Talking of #dwp reform, a Government whip has just resigned their position as a whip because of these potential changes. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpd1qgpw08do
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Disabled people react with ‘growing atmosphere of fear and anger’ to disability cuts bill first reading
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) recently announced a new date for Wales’ only face-to-face consultation on disability benefit changes that was previously cancelled at the last minute.
The Invitation-only event will take place on 23 June – 5 days after the first reading of the bill in Parliament, which campaigners say shows the Government isn’t prepared to listen to disabled people on the impacts of the proposals.
90% of people in Wales claiming the standard rate of Personal Independence Payment for daily living activities could lose at least some of the benefit following the Government’s cuts, a recent written parliamentary question revealed – with Wales the worst-impacted part of the UK.
A spokesperson for Disability Wales said: “There is a growing atmosphere of fear and anger among disabled people across Wales in response to recent government proposals. The publication of the Pathways to Work Green Paper and the Chancellor’s Spring Statement have combined to threaten a £5 billion crackdown on disability benefits. These measures could see disabled individuals in Wales losing up to £4,500 annually—an amount that translates into missed heating bills, skipped meals, and unaffordable care for many. Such losses are not just numbers on paper; they represent the tangible, devastating impact on everyday life, dignity, and independence.
“Disabled people already face numerous barriers to employment and independent living, and these proposals risk deepening those challenges rather than addressing them. The fear is that instead of creating supportive pathways, these policies will further marginalize and impoverish disabled people. Policymakers must recognise the profound human cost of these measures and work to build a more inclusive, supportive system that genuinely enables disabled people to live with dignity and independence.”
Disabled People Against Cuts Cymru (DPAC Cymru) reacted to the first reading of the bill today, calling it “outrageous” that it was being presented to parliament before the public consultation process has finished.
A spokesperson for Disabled People Against Cuts Cymru said: “This timetable means that MPs will be voting when the ink on the consultation responses is barely dry – before anyone has had a chance to read them.
“The government never intended to listen. We warned from day one that half the issues – the most important issues – were off limits for consultation. Their actions today demonstrate their arrogance in not even maintaining the pretence of listening. We have always insisted that we have to consider the impact of the combined changes in full.
“It is an insult that this is happening before we have even had the consultation events for Wales. The changes will affect 190,000 people in Wales – 6% of the population – taking £466 million/year from our pockets.
“The Wales consultation event is only happening at all now because Disabled People Against Cuts forced the DWP to do better, following the cancellation of the first blatantly discriminatory and inadequate in-person consultation.
At every stage, disabled people and carers have had to fight tooth and nail, against deliberate barriers and insults, for a place at the table.
“Labour MPs and ministers have been free to put across their dodgy talking points and hateful rhetoric (“children’s pocket money”, “scrapheap”, etc.) on the news. They have been challenged, sometimes quite well, by journalists. But disabled people have not been listened to, and not given a chance to have our say, or an equal “right of reply”.
“There is no economic or moral argument, no matter how convincing, that will sway the government on this matter. They aren’t interested in evidence, because they are cynically treating us as a political football for votes.
“Disabled people, carers, medical professionals, economists, and health and care workers have hit a brick wall urging the government to listen. We can only now have this debate in public.
“The proposals are utterly flawed, by every measure. They must be withdrawn, and the government must start again on welfare reform, in a process led by disabled people, carers, and the workers who deliver the health, care, and welfare system. That’s the future Disabled People Against Cuts and our allies are fighting for.”
Joshua Reeves BEM founder of Don’t Call Me Special added: “The government wants to talk about saving money? These welfare cuts aren’t about efficiency — they’re about erasing disabled lives from the budget. While billions go to private contracts, we’re forced deeper into poverty. This is not reform, it’s abandonment — and we will not stay silent.”
Swansea Bay News has asked the Department for Work and Pensions for comment on the campaign group’s claims.
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2025-06-17DWP issues PIP claimant update ahead of major welfare reforms
More and more cases are going to be getting publicity (like the Horizon scandal) as more and more carers realise that the DWP is harassing carers across the country - they likely no longer feel so isolated by the clawback demands.
I've said it before, but I'll say it again; the DWP needs to be stopped, and carers been to be valued not treated as fraudsters & criminals - the DWP must be changed & that change must be comprehensive - top to bottom!
#carers #DWP #politics
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jun/16/carers-allowance-woman-who-won-case-against-dwp-calls-for-end-to-sickening-harassment
Hah
Dwp shenanigans, it’s ridiculous I just received a letter dated the 9th Today (16th) from them saying they require me to send them the new sicknote by the 17th (the day after the old one expires) or they’ll stop the benefits, nhs do not EVER write a sicknote before the old one expires the surgery take three days to respond it’s bloody silly
The scammers are getting in quickly
I received this today. Now I have been listed as a carer for my partner (although I did not get any benefits while in the role, not needing that sort of support), so this might have been genuine - the url and the deadlines (even by DWP standards) were a bit of a giveaway and I suspect this was a random chancer text message.
‘I’m a homeless single mum, an NHS nurse and want to work full-time – but a DWP rule means I can’t’
Nadine Rich is in a desperate situation(Image: Nadine Rich) All Nadine Rich wants to do is work. A…
#Manchester #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #Britain #DWP #GreatBritain #ManchesterCouncil #Politics #Wythenshawe
https://www.europesays.com/uk/187789/
“We’ve got to reform the welfare system,” Starmer said [...] “Everybody agrees with that proposition, so we’ve got to do that basic reform,”
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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jun/15/welfare-plans-keir-starmer-labour-rebellion-disability-benefit-cuts
That doesn't make sense. Agreeing with the concept of reforming doesn't mean you have to do THAT reform. #dwp
So, one part of the DWP advises a young carer to join the Kickstart scheme because it wouldn't affect her carers' allowance, only subsequently got be subjected to a clawback of benefits due to the allowance paid on the scheme.
The inhumanity towards carers reaches a new low - suckering them into the very situation that exposes them to DWP's callous approach to accidental over-payment.
The DWP must be held to account for this sh*tshow!
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2025-06-14DWP Universal Credit change for people making a new claim
Liz Kendall is pressing ahead with £4.8bn in disability benefit cuts—even though experts warn the move will push people into poverty, worsen health, and risk deaths.
Her own MPs are rebelling, but Kendall says she won’t wait for an impact assessment.
#DisabilityRights #DWP #WelfareReform #LabourParty #PIP #UniversalCredit #BenefitCuts #SocialJustice #VoxPolitical
https://voxpoliticalonline.com/?p=98585
New date announced for Wales disability cuts consultation
The Invitation-only event will now take place on 23 June at the Welsh Government’s Ty William Morgan office building in Cardiff.
This will be the only face-to-face consultation in Wales on the proposed benefit changes for disabled people.
In a letter to attendees, the DWP said that the previous meeting arranged for 3 June was cancelled “following an unexpected last minute cancellation by the venue.”
A spokesperson for campaign group, Swansea Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) said: “We are glad that the disability cuts consultation event for Wales has now been rearranged in a central location with sufficient notice. But let there be no doubt: like everywhere else, disabled people in Wales would have had to settle for a blatantly discriminatory and inaccessible consultation if we had not, through campaigning, forced the DWP to do better. It should not have taken protests, media scrutiny, and a member of the Senedd (literally) raising our letter in the Welsh Parliament for the DWP to properly arrange a simple meeting.
“But we are alarmed at reports that the welfare cuts bill will be presented to parliament as early as Wednesday 18 June, before the Wales consultation even takes place, and that a vote in the house of commons may be held as early as the 3rd of July, before anyone has had time to consider the consultation responses.
“Disabled people have continuously been told not to worry, and to have our say by taking part in the consultation. The government is not even pretending to listen. It never intended to.
“Disabled People Against Cuts have consistently warned that a consultation that doesn’t consult on half the issues – the most important issues – is not a genuine consultation. Liz Kendall, in a letter released yesterday, admitted as much herself. The one thing we would agree with her on, is that she has “consistently been clear” about this.
“This is an unaccountable government running riot. We urge everyone to support the disabled people and carers fighting to be heard, and join DPAC protests across the country on the 30 June, when the consultation officially ends, and the 3 July.”
🤔 In the recent past, #KeirStarmer criticised the Tories for cutting welfare saying it will push the vulnerable into poverty❗
😯 NOT these days though,eh⁉️
#Benefits #BenefitFraudsters #UniversalCredit #DisabilityBenefits #DepartmentForWorkandPensions #LizKendallMP #UKLabour #WelfareState #DWP #BenefitCheats
Disability groups say no vote on disability cuts until Wales has full consultation
The open letter has been signed by dozens of politicians, campaign groups and individuals after Wales’ only face-to-face consultation event due to take place in Cardiff on 3 June was cancelled at the last minute.
The letter from campaign group Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) Cymru is addressed to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Welsh Government First Minister Eluned Morgan, Rachel Reeves, Liz Kendall, Stephen Timms, Alison McGovern and Jo Stevens and says: “The government are running a consultation on disability cuts called the “Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper”.
“The DWP have cancelled the only in-person consultation event for the whole of Wales, and do not plan to run another.
“They did this after announcing an inaccessible venue at the last minute, in what we believe to be a clear example of disability discrimination.
“The consultation was always going to be unfair, given half the proposals – the most important half – were off the table for discussion on day one.
“There must be no vote in the House of Commons on disability cuts until a full and genuine public consultation has been carried out in Wales.
“Given the government’s complete failure to listen to disabled people, and the DWP’s demonstrated inability to arrange a genuine consultation, any consultation must be run independently by Welsh disabled people’s organisations, also inviting the views of carers. The DWP must attend as observers.”
Senedd Member, Sioned Williams MS joined DPAC Cymru at a protest in Cardiff on 3 June – the date of the cancelled consultation.
Sioned Williams at the Cardiff protest(Image: Swansea DPAC)Ms Williams, who is Plaid Cymru’s spokesperson on Social Justice and Equalities, said: “With 190,000 – a staggering 6% of the people of Wales – set to lose out, Welsh communities will be the hardest hit by Labour’s cruel disability cuts, yet the Labour UK Government refuse to even hold a consultation event in Wales. If anybody needed further proof of Labour’s contempt towards Wales, here it is.
“While the Labour UK Government treats Wales as an unimportant consequence to their decisions, Labour in Wales simply watch on in disinterest, instead of calling out the UK Government’s austerity-driven agenda. Labour has no interest in doing what is right for our communities, only what is deemed suitable in their attempt to reverse their plummeting polling numbers.
“Welsh communities deserve a government that will put them first, they deserve a government that puts Wales and Welsh communities first. Labour have shown that their priorities lie with their party, not with our country. That is why Wales needs a Plaid Cymru Government in 2026 that will always fight for what is fair to Wales.”
Swansea Bay News asked the Department for Work and Pensions for their response to DPAC Cymru’s letter and to confirm if a consultation will be held in Wales.
UK Government Minister for Social Security and Disability, Sir Stephen Timms responded: “It is crucial that the views and voices of sick or disabled people across Wales are at the heart of our reforms, which is why we’ve rescheduled a consultation event in Cardiff after it was cancelled by the venue.
“Having listened to people’s calls for more consultation opportunities in Wales we have also arranged an additional virtual event, so even more people can take part.
“We will continue to look at the specific impacts for those living in Wales as we seek to support people back into work if they are able, while also protecting those who rely on our social security system.”
Swansea Bay News has asked the DWP for the details of the rescheduled Cardiff consultation, but the department has yet to confirm the date.
#benefits #DWP #SionedWilliamsMS #SirStephenTimms #SwanseaDPAC #UKGovernment
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2025-06-07DWP State Pension change for people born between these dates
✂️ 🌹 Nearly 1 in 3 of the people the CAB helps with PIP, have dependent children.
Citizens Advice Report: www.citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publications/pathways-to-poverty-how-planned-cuts-to-disability-benefits-will-impact-the/
#Benefits #BenefitFraudsters #UniversalCredit #DisabilityBenefits #DepartmentForWorkandPensions #LizKendallMP #UKLabour #WelfareState #DWP #BenefitCheats
✂️ Plans to cut Personal Independence Payment (PIP) spending by introducing new eligibility criteria have the potential to affect around 1.6 million current claimants❗
Citizens Advice Report: www.citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publications/pathways-to-poverty-how-planned-cuts-to-disability-benefits-will-impact-the/
#Benefits #BenefitFraudsters #UniversalCredit #DisabilityBenefits #DepartmentForWorkandPensions #LizKendallMP #UKLabour #WelfareState #DWP #BenefitCheats
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2025-06-07DWP text warning for PIP and Universal Credit claimants among potential targets
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2025-06-07DWP benefits that stop when you reach State Pension age
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