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19 Jun 2025
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Bessie J

Keir Starmer’s Labour government has finally published its #WelfareBill ....A vote will take place in the next few weeks..

The facts:

🔴 3 million households will face cuts. (DWP)

🔴 One in five families (20%) living with a person with a disability will lose financial support. (Big Issue)

🔴 An estimated 800,000 current and future PIP recipients will lose an average of £4,500 a year (DWP)

🔴 Of the 2.69 million people claiming PIP, 510,000 are working.

Under the government’s plans, 281,000 – more than half – will lose their PIP. (DWP)

🔴 The government will freeze the health element of Universal Credit, claimed by more than two million people, at £97 a week during this parliament, and cut the rate to £50 for new claimants.

🔴 An extra 250,000 people will be pushed into poverty - including 50,000 children (DWP)

Tell your MP to

#StopTheCuts ⤵️

https://members.parliament.uk/members/commons

#KeirStarmer #RachelReeves

#LizKendall #Labour

#Greedflation 📈💰 #LabourCostOfLivingCrisis

#WelfareCuts #PIP ✂️♿️😢

#LabourAusterity ✂️♿️

#TakingThePIP ⬅️

#EnoughlsEnough ⬅️

#DisabilityRebellion ❤️

#EndAusterity ⛔️

#StopTheCuts ⛔️

#WelfareNotWarfare ✅️

#TaxTheRich ⬅️

#StarmerOut ✅️

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Changing Realities (2023), Bessie J. https://changingrealities.org/e/8QYg6 (19 Jun 2025)
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