Ben Folley highlights the scale of opposition to the government's disability welfare cuts
Tag: social security
People Will Remember How We Vote – Richard Burgon MP
Richard Burgon argues people will remember how MPs vote on cuts to Universal Credit.
The Universal Credit Bill is a tragedy – Rachael Maskell MP
Rachael Maskell MP argues the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payments Bill will only end in tragedy for disabled people.
Welfare cuts: Labour’s latest collision with its own base
"It is not possible to carve £6billion from the welfare budget and not cause widespread pain. A cut on this scale is savage."
Brian Leishman MP: There is an alternative to relentless cuts
Brian Leishman says achieving short-term savings by slashing support for the disabled is not going to get more people into work.
Rachael Maskell MP: Disabled people must be given dignity.
Rachael Maskell MP condemns decisions about the welfare system that are about cutting costs not calculating the consequences.
MPs need to hear opposition to the welfare cuts
SImon Fletcher on the growing campaign against plans for yet further cuts to vital support.
Scrap the two-child limit
Elaine Hoctor condemns this key driver of child poverty.
As socialists, we’ll continue to oppose the Two‑Child Welfare Cap
Simon Hannah outlines why socialists vehemently oppose the government's two-child welfare cap, analysing the policy's origins in austerity and the scapegoating of those in poverty.
Disabled people fight back against the emergency they face
Sandra Wyman explores the emergency facing disabled people in Britain, and how they are collectively organising to resist.