Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves holds a press conference at the Downing Street Briefing Room in London, after she delivered her spring statement to MPs at the House of Commons. Picture date: Wednesday March 26, 2025
THE vice-chair of Disability Labour has urged the government to stop the demonisation and discrimination against the disabled community.
Eligibility for disability payments will be hit the hardest by welfare cuts announced in the Spring Statement, with more than three million people set to lose out and the number of people living in relative poverty rising by 250,000 to 14.5 million by 2029-30, analysis has shown.
In an open letter, retired trade unionist Catherine Maria McGuinness asked ministers why they became politicians.
Labour will find increases in the state pension age are unacceptable, just as cuts to the Winter Fuel Allowance, personal independence payments and universal credit are — it needs to change direction immediately, writes PCS general secretary FRAN HEATHCOTE
In the current climate, it is vital to bust the myths and put forward the case for a humane and decent social security system that supports people, argues FRAN HEATHCOTE
