Britain's benefits bill is forecast to continue rising to £67bn in 2029-30, with Labour tipped to make cuts that some warn would threaten society's most vulnerable.

Labour Party government plans to save billions of pounds on the welfare bill by cutting spending on incapacity and disability benefits.

As the government prepares to announce changes to the welfare system on Tuesday, one of its MPs says it should introduce a wealth tax, rather than cutting or freezing payments Diane Abbott says a tax on people with assets over £10m could raise £24bn a year "I have no sympathy with the idea that the way to get people out of welfare is to cut the money they have to live on,

The government has made cutting the soaring welfare budget a key project, however, many Labour MPs feel uncomfortable with slashing the welfare state the party created in 1945.

Many usually loyal Labour MPs had voiced strong opposition to the idea of not increasing PIP in line with inflation, as part of expected welfare cuts.

The Labour Government's plans to freeze Personal Independence Payment (PIP) disability benefits are understood to scrapped following backlash from MPs. Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall had been under pressure to cut the benefits bill with the expected cancellation of an inflation-linked rise to PIP now appearing to have been abandoned.