awards every day (Lucy North/PA) - (PA Archive)

More than 3.7 million people in England and Wales are claiming the main disability benefit, new figures show, with teenagers and young adults making up a growing proportion.

The latest data comes just days after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer insisted his welfare reforms must be pushed through, repeating his assertion that the system as it stands is not working.

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