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🚨 PIP Cuts: The Government Must Change Course 🚨 New data has revealed that 87% of PIP claimants in Torbay could lose at least some of their benefit due to the Government’s planned cuts. This is utterly unacceptable, and I am fighting to ensure the Government reverses these harmful changes. Since becoming MP, I have relentlessly challenged ministers on their plans for Personal Independence Payments (PIP). Through a Written Parliamentary Question, I uncovered that in 55 constituencies across England and Wales, 90% of those on the standard rate for daily living activities could lose crucial support under the proposed system. In Torbay alone, 87% of claimants could miss out. The Government plans to enforce new criteria from November 2026, requiring claimants to score a minimum of four points in one daily living activity to qualify for help with essential tasks like washing and cooking. Those scoring less face losing their entire daily living benefit. I will not stand by while vulnerable people in our community are left behind. These changes will push people further into hardship, stripping away the support they rely on to stay safe, stay clean, and stay independent. I am calling on the Government to urgently rethink this policy before it’s too late.