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Labour MPs urge Rachel Reeves to rethink cuts to health and disability benefits

Debbie Abrahams, who chairs the Work and Pensions Committee, questioned how ‘making people sicker and poorer’ would help the economy.

Evening Standard

Reeves warned welfare cuts will ‘push disabled into poverty’ ahead of spring statement

A disability advocate has warned that planned welfare cuts will push disabled people into poverty ahead of today’s spring statement.

The Independent UK

Kenya’s decision to make maths optional in high school is a bad idea – what should happen instead

Kenya’s education ministry announced in March 2025 that mathematics would be an optional subject in senior secondary school, which begins in grade 10. Most students in this grade are aged 15 years. The education minister said the mathematics taught from grade 4 to grade 9 was sufficient for foundational “numeracy…

The Conversation

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Charities report rise in calls for help since welfare cuts announcement

Mind, Scope and Citizens Advice urged a rethink, as did a group of public health experts.

Evening Standard

Spring Statement 2025: What you can expect including taxes, benefits and spending cuts

The Chancellor is expected to reveal significant cuts to the Civil Service as well as unveil further details of the cuts to benefits and disability payments

Evening Standard

Second Amendment Roundup: Attorney General to resume removal of disabilities

ATF is prohibited by appropriations riders from considering petitions.

Reason

Shocking figures reveal UK spends double the defence budget on working age benefits

Analysis by The Independent has revealed the scale of Britain’s welfare bill to the taxpayer

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Welfare in numbers: The facts behind Britain’s soaring benefits bill

As Labour attempts to tighten Britain’s burgeoning welfare belt, Alicja Hagopian and David Maddox investigate the true cost of the welfare state

The Independent UK

Scope chair 'willing to resign' over speaking out against Labour Government's cuts to disability benefits

Writing for the Standard, Sir Robin Millar described the welfare reforms as ‘disgraceful’ and said Labour had lost its ‘moral direction’

Evening Standard

‘I can’t sleep, I’m so scared’: disabled people face benefit cuts domino effect

Three people tell how knock-on impact of losing Pip on carer’s allowance and other benefits will affect their families

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - I'm the chair of disability charity Scope and I may be asked to step down for what I'm about to say

Last week, despite the strong objections of over 80 Labour backbench MPs, the government announced its decision to press ahead with £6 billion in savings by adjusting Personal Independence Payments. This follows the recent reduction in overseas aid. The justification? The need for rearmament and defense against unprecedented global threats.

Evening Standard

ABLE Account: A Savings Tool to Empower People With Disabilities

An ABLE account can improve quality of life for individuals with a disability — it permits tax-free saving for ongoing expenses without jeopardizing benefits.

Kiplinger

Motability: is it true that the disability scheme is taking UK taxpayers for a ride?

Understanding the rightwing backlash over the government scheme helping people with serious disabilities get a car

The Guardian - UK

Monday briefing: Why has the rightwing press turned on Motability?

In today’s newsletter: How a dubious ‘scandal’ about the scheme to help people with serious disabilities get a car made its way into the mainstream

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Coalition denies plans to slash NDIS, but says cost is ‘out of control’

Disability Advocacy Network urges politicians not to treat scheme as a ‘football to be punted around at the expense of people with disability’

The National (Scotland)

Inside story of Scottish Labour haemorrhaging activists amid disability cuts row

CAROLYNNE Hunter previously harboured ambitions to run as a Scottish Labour MSP.

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on the spring statement: cutting spending is not the only option, chancellor

Further reductions can only increase disability and child poverty, and further undermine public services

The Guardian - UK

Councils and NHS could face millions in extra costs due to disability benefit cuts

Government plans for Pip cuts will drive up costs for local authority social care services and NHS, campaigners warn

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The Guardian - UK

Pip cuts will ruin disabled people’s lives. This is Labour’s poll tax moment

Letters: Readers share their sadness and frustration at the government’s plan to cut benefits including personal independence payment

The National (Scotland)

'Indefensible': Senior Labour members write to Liz Kendall over benefits cuts

Senior Labour members have written to the Work and Pensions Secretary over the party's "indefensible" cuts to benefits ...

Salon

"Snow White" sidesteps disability issues

The live-action film avoids directly addressing its Dwarfs controversy by reimagining them as "magical creatures"

The Conversation

Why the social pain of welfare reform overshadows any economic gain

The UK government is calling it the “biggest shakeup to the welfare system in a generation” – prompted by what the prime minister described as the “devastating” cost of sickness and disability benefits. Planned reforms to cut those costs are designed to save £5 billion a year by 2030, from…

Texas Observer

‘We’re Not Just Some Bureaucrats’: DOE Employees on How Their Work Helps Texas Students

Department of Education workers and union leaders in Texas say kids will pay the price for Trump’s decision to “break this system.”

The Guardian - UK

Thirteen years ago, Emma told me disability cuts nearly broke her family. Now, under Labour, it’s worse

In families like hers, the devastating impact of the £5bn cuts will be felt most keenly. It is a stain Labour may never be rid of, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - AU

Quill Awards 2025: Guardian journalist wins Melbourne Press Club award for reporting on disability

Nino Bucci highly commended in feature writing, investigations and news reporting, while Petra Stock highly commended in science, medical and health reporting

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