Claim: Halting changes to the Personal Independence Payment will create a £4.4 billion "black hole" in the budget.
Fact-check: Does George Osborne have a £4.4bn black hole in his budget? - Full Fact
Verdict: £4.4 billion isn't a helpful way to describe the budget's "black hole" caused by the withdrawal of the changes—it adds up all the spending over the five years to 2020/21. dropping the policy will make public finances £1.3 billion worse off than they would have been by the end of the parliament. and the government was already relying on £3.5 billion other savings that have yet to be identified.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Laura O'Brien
Date published: 2016-03-23T00:00:00