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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Mark Brown North of England correspondent

Wales and north of England face disability cuts ‘double whammy’

Two men in wheelchairs, one holding sign saying 'Labour pushing the disabled into poverty' in caps, with other protesters and House of Westminster in background
Campaigners protesting against disability benefit cuts outside parliament last month. Photograph: Guy Bell/Rex/Shutterstock

A £5bn programme of disability benefits cuts planned by the UK government will disproportionately hit people living in Wales and northern England “entrenching deprivation”, according to new analysis.

The consultancy Policy in Practice has looked at how the proposed changes would affect individual regions and local authorities, and found the impact across the UK starkly uneven.

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