Welfare cuts: 'A new war on disabled people in the UK' ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYFUv... 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.
The research shows that north-east England, north-west England and Wales would be the hardest hit, suffering three times the economic impact and with twice as many affected residents as London and the south-east.
Guardian News
Welfare cuts: 'A new war on disabled people in the UK' ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYFUv...
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.
The research shows that north-east England, north-west England and Wales would be the hardest hit, suffering three times the economic impact and with twice as many affected residents as London and the south-east.
Read more ► www.theguardian.com/society/2025/apr/24/wales-and-…
1.Campaigners protesting against disability benefit cuts outside parliament last month – Guy Bell/Rex/Shutterstock
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