Leonard Cheshire Policy & Campaigns
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We champion the rights of disabled people globally. Follow us to keep updated on our policy work and join our latest campaigns. Also at @LeonardCheshire
Tomorrow: A new approach to health and work Sir Charlie Mayfield's Keep Britain Working Review will be published tomorrow - informed by thousands who shared their stories to help shape real solutions for staying in and returning to work #KeepBritainWorking
🚨New report 🚨 Over a million lower income families today include both a disabled person and an unpaid carer. There is significant overlap between these - and these households suffer a £3,300 income penalty as a result. Read now➡️ buff.ly/kNMSUQa
NEW: Last night 86 charities came together to stand with disabled people and their organisations in calling for MPs to vote against the UC & PIP Bill proceeding 👇
The extra cost of being disabled in UK will rise by almost 12% in five years, says @scope. That means finding another £15k a year just to live at the same standard as non-disabled people. But MPs should cut PIP tomorrow, right? Seems logical and humane? theguardian.com/politics/2025/…
Starmer has responded to the welfare bill amendment with the following: "So those that care about a future welfare system have to answer the question - how do you reform what you've got to make sure it's sustainable for the future?" We've got answers🧵 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
Update: 108 Labour MPs, led by six committee chairs (though others have signed), have already backed a reasoned amendment which could kill the government’s welfare bill 👀
More than 100 of the UK’s most high-profile disabled people urge the Prime Minister to abandon the “inhumane and catastrophic plans to cut disability benefits”. My exclusive: theguardian.com/society/2025/m…
