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Criminals detained in hospital set to lose benefits
The families of the victims of killer Valdo Calocane had been calling for his benefits to be stopped
Killers and serious sex offenders detained in hospital are among the criminals who will no longer receive benefits under proposals called for by victims' families.
Regulations due to be laid in Parliament on Tuesday seek to end the "double provision" and prevent serious criminals receiving up to £800 a month in universal credit over several years while already having their bed and board funded through the NHS while receiving psychiatric treatment.
The government said closing the loophole would save an estimated tens of millions of pounds annually.
The parents of Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley Kumar, who were killed by Valdo Calocane in Nottingham in 2023, welcomed the announcement.
The new regulations are expected to come into force early next year, subject to parliamentary approval.
Barnaby Webber, Grace O'Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates were killed in the Nottingham attacks
Students Barnaby and Grace, and caretaker Ian Coates, were stabbed to death on 13 June 2023 by Calocane, who had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in 2020.
Calocane was convicted of manslaughter on the basis of diminished responsibility, and detained at a high-security hospital.
Barnaby's mother, Emma Webber, said: "This is long overdue, and simply the right thing to do.