# Brits with ADHD or anxiety set to see £217 a month benefits axed

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/brits-with-adhd-or-anxiety-set-to-see-217-a-month-benefits-axed/
- Published: 2026-11-11T22:49:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T08:11:54+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Express (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2265463/brits-adhd-anxiety-set-see-217-a-month-benefits-axed
- Topics: Health, Mental Health, World

## Key points

- Some under-25s could lose the £217 monthly Universal Credit health element.
- A new system may link support to work, education or training.
- Vulnerable groups could receive extra financial assistance.

## Summary

Proposals expected in Alan Milburn’s report on youth employment could change how some under-25s with health conditions receive Universal Credit. Those without severe disabilities that significantly limit their ability to work may be moved off the health element and offered employment, education or training support instead, as Labour seeks to increase youth employment and reduce welfare spending.

The health element is worth about £217 a month for new recipients, and around 260,000 young people currently receive it, according to the Resolution Foundation. Nearly one million people aged 16 to 24 are not in education, employment or training; the article says the report may draw on systems in Denmark and the Netherlands, where participation in work or training programmes can be required for state support. Some groups, including care leavers, young carers and teenage parents, could receive extra financial help.

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