42 Labour MPs have written to prime minister Keir Starmer to warn him that the Green paper cuts are “impossible to support” and calling for any vote to be delayed until the Autumn, when all the impact assessments relating to the cuts have been published. 1/2
Liz Kendall just compared Labours plans to get more people with disabilities into work with how they previously helped get more women into work. The answer then was affordable childcare. You can't pay someone to look after your illness or disability while you go out to work.
Proposed disability support cuts will hit 3 million people.
We must pause: withdraw the cuts, consult disabled people, & redesign the system with their consent.
There's no need for cuts - taxing the wealthiest is the way forward, not slashing support for the most vulnerable.
"Some people suggest this benefit reform targets young people or solely affects people with mental health conditions - that is certainly not the case when we look at the data".
Cancer: 33% will lose PIP
Cerebral palsy: 25%
Multiple sclerosis: 50%
https://t.co/3rMeh54B87
Sir Ed Davey says one family will lose £12 000 a year with PIP changes: “What does the PM suggest that they do?” A reminder it’s not just WFA that is upsetting many voters (and Labour MPs) #PMQs
A very detailed question on the #DisabliltyBenefits cuts giving an example of how a very disabled person will lose out.
Starmer waffles, obfuscates and avoid the question.
#PMQs
Keir Starmer U-turns on winter fuel payment cut.
Will change threshold, make more pensioners eligible.
Welcome but won't reduce admin costs.
Restore universality. Adjust taxes at the top end to ensure the rich won't benefit.
Halt other benefit cuts too
https://t.co/LinWhyDrz2
If you missed Liz Kendall lying four times in 23 minutes in parliament over DWP cuts, then here it is.
How can chronically ill and disabled people possibly trust the government when they just lie, lie, lie? #DisabilityRebellion#WelfareNotWarfare
https://t.co/WoSCu6mDTl
The DWP will cut benefits from 670,000 households that are already in poverty – in what can only be described as another ruthless act of state-sanctioned cruelty - yet Liz Kendall claims this is a 'moral mission'??? #DisabilityRebellion#WelfareNotWarfare
https://t.co/k45IUDfPEQ
Food bank charity @TrussellUK says in last 5 years there’s been a 46% rise in emergency food parcels provided to families with children
New figures suggest 1.8 million were given out last year (compared to the year before that’s an 8% decrease)
https://t.co/YfymJjujpd
Why does this Government seem to dislike people with Disabilities so much?
Perhaps now the MSM are noticing & asking why #UKLabour keep punishing those who can't work for being sick or disabled, Starmer might rethink this continual onslaught? #Welfare https://t.co/VpxDxzjhnG
More than half of disabled people with daily living needs in parts of England and Wales could lose out under planned cuts
At least 50% of PIP daily living allowance claimants in ten constituencies could lose this benefit
https://t.co/lWwfjORFCc