Why is Labour sick of the benefit PIP?
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The government is due to set out its plans to make cuts to the welfare system on Tuesday. One of the benefits targeted for £5bn worth of savings is the key disability benefit - Personal Independence Payments (PIP).
Health Secretary Wes Streeting has told Sky News 1,000 people a day apply for PIP, but pressure from Labour's backbenchers could see plans to reform the benefit watered down.
On today's Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson speaks to Paul Morrison, a benefits expert and policy adviser for the Methodist Church, on how PIP works and who is eligible. Political correspondent Liz Bates explains the challenges of reforming PIP.
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