In recent weeks, I have been contacted by hundreds of constituents, angry and anxious about the government’s plans to cut disability benefits. These planned cuts would see millions denied Personal Independence Payments (PIPs), whilst Universal Credit top-ups are...
It was good to attend a packed Scope briefing on the planned disability cuts. Like its predecessors, the government has been unable to produce any evidence that cutting benefits would work on its stated terms of forcing people back into work. The evidence produced...
My inbox is filling up with emails highlighting the devastating impact of the government’s planned disability benefit cuts. On this page, I’ve tried to set out exactly why I oppose cutting disability benefits in the way the government has proposed. The proposed...
The King’s Speech set out some key foundations for recovery after 14 years of austerity, privatisation and squeezed living standards. I was particularly pleased to see plans to take rail back into public ownership; strengthen workers’ rights through Labour’s New Deal...
Image: Excluded UK Whilst the Government support packages have been a lifeline for many with up to a quarter of people furloughed, a sizeable group have been excluded and left to fend for themselves ahead of a likely recession. Too many people have fallen through the...
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