Following Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement, Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey says the proposed cuts to welfare are a "double whammy" hitting disabled people who cannot work while cutting support for their carers. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00We think fairer taxes on those who can afford it is one way.
00:04We do also think we need to get people back into work,
00:07but we need to do that by supporting people, not punishing them.
00:11So we're really worried that some of the welfare proposals
00:14are going to hit the poorest in our country,
00:16people who are really struggling to work.
00:18We're seeing figures come out of the OBR
00:20suggesting 800,000 people are going to lose their pip
00:23by the end of this period,
00:25another 150,000 people lose their carers allowance.
00:28It's a double whammy for some households.
00:30That's actually not going to help the economy.
00:32If you want to get people back to work,
00:34you've got to give them health treatment in a timely way
00:36so they get off NHS waiting lists faster than the government are doing,
00:40and you need to make sure you're helping people
00:42who've got caring responsibilities and work responsibilities
00:45to make it easier for them to get back to work.