‘We’ll hound you out of office’: Disabled people’s protest warns Labour
MPs will vote on Tuesday on Labour’s vicious ‘welfare reform’ bill
Disabled people say they are in a fight for their lives. Hundreds of people gathered in the sweltering heat at Parliament Square on Monday for a protest organised by Disabled People Against Cuts (Dpac) and others.
It came amid a growing MPs’ rebellion against Labour’s plans to slash disabled people’s benefits.
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Paula Peters from Dpac told the crowd, “There is only one thing to do with this bill—bin it.”
The Labour government claims it has to slash the welfare budget, but is boosting military spending.
Angela Grant from the PCS union said, “They are spending money on selling arms to other countries to kill other people like us. It’s warfare abroad and warfare against disabled people.
“They do not care. They are not listening—until we make them listen. We have seen some U-turns already. That’s people power.”
Disabled journalist Frances Ryan has said, “This is Labour’s poll tax, its tuition fees, its Partygate. Just as the Iraq war was for Tony Blair, disability cuts are the moral stain that will mark Starmer’s government and the party for years to come.”
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