Theresa May refuses to rule out further disability benefits cuts
7 years, 10 months ago

Theresa May refuses to rule out further disability benefits cuts

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Theresa May has refused to rule out making further cuts to disability benefits in the next Parliament if the Conservatives are returned to government. Disabled people put in the Work Related Activity Group will now receive £73 a week instead of £103 – the same rate as non-disabled people claiming jobseekers’ allowance. “It should come as no surprise to disabled people who have borne the brunt of Government cuts that the Prime Minister has refused to rule out further cuts to their support in the next Parliament,” Debbie Abrahams, the shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, told The Independent. “If the Prime Minister really cared about disabled people she wouldn’t have supported punitive and unjust cut including for PIP affecting over 160,000 people with chronic mental health conditions and ESA WRAG affecting half a million sick and disabled people.

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Labour Vows Support for Most Vulnerable Amid Welfare Cuts Debate
1 week, 6 days ago

Labour Vows Support for Most Vulnerable Amid Welfare Cuts Debate

Live Mint  

-- The UK government said it will seek to support the country’s most vulnerable even as plans to cut spending on welfare spur dissent within the ruling Labour Party. Health Secretary Wes Streeting said on Sunday that the government’s welfare reform is aimed at supporting people who can’t work while helping those who can find employment. “I haven’t seen the …

Labour U-turn on £5bn benefits crackdown as Keir Starmer and Liz Kendall 'prepare to backtrack on cutting disabled people's payments'
2 weeks ago

Labour U-turn on £5bn benefits crackdown as Keir Starmer and Liz Kendall 'prepare to backtrack on cutting disabled people's payments'

Daily Mail  

Labour is tipped to U-turn on their £5billion benefits crackdown as Sir Keir Starmer and Liz Kendall prepare to back down on a key plank of the controversial plans. The government is set to unveil a series of welfare reforms next week, which would see about 1million people lose their disability payments, as Labour attempts to grapple with the country's …

DWP benefit cuts could be as much as £5bn under Labour plans
1 month, 1 week ago

DWP benefit cuts could be as much as £5bn under Labour plans

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Disability charity Scope’s executive director of strategy James Taylor said: “The Chancellor has a …

Benefits of welfare outweigh the cost, Labour warned ahead of cuts
2 months ago

Benefits of welfare outweigh the cost, Labour warned ahead of cuts

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Labour gives update on 2025 PIP and other disability benefits overhaul
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Labour gives update on 2025 PIP and other disability benefits overhaul

The Independent  

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Labour gives update on 2025 PIP and other disability benefits overhaul
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2 months, 4 weeks ago

Labour gives update on 2025 PIP and other disability benefits overhaul

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Disability benefit cuts will cost taxpayers more than they will save, charity warns
5 years, 11 months ago

Disability benefit cuts will cost taxpayers more than they will save, charity warns

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It is estimated that around 16,600 MS sufferers will lose out on PIP support …

Theresa May reveals plan to get one million more disabled people into work
7 years, 3 months ago

Theresa May reveals plan to get one million more disabled people into work

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Election 2017: Coalition of 80 charities unite to pressure party leaders over disability benefit cuts
7 years, 9 months ago

Election 2017: Coalition of 80 charities unite to pressure party leaders over disability benefit cuts

The Independent  

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Theresa May confronted by disabled woman angry over government cuts on campaign trail
7 years, 10 months ago

Theresa May confronted by disabled woman angry over government cuts on campaign trail

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Government fails to deliver £4bn savings after cutting disability benefit, new analysis shows
7 years, 10 months ago

Government fails to deliver £4bn savings after cutting disability benefit, new analysis shows

The Independent  

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Theresa May admits Government’s social security experts were not consulted about disability benefits cuts
8 years ago

Theresa May admits Government’s social security experts were not consulted about disability benefits cuts

The Independent  

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Theresa May faces disability benefits defeat at the hands of rebel Tories, backbencher warns
8 years, 1 month ago

Theresa May faces disability benefits defeat at the hands of rebel Tories, backbencher warns

The Independent  

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£3.7bn in cuts to disability benefits needed to help cut the deficit, says cabinet minister
8 years, 1 month ago

£3.7bn in cuts to disability benefits needed to help cut the deficit, says cabinet minister

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Patrick McLoughlin said ministers had to view the funding, which would go to people with …

The Tories have decided to 'incentivise' disabled people – by trying to cut their desperately needed benefits again
8 years, 1 month ago

The Tories have decided to 'incentivise' disabled people – by trying to cut their desperately needed benefits again

The Independent  

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Medical tests for chronically ill benefits claimants to be scrapped
8 years, 5 months ago

Medical tests for chronically ill benefits claimants to be scrapped

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The change means that Employment Support Allowance claimants with conditions that can “only get …

Theresa May's Britain is a chilling place for disabled people like me
8 years, 8 months ago

Theresa May's Britain is a chilling place for disabled people like me

The Independent  

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Disability benefit cuts 'changing things for the better' DWP’s Stephen Crabb says
8 years, 10 months ago

Disability benefit cuts 'changing things for the better' DWP’s Stephen Crabb says

The Independent  

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Jeremy Corbyn says he will force a vote in Parliament on the Government’s PIP disability benefit cuts
9 years ago

Jeremy Corbyn says he will force a vote in Parliament on the Government’s PIP disability benefit cuts

The Independent  

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The public overwhelmingly think planned PIP disability benefit cuts are wrong, polls find
9 years ago

The public overwhelmingly think planned PIP disability benefit cuts are wrong, polls find

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A poll by YouGov following the Budget found that 70 per cent of the general …

This Conservative government is failing its biggest moral test – how it treats its most vulnerable people
9 years ago

This Conservative government is failing its biggest moral test – how it treats its most vulnerable people

The Independent  

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Disability benefit cuts included in the Budget were just 'a suggestion', cabinet minister Nicky Morgan says
9 years ago

Disability benefit cuts included in the Budget were just 'a suggestion', cabinet minister Nicky Morgan says

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Plans to cut disability benefits included in the Budget were just …

The Government is justifying its disability benefit cuts with untested anecdotal evidence
9 years ago

The Government is justifying its disability benefit cuts with untested anecdotal evidence

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Government based the justification for its latest disability benefit cuts …

Tory MPs 'named and shamed' for voting in support of disability benefit cuts
9 years ago

Tory MPs 'named and shamed' for voting in support of disability benefit cuts

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A number of high-profile Conservative MPs have been criticised for voting …

These are all the MPs who voted to force through the ESA disability benefit cut
9 years ago

These are all the MPs who voted to force through the ESA disability benefit cut

The Independent  

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Coalition of 60 national disability charities condemn Tory cuts to ESA
9 years ago

Coalition of 60 national disability charities condemn Tory cuts to ESA

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A coalition of 60 national disability charities have condemned the government’s …

Tories block plan to look at the impact of their disability benefit cuts
9 years ago

Tories block plan to look at the impact of their disability benefit cuts

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Elliot Dunster, group head of policy, research and public affairs at disability charity Scope, said …

The Government may be about to scrap one of its harshest disability benefit cuts
9 years, 1 month ago

The Government may be about to scrap one of its harshest disability benefit cuts

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. New claimants in the so-called “Work Related Activity Group” would have been paid around £72 …

Don't be fooled by the PR offensive - these disability cuts look set to be savage
9 years, 4 months ago

Don't be fooled by the PR offensive - these disability cuts look set to be savage

The Independent  

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Disability benefit cuts will actually make it harder for disabled people to find work, coalition of 60 charities warns
9 years, 5 months ago

Disability benefit cuts will actually make it harder for disabled people to find work, coalition of 60 charities warns

The Independent  

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Welfare bill: These are the 184 Labour MPs who didn’t vote against the Tories' cuts
9 years, 8 months ago

Welfare bill: These are the 184 Labour MPs who didn’t vote against the Tories' cuts

The Independent  

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Disabled in benefits cuts protest
13 years, 10 months ago

Disabled in benefits cuts protest

The Independent  

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Rebels set stage for wider divide over benefit cuts
27 years, 3 months ago

Rebels set stage for wider divide over benefit cuts

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