Skip to main content
Work with the NEU
Disabled people should not pay for Trump’s war drive
In advance of the Socialism or Barbarism day school on March 29, Arise Festival’s SAM BROWSE writes on why we must oppose the cuts to welfare and the drive to war
ALWAYS MONEY FOR WARFARE, NEVER FOR WELFARE: US President Donald Trump who expects Europe to dance to his tune

LAST WEEK saw two linked developments in global and British politics.

On the one hand, the Israeli government formalised an end to the ceasefire in Gaza, which it had been breaking regularly since it was called two months ago. The shelling yesterday saw the deaths of over 400 more Gazans — adding to the official count of nearly 47,000 lives already extinguished in the genocide.

On the other, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Liz Kendall announced £5 billion cuts to the welfare bill for disabled people — achieved in part by raising the bar on who can claim. We should be totally clear on the brutality of these cuts.

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
Similar stories
This image from video posted on Attorney General Pam Bondi's X account, and partially redacted by the source, shows an oil tanker being seized by US forces off the coast of Venezuela, on December 10 2025. Photo: U.S. Attorney General's Office/X via AP
Features / 13 December 2025
13 December 2025

The new plan sets out an uncompromising bid for global dominance, casting even allies as obstacles to be subdued, writes DIANE ABBOTT

(From left) Sarah Morton, Fran Heathcote, Martin Cavanagh, Angela Grant, Andy Mitchell
PCS Conference 2025 / 20 May 2025
20 May 2025