Young people with ADHD should be pushed towards work rather than abandoned to a life on benefits, Kemi Badenoch said today as she unveiled Conservative plans to slash £36billion from the welfare bill.
The Tory leader highlighted how many people with physical and mental disabilities have overcome adversity through hard work as she warned the cost of the handout system is ‘crushing our economy’.
In a major speech this morning, she pledged to axe sickness and disability benefits for low-level mental health conditions and back pain, taking 2.5 million people out of the system.
Mrs Badenoch acknowledged that there must be a safety net
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