Ongoing speculation about Government cuts to disability benefits are worrying many disabled people. The Government are due to outline their proposals in March 2025.
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Disability Rights UK is highlighting a new research report urging the Government to prioritise improving access to disability benefits for those whose quality of life depends on this support. This new report finds that disability benefits provide a boost to the economy and can fuel economic growth.
“Disabled people have a human right to social security support to avoid poverty and to be able to live independently regardless of whether they are or can be economically active’.
They should not have to compelled to be economically active by sanctions and benefit cuts but enabled and supported to seek work if on a voluntary basis. The health and wellbeing of Disabled people must be protected and enhanced, not sacrificed to the alter of ill-founded and savage cuts.”
More than money: The lifelong wellbeing impact of disability benefits
