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Rise in ADHD benefits claims adds to UK welfare spending challenge
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Rise in ADHD benefits claims adds to UK welfare spending challenge
The number of people receiving Personal Independence Payments with ADHD as their main condition has reached 100,000, a 40% increase since Labour took power two years ago.
- Andy Burnham, expected to become prime minister, said he wants to reduce the UK's benefits bill by encouraging more people into work.
- Disability Minister Sir Stephen Timms said in an interim review that Pip is "not fit for purpose" and called for a sweeping overhaul of the assessment system.
- Total working-age sickness and disability benefits spending stood at £58bn in 2025, with the OBR projecting it to rise to £78bn by 2030.
- A government spokesperson said a package of measures will save nearly £2bn by the end of the decade and that the Timms Review is examining how to make Pip fair.
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