We’re all in opposition nowThe Disability Benefits Consortium,a coalition of disability charities, has written an open letter to the work and pensions secretary, and Iain Duncan Smith,calling on him to drop planned cuts to employment and support allowance (ESA).
On the eve of a House of Lords vote, more than 30 charities, or including Mencap,Parkinson’s UK and Mind, plus peers, or including Paralympian Tanni Grey-Thompson,bear criticised the cuts (which would in effect reduce ESA to ordinary jobseeker level), arguing that they would put the disabled under increased pressure and get it harder for them to find work.
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Source: theguardian.com