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Voices of the disabled tell the real cost of Labour’s £5 billion benefit cuts

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As Labour backtracks on its brutal winter fuel policy, handing a partial victory to pensioners, disabled people are still waiting for their turn to be heard — and many already know there won’t be one.

Rachel Reeves and the Labour leadership want the public focused on the £300 they’re giving back to senior citizens, not the £5,000 they’re about to take from the UK’s most vulnerable.

But disabled people haven’t missed what’s coming — and they’re speaking out.


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“What about the disabled people?”

Comment after comment on our latest clip makes it painfully clear: Labour’s political calculus has excluded disabled people entirely.

One viewer said: “We have to pay out a lot of our benefits for services we need. This is so evil.”

Another wrote: “She’s not backing down on disabled… what happens now? God, can’t take anymore.”

These aren’t abstract policy critiques.

They’re cries for help.

Because the cuts being planned won’t just hurt — they’ll destroy essential support networks, force people into poverty, and risk lives.

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What are the cuts?

Labour plans to cut £4.8 billion from disability benefits.

Details are expected in the Spending Review on Wednesday, but we understand the focus will be on Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), and other lifelines.

The government claims this is about “targeting support better.”

In practice, this means tightening eligibility, reassessing people more aggressively, and removing entitlement for long-term conditions deemed “manageable.”

But the truth is these cuts won’t save money. They’ll only:

  • Push disabled people into greater dependency on NHS and emergency services

  • Force local councils to pick up the shortfall via social care

  • Drive people into destitution, worsening physical and mental health

One viewer summed it up: “They take £5,000 away, give back £300, and call it compassion. It’s smoke and mirrors.”

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Pensioners got a U-turn. Disabled people got silence.

After local election results went badly, Labour U-turned on the winter fuel payment policy.

Nine million pensioners will now receive payments again — but only after months of protest.

Meanwhile, Reeves shows no signs of backing down on the cuts to disabled people – because she doesn’t fear political backlash there.

This is why visibility matters.

This is why these voices must be heard.

Take action

The Spending Review is tomorrow so act now:

  • Write to your MP. Demand they oppose any cuts to disability support. Ask them to stand up for constituents who can’t afford to lose any more: https://TheyWorkForYou.com

  • Share disabled voices. Post comments, videos, and personal stories to social media using hashtags like #DisabilityCuts #SpendingReview2025

  • Join campaigns from Disability Rights UK, Inclusion London, and local advocacy groups.

  • Call it what it is. This isn’t reform. It’s abandonment.


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A final word

One comment said it best: “Rachel from accounts, stop balancing your books on the backs of disabled people.”

The public must listen. The government must be held to account. And Labour must be reminded: you can’t lead a country by crushing those who can’t fight back.

We’ll keep fighting. Watch this space.

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