Green Paper Due On 18 March On Changes to Welfare Benefits

18th March 2025

It is being widely reported that the on-again, off-again Green Paper on changes to welfare benefits will finally be published tomorrow, Tuesday 18 March.

Liz Kendall, the work and pensions secretary, is expected to target sickness and disability benefit payments for savings on Tuesday, which comes ahead of the spring statement next Wednesday 26 March by Rachael Reeves.

Publication of the consultation document has been expected for weeks, but fears of a revolt forced Downing Street to delay the move in order to try to placate Labour MPs.

Meanwhile, the press has been awash with claims about what secretary of state for work and pensions Liz Kendall will announce, but there has been no official confirmation of any specific changes.

Benefits and Work will cover the provisions of the Green Paper, and what they may mean for our readers, once it has been released and we have had time to study its contents.