Access All: Disability News and Mental Health - Emergency episode: The welfare reform climb-down

Download Emergency episode: The welfare reform climb-down

Just after the clock struck midnight in Westminster all of the rumours and rumblings around the government's welfare reform plans to save £5bn came to a head as Work and Pensions Secretary, Liz Kendall, released a letter to MPs outlining a series of concessions to the plans.

They include making no changes to existing deals people have and disability co-production, which means inviting disability organisations to the table to help shape some of the reforms, going forward.

So, have the changes pleased everyone? Mikey Erhardt, from Disability Rights UK and Labour MP Ian Byrne give their take on what the concessions mean. And we hear from Minister for Work and Pensions, Liz Kendall.

Presented by Emma Tracey
Producer: Alex Collins
Series producer: Beth Rose
Editor: Damon Rose
Sound design and mixed by Dave O'Neill

Published on Friday, 27th June 2025.

Available Podcasts from Access All: Disability News and Mental Health

Subscribe to Access All: Disability News and Mental Health

We are not the BBC, we only list available podcasts. To find out more about the programme including episodes available on BBC iPlayer, go to the Access All: Disability News and Mental Health webpage.