Labour, the party that created the welfare state, is now focused on cutting it back. Liz Kendall, the Labour work and pensions secretary, is unrepentant about going harder on benefit cuts than her Conservative predecessors. The government aims to save £5bn from the disability benefits bill, with hundreds of thousands of people expected to lose personal independence payments. The move is part of wider reforms to reduce the ballooning benefits bill for working-age people. However, some in Labour believe the reforms do not go far enough and question whether they are about principled reform or cost-saving.