A new benefits plan which would see Personal Independence Payment (PIP) be scrapped has been proposed leaving some people upwards of £200 per week.
The changes are being suggested by the Commission on Social Security, a group of benefit claimants and those who have previously needed financial help, which aims to include a new "extra costs" benefit for disabled people.
They are funded by inequality campaign group Trust for London who aim to look ways to radically reform of the benefit system.
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Those eligible would receive a minimum of £83.70 a week others set to have payments of £230 per week.
The Commission, whose leaders all say they have "lived experience of the benefits system", argue that the current system should be replaced with something that is no longer "guided by stereotypes and myths about disabled people and people in poverty", reports the Liverpool Echo.
As a result, the Commission has proposed that a new non-means-tested benefit should replace PIP in a bid to cover the extra costs those with disabilities face due to illnesses and impairments.
The new disability benefit's payment rates would be:
- Lower: £83.70 per week
- Middle: £152.15 per week
- Higher: £230.77 per week
At present, the lowest figure matches what someone would get if they received the PIP as a standard rate for both daily living and mobility.
At the centre of the proposed scheme would be a "Guaranteed Decent Income" of £163.50 a week for all adults - including multiple adults in the same household.
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This is similar to a Universal Basic Income however instead of being paid to all adults, it would target those whose earnings slip below the £163.50 threshold or who don't earn at all.
The plans are not costed but Commission secretary Michael Orton claimed they would be a “post-war”-style investment that paid for itself through savings in other areas and a more healthy and prosperous society.
