“We should make the effort,” my wife said when the Department for Work and Pensions (DWO) announced public consultation events on its plans for arguably the biggest shake up to disability “benefits” – I struggle with the word, because I fail to see the “benefit” of being disabled – Britain has yet seen.
The firm tone told me that I had best agree. But she was also right. Democracy withers on the vine if people aren’t willing to participate in it while the government’s current policy, and especially its rhetoric, could have a severe impact on our family and many like us. Given the chance, we should push back against that.
