Survey Finds Little Public Support for Cutting Disability Benefits, Including Among Tory and Reform Voters
The British Social Attitudes report says just 7% of respondents favor reducing disability benefit spending, while nearly half want it increased, suggesting cuts could carry political risk.
A majority of Conservative and Reform UK voters do not support cuts to disability benefits, according to an authoritative national survey cited by The Guardian, which suggests that proposals to reduce such spending could prove politically risky.
The British Social Attitudes (BSA) report found that while overall public support for welfare spending has declined sharply in recent years, attitudes toward disability benefits specifically remain more favorable. Just 7% of respondents said they backed cuts to disability benefits, the survey found.
Nearly half of respondents, 49%, said spending on personal independence payments (PIP) should be increased, according to the report.
The findings indicate that even among voters of parties traditionally associated with more restrictive welfare policies, there is limited appetite for reducing disability benefit spending, the survey suggests.
The Guardian reported that the survey's authors describe it as authoritative, though further details on the methodology, sample size, and full results of the British Social Attitudes report were not specified in the available excerpt.
Sources
- Majority of Tory and Reform voters do not back cuts to disability benefits, survey finds — The Guardian — Politics
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