Britain’s opposition Conservative Party is drafting amendments to the Government’s welfare bill that would restrict key disability benefits to British citizens, with limited exemptions for EU nationals who hold settled status. The plan, trailed by Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch and set out by Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride, would bar other foreign nationals from receiving Personal Independence Payment and both categories of Universal Credit health top-up. The Conservatives also want face-to-face assessments reinstated for PIP applicants and tighter rules on mental-health eligibility, arguing that the measures could cut spending by billions of pounds and help avert further tax increases. Economists previously put the savings from tougher welfare rules at up to £5 billion a year. The initiative marks a new dividing line with Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour government, which last week watered down its own welfare-reform plans after a back-bench rebellion. Stride has asked the Office for Budget Responsibility to re-forecast the public finances in light of that reversal, saying parliament and markets need clarity on the cost of abandoning stricter curbs.