A Labour Party spokesperson said: “Like all of Reform’s policies, their latest plan is already falling apart.

“It’s no surprise Reform don’t seem to know what their own plan is on face-to-face assessments, given their welfare chief Lee Anderson was a cheerleader for the Tories when they slashed the number by over 90 per cent. Labour is increasing them.

“This Labour Government is determined to offer young people hope and real opportunities. Our Youth Guarantee will ensure that 18 to 21-year-olds have a real chance of either learning or earning.”

Costs for PIP are currently £25 billion, rising to £34 billion in 2029.

By making assessments face to face, and moving non-major anxiety recipients to Fast Track to Work programs, the 2029 costs fall to £25 billion, a saving of £9 billion per annum in 2029.

Cumulative savings over the next 5 years amount to over £30 billion, with that number potentially being as high as £37 billion assuming a meaningful portion of current recipients are back in work and contributing in taxes.

Reform says it will end Personal Independence Payments for non-major anxiety (while protecting severe cases), and move those people onto a Fast Track to Work program, which includes talking therapy.

The party says it will restore face-to-face for all assessments, crack down on gaming, and offer rapid therapy and a pathway back to work for those impacted by this plan (those on non-major anxiety disorders), so people get a job, not a label.

As well as ensuring that vast majority assessments are face-to-face, Reform says it wants to make sure people are reassessed more regularly, to check whether the payments are still required.

Reform will offer rapid therapy and a pathway back to work for those who receive PIP for non-major anxiety disorders.

Reform MP Lee Anderson admitted he used to “game the system” to help people get on benefits.

The Ashfield MP told a press conference that he worked at the Citizens Advice Bureau before entering politics.

“Before I came into politics, I worked for the Citizens Advice Bureau,” the Ashfield MP told a press conference.

“We used to fill the form out for clients… I can tell you now, we were gaming system.”

He said it was “a competition” between the adviser and the Department for Work and Pensions.

He said he knew advisers at the organisation who had “a 100% hit rate” on benefits forms and could get “the fittest man in Ashfield” onto personal independence payment.

Reform UK says it wants to stop people exploiting the system as part of its welfare cut proposals.

Young people on disability benefits are being “tossed onto a scrap heap”, Reform UK head of policy Zia Yusuf has said.

The party is setting out how it would end personal independence payment (Pip) for claimants with “non-serious” anxiety disorders and introduce more regular reassessments for those who qualify.

Mr Yusuf told a central London press conference: “The caseload for new claims for under-25s in this country on Pip have tripled in five years.

“So we are betraying our young people. Reassessments are basically not happening anymore. These young people are … being basically tossed onto a scrap heap for the rest of their lives.”

MP Lee Anderson, the party’s welfare spokesman, said: “The alarm clock generation is now being replaced by an anxiety generation.”

Instead of going to work, they are “staying at home all day, courtesy of taxpayer-funded employment support, loans and personal independence payments”, he said.

Reform said the welfare cuts would save £9 billion per year by 2029.

The Tory MP for Epping Forest has said he is “very relieved” at Hadush Kebatu’s deportation, but “this hasn’t gone away for the people of Epping”.

Dr Neil Hudson called for the closure of the Bell Hotel, where Kebatu had been housed, which he said was in the “wrong place” near the forest and two schools.

Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Dr Hudson said: “No one wants to see our home town the lead story on the news, so this is incredibly frustrating and the Government must get a grip.”

Hadush Kebatu’s wrongful release from HMP Chelmsford has been “hugely damaging to public trust” and people deserve a “full answer” as to how the blunder happened, the local MP has said.

Liberal Democrat Chelmsford MP Marie Goldman said: “Whilst I am relieved that this saga is over and Hadush Kebatu has finally been deported, this doesn’t excuse the catastrophic failures that led to this point.

“It is utterly unacceptable that public safety was put at risk. This was a grave mistake, and my constituents now deserve a full answer as to how such a serious failure was allowed to happen.

“The findings of the independent investigation into what happened must not be brushed aside. This has been hugely damaging to public trust. We cannot afford another blunder on such a scale.”

Reform’s press conference is beginning. Our senior political correspondent Christian Calgie is in the room.

Reform UK’s Lee Anderson erupted at Michael Heseltine after the Tory grandee claimed the insurgent party is “fascist”.

The Ashfield MP said: “This man announced the closure of over half of the remaining British coal mines in 1992, resulting in thousands of job losses, a decision he said was unpleasant but necessary.

“I say Heseltine is deeply unpleasant and not necessary in this day and age.”

The border security minister said it was important the UK has a “really strong front door” at Manston to identify people who may have criminal pasts or mental health problems.

Asked about the stabbing case in Uxbridge, where an Afghan national has been arrested on suspicion of murder, Alex Norris said people should be “very careful about assigning motive” at this stage.

More widely, he told Times Radio “having a really strong front door at Manston” was important.

He added: “We need to do more, I think we’d accept that as Home Office, to make sure the support is there for police… or whether it’s support for individuals as well.”

Regarding the arrest, he said: “I’ve got to be really cautious about assigning motive at this stage.”

Manston is the processing centre in Kent where people are taken after they arrive in the UK by small boat.

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said: “Last week’s blunder should never have happened – and I share the public’s anger that it did. I would like to thank the police for rapidly bringing Mr Kebatu into custody and the public for their vigilance.

“I have pulled every lever to deport Mr Kebatu and remove him off British soil. I am pleased to confirm this vile child sex offender has been deported. Our streets are safer because of it.

“If you come to this country and commit crimes, we will remove you.”

The migrant sex offender mistakenly released from prison has been deported to Ethiopia.

Hadush Kebatu was wrongly freed from HMP Chelmsford on Friday morning instead of being sent to an immigration detention centre.

The migrant, who had been living at the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, when he sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl and a woman, travelled to London and was arrested on Sunday morning after a two-day manhunt.

The Home Office said Kebatu was removed on a flight to Ethiopia on Tuesday night and arrived on Wednesday morning.

Reform UK will pledge to crack down on people claiming benefits for anxiety at a press conference at 10am.

The party’s head of policy Zia Yusuf will set out welfare cuts which he says could save £9 billion a year by 2020.

He will announce that only those with series anxiety will be able to claim personal independence payment (Pip) under a Reform government.

He will also vow that Reform would bring back face-to-face interviews for people seeking sickness benefits.