DWP boss caught lying 'twice' on national TV about PIP crackdown

The Department for Work and Pensions boss Mel Stride has been caught lying TWICE on national TV. The DWP boss Mr Stride, who appeared during the media rounds on Tuesday May 7, was caught lying in Sky and ITV interviews.

The Canary reports on BBC, Mr Stride claimed that those accessing the disability benefit Personal Independence Payment (PIP) get “thousands of pounds a month”. And he also told the BBC on Tuesday that PIP was “a benefit that has not been reviewed for over a decade” as the DWP launches a crackdown on disabled beneits claimants with the launch of a new 'green paper'

Speaking out, the DWP said Mr Stride “misspoke” and had meant to say “thousands of pounds a year”, which he said during other interviews that morning. A Twitter/X user fumed: " #PIP Mel stride says pip is thousands of pounds a month in tv interviews today.

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"High rate care & high rate mobility totals £737.20p a month. Disabled people have additional costs due to their disability." Another wrote: "He's definitely lying there. My mum has severe anxiety after she was attacked. Here is a photo of her PIP award. They awarded her £23.60 per week. It has gone up to £28.70 with inflation. Certainly not thousands per month."

"PIP IN WORK or out of work monthly allowance- £314.82 Amount Mel Stride claims each month in rent & ENERGY BILLS- £1,800 Amount Mel Stride even claimed for a new Macbook for f#cksake- £1,657 Care to comment on who the real scroungers are eh Mr Stride?" another fumed.

Another said: "Conservative MP Mel Stride claims PIP benefit is thousands of pounds per month. No it is an absolute maximum of £720 a month, and most people only get about £250. Meanwhile he claims £1,250 a WEEK in rent on his expenses Lying, thieving b******."

And another typed: "Apparently Tory MP Mel Stride is on TV conning the public telling them that people with anxiety & depression get "thousands of pounds per month PIP" They dont. The vast majority get just £28.70p per week.

" He's saying they get thousands so you go along with the Tories cruel cuts."