Overhaul ‘unsustainable’ incapacity benefits system, Lords committee urges

Peers call on Labour to carry out fundamental review' amid rising concerns over retention of Tory plans for 3bn in cuts

Labour must carry out a root-and-branch overhaul of the UK's incapacity benefits system if it is to rein in rising heath-related welfare spending, an influential cross-party Westminster committee has warned.

The House of Lords economic affairs committee - whose members include two former Treasury permanent secretaries and a former chancellor - said major reform was needed to address the rising social and fiscal costs of disability benefits.