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FEARS mounted yesterday that cruel Con-Dem ministers are poised to slash social security for the sick and disabled in a bid to bring down benefits costs.
The BBC reported on leaked government documents detailing plans to hack back the employment and support allowance (ESA) from £28.75 a week to just 50p for those deemed “ready for work.”
A Whitehall spokesman would only say that it was not yet “policy.”
A new report from the Citizens Advice destroys the government narrative about disabled people ‘choosing’ not to work, showing the £3,000 annual cuts will create a two-tiered system based on claim dates rather than needs, writes DYLAN MURPHY
RICHARD BURGON MP points to the recent relative success of widespread opposition to the Labour leadership’s regressive policies as the blueprint for exacting the changes required to build a fairer society