Charity slams ‘intolerable’ benefit cuts as disabled set to lose around £1,500 a year

‘A leading UK disability charity has branded planned cuts to Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) for sick and disabled people as ‘intolerable’ and ‘pernicious’, after Tory MPs voted against a Labour opposition day motion calling for the cruel cuts to be reversed.
Sue Bott from Disability Rights UK says a £30 a week cut for claimants in the Work Related Activity Group (WRAG) of ESA will make it more difficult for people with disabilities or long-term illness to find or stay in employment.
The Government’s commitment to halve the disability employment gap by 2020 – the gap between the number of disabled and non-disabled people in work – could also be detrimentally affected by the changes, says Sue Bott.’
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