Who voted for this
Interviews with people dealing with housing problems and welfare cuts. Dislike for those who let it all happen.
Kate Belgrave
Journalist and blogger
Contact:
kate@katebelgrave.com
Homepage photos courtesy of Latoya, the mother of the little boy with autism in the first episode.
Who voted for this
Liz Kendall will NOT protect profoundly disabled people from benefit cuts
In this episode, we return to deeply unpleasant DWP secretary of state Liz Kendall and her plans to cut disability benefits.
Liz Kendall claims that disabled people who are most in need (whatever that means) will be protected from her cuts to their support money.
This claim is garbage. I'm calling it.
That is because Liz Kendall has a famously poor record when it comes to fighting for support money for disabled people.
Most memorable recent example: Kendall was on the Labour shadow front bench when the Tories went after the Independent Living Fund, which was money used by profoundly disabled people to pay for extra care support.
Those were people who required round the clock care.
Did Liz take up their cause?
She did not. Well - she took up their cause a tiny little bit when she was running for the Labour leadership and decided that she might need support from disabled people.
Not even better late than never there, Liz.
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