Welfare cuts ‘could leave thousands of disabled women trapped with abusers’
Thousands of disabled women, Sir Keir Starmer’ın late on Thursday, although important concessions in reforms, the government’s upcoming prosperity deductions as a result of the abuse of themselves could find themselves stuck.
In the face of a growing rebellion, the Prime Minister announced regulations on the welfare bill, including the protection of personal independence payments for all existing plaintiffs – a movement that is expected to pass the legislation to pass the second reading on Tuesday.
However, in the long run, in the long run, vital financing cuts for daily life costs for people with disabilities who will affect all new plaintiffs in the long run will make the risk of avoiding malicious relationships for disabled people in the long run.
Even with privileges, welfare cuts will be “destructive for disabled women”.
For many, the PIP is the only income they receive, WBG warned, so not accessing this source of individual support increases the risk of compelling control and makes it difficult to escape from abusive situations.
As a result, the shelter Sir Keir argued that violence against women and girls would fight to reach the goal of halving (VAWG).
A scary report, published jointly by WBG and disabled female collective sisters, claims that segments will deepen the economic insecurity of disabled women, increase their vulnerable to violence and abuse, make them difficult and make parenting difficult from the labor market.
His analysis was seen by IndependentIt shows that women with future plaintiffs will be influenced by more strict conformity rules for the PIP.
Currently, 52 percent of female PIP plaintiffs do not score four points in any activity compared to 39 percent of male plaintiffs. This is due to the higher prevalence of muscle -infidelity conditions and arthritis among women, which is less likely to earn four points in an indicator.
Although existing plaintiffs will be protected, they show a wider gender imbalance that will affect women more significantly than long -term interruptions.
In accordance with the current rules, the government estimates that about 1,000 new people have signed for the PIP every day.
WGB’s Deputy Director Dr. Sara Reis warned that women will make women more vulnerable to abuse, while shelter will “have devastating effects on disabled survivors,” he said.
BUIT CEO Gemma Sherrington, Independent The fact that the deductions “a really horrifying possibility for disabled survivors” warn that the government will seriously weaken its commitment to halves violence against women and girls ”.
“In the shelter, almost three people [29 per cent] The survivors we support have a disabled or mental health status. For PIP plaintiffs, this support is vital to cover basic life costs and may mean the difference between escaping to security or staying with a abusive partner. ”
“Further restricting the financial resources of disabled survivors may be stuck with those who abuse thousands of people, and this may have fatal consequences.
“If the government is serious about the fight against VAWG, the disabled cannot afford to neglect the survivors. We strongly repeat the proposal of the report to scrape these brutal reforms and provide protection and support for disabled survivors.”
Dr Reis added: “The proposed changes will be destructive for disabled women and will reduce the income that makes the independence of many.
“The government already knows that he will push more people into poverty, but he must be aware that these changes will make people with disabilities more vulnerable to abuse, make their parents even more difficult and close them.
Uz We are pleased to see the government re -evaluating reforms and to consult the changes in the PIP – the disabled should be at the center of designing any changes in the disability benefit system.
“However, as reforms stop, they will gradually bring more people to poverty because new plaintiffs cannot reach the existing support.”
Responding to the report, Labor Party deputy Rachael Maskell – on Tuesday, planned to vote against the bill – said ministers felt “sick to the stomach” that the ministers would press on reforms in the light of the WBG report.
He told me Independent: “These deductions are subject to gender and dangerous, and the government makes a hole from the VAWG work.
“I feel sick after this evidence from the stomach, shelter and women’s budget group. We already know that old women have to work in later life, and now this evidence emphasizes this.”
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation said that even with concessions, “new disabled plaintiffs will continue to be pushed into deep troubles with these interruptions,” even with concessions.
In the meantime, amnesty organization, concessions, “MPs to vote through this cruel and harmful legislation is nothing more than a superficial attempt”, “will deepen poverty, deepen discrimination and create a two -layer welfare system that can not be justified under any circumstances,” he said.
126 Labor Party Backbencher signed a change to stop the universal loan and personal independence payment bill when confronted with the first blocker obstacle on 1 July. The rebels now believe that the majority of the concessions presented will be enough to win.
The government’s original package limited the suitability for the PIP, which is the main disability payment in the UK, and cut off the health of the universal loan by saying it would save £ 5 billion per year until 2030.
Now, while changes in PIP compliance will be implemented in November 2026 and only to new plaintiffs, all the current recipients of the health element of the universal loan will be mainly protected.
Labor and Pension Secretary Liz Kendall confirmed his U -turn in a letter to MPS late on Thursday night and plans to review the PIP assessment to be managed by the Minister of Disability Sir Stephen Timms and people with disabilities.
No 10 spokespersons said that the existing welfare system “fails people ve, and“ millions are imprisoned, that the only way to help them is to declare that they will never work again and then to leave them ”.
“No help, no opportunity, no dignity. We cannot accept it and we need to start correcting it, iler they said.
“The government listened to the deputies who supported the principle of reform but worried about the speed of change for those who are already supported by the Social Security System.”
