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The Conservatives want to make £12bn of welfare cuts in the next parliament, while the Liberal Democrats are budgeting for £4bn.
The date was pushed back until Easter and Andrews has now said a discussion paper will be released for consultation with the welfare sector in the next few weeks.
Joyce says: "Just as benefits that outpaced wages led to reduced inequality immediately after the slump, government plans to reduce welfare spending in the next few years – while workers' pay stabilises – are likely to push inequality back up".
The letters are being sent – at a cost of £5m – after Osborne signalled he would like to make another £12bn of welfare cuts in the next parliament, which may raise suspicions he is seeking to soften up voters in order to win political support for further reductions in the benefits budget.
Mr Cameron has also indicated pensioners could continue to be protected as part of Conservative plans to find a further £12bn in welfare savings in the next Parliament.
The Office for Budget Responsibility predicts that there will have to be a further £10bn of savings from the welfare spend in the next spending review.
"We estimated that disabled people would lose £9bn in welfare support overall in the next five years," the paper said.
Japan has the oldest society in the world (over 20% of the population are older than 65), and the company said it plans to invest more resources into the health and welfare robot sector in the next years.
"Welfare cannot be immune in the next round," one Cabinet source said.
George Osborne is facing a battle with the work and pensions secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, over his plan to impose an extra £12bn in welfare cuts after the next general election.
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