Tory MPs 'named and shamed' for voting in support of disability benefit cuts
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 in support of the government’s disability benefit cuts – some in spite of themselves being patrons of disability charities. The cuts to Employment Support Allowance will see claimants losing £30 a week if they are judged to be disabled but fit enough for “work-related activity”. And under the hashtag “#ESAcuts”, members of the public have been “naming and shaming” MPs who voted for the cuts online – often alongside unverified claims about their own expenses. He said current ESA claimants would not be affected by the cuts, which he described as “sensible… since having a job is surely the best therapy of all”.
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