KEMI Badenoch is to set out a £36billion benefits blitz plan — urging the anxious to show a can-do spirit.
wants to make big inroads into the £180billion a year going to working-age adults.
She is aiming to draw a distinction from PM — who is unable to guarantee the bill will be slashed before the .
Her Welfare that Works package looks to inspire — by highlighting what others in adversity achieve.
The proposals will take away claims from 2.5million people for what are called “low-level” problems such as mild issues and bad backs.
She will say in a speech today: “Double amputees run marathons. People who are housebound do wonderful, creative work from home.
“People with autism run some of the biggest tech companies in the world.
“If you tell a young person that their ADHD means they are defective and will never amount to anything, that mindset is likely to be more destructive to their future than the condition itself.”
Plans include £13.7billion of cuts from reforms to and — including for mild conditions and routine back and joint pain.
A further £9.5billion will come from ending benefit claims for foreigners without EU settled status.
Limiting child benefits to two children per family will save £3.1billion.
Ms Badenoch will add: “The weight of this welfare burden is crushing our economy and plunging us deeper and deeper into debt.
“There is no world in which the current system is sustainable and not just because of the cost.”
A spokesman said: “The Tories let the welfare bill soar on their watch. Now they have the audacity to pretend it was nothing to do with them.”
