The housing minister has defended the government's decision to introduce cuts to the benefit system. The government plans include a £5bn in cuts, making it harder to qualify for the disability benefit Personal Independence Payment (PIP). Matthew Pennycook said the current welfare system is "failing the people who need support the most" and "failing the taxpayer and employers as well". Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00Well we haven't made any announcement about our plans, that will come in due course, my
00:03ministerial colleagues will make that announcement. But the principle of reform, as I say, I think
00:08is accepted. And I think, with all due respect, seeing it through the lens of purely a fiscal
00:14question is the wrong one. The principle of reform, I think, is acknowledged. We've got
00:18to change a system which is failing, failing the people that need support the most, but
00:23failing the taxpayer, failing employers as well. And that's what we're doing in the coming
00:26days.