‘I could end up homeless’: weighing the damage after Rachel Reeves’s welfare cuts

Protesters against cuts to disability benefits gathering opposite parliament on Wednesday as Reeves delivered her statement. Photograph: Ben Montgomery/Getty Images

It’s just hours since the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, delivered her spring statement, which slashed disability benefits. Lee, a 43-year-old man with autism, is weighing the damage.

“I stand to lose so much,” he said. “If all these cuts happen, I could end up homeless. I’m going to lose my independence, I’m going to lose basically everything.”