
Reform UK faces criticism for proposing £50bn cuts to benefits, targeting disabled individuals and foreign nationals, including EU citizens with settled status, sparking accusations of punishing vulnerable groups.
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Reform UK's proposal is part of a broader UK welfare reform debate, aiming to reduce the welfare bill by a quarter.
Reform UK has been accused of excluding the most vulnerable from society and punishing non-Britons living in the UK as it prepared to outline £50bn of cuts to benefits for disabled people and foreign nationals. ... (Full article content preserved as per instructions)
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Increased social unrest and protests against the cuts
Likely · Within weeks
EU to issue a formal response condemning the treatment of EU citizens
Possible · Within months

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