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Graham Whitham
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Graham Whitham
@GrahamWhitham
CEO & founder of Resolve Poverty. @ResolvePoverty @GMLivingWage. UK @Acumen Fellowship 2024. Working locally to end poverty nationally.
Manchester Katılım Haziran 2011
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Graham Whitham retweetledi
The Health and Disability Green paper will deliver tiny income gains at the cost of major losses for those with health problems or a disability.
Plans to save £5 billion by restricting PIP qualification would mean between 800,000 & 1.2 million people losing support of between £4,200 & £6,300 per year by 2029-30.
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Graham Whitham retweetledi
Cuts to benefits announced today have clearly been motivated by a desire to make short-term savings to meet arbitrary fiscal rules. They're not going to help ill and disabled people, they're only going to create more problems.
@PollardTom reacts to Liz Kendall's speech
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Cuts that rob disabled people of a dignified life are not a moral choice. These would be unprecedented disability benefit cuts that drive up hardship.
A govt that vowed to end the moral scar of food bank use should not be leaving disabled people at greater risk of needing one.
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Graham Whitham retweetledi
📢New @jrf_uk analysis
There is no way to cut £5bn from PIP without affecting people with problems feeding and clothing themselves or getting around everyday
A govt that vowed to end the 'moral scar' of foodbank use shouldn't leave disabled people at greater risk of needing one
Peter Matejic@StatsPeter
@jrf_uk has analysed caseload data and can see much of the forecast growth in PIP spending is directed at people with significant difficulties across a range of areas. Over half of the growth in spending is from people in receipt of the higher rate in both PIP elements.
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Steve, one of our experts by experience, spoke to @BBCNews about the cruel and short-termist disability benefit cuts expected to be proposed today.
"My life is already at below minimal quality - that will reduce further and health will suffer first".
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
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Graham Whitham retweetledi
"A government that came to office pledging to end the moral scar of food bank use clearly should not be taking steps that could leave disabled people at greater risk of needing to use one.”
@jrf_uk @StatsPeter @TrussellUK
theguardian.com/society/2025/m…
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Graham Whitham retweetledi
Rather than make rushed cuts to welfare spending, there are plausible options to raise tax even with major tax increases off the table.
A 2-year freeze extension to Income Tax and National Insurance thresholds would be broadly progressive – except for the highest-income households – & raise around £8bn.
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Graham Whitham retweetledi
Adequate social security is a human right, we are fighting for our rights, not a favour or the pity of charity. We are saying do not remove our rights.
Tell your MP: No To Disability Benefit Cuts
no2disabilitybenefitcuts.good.do/notodisability…
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Graham Whitham retweetledi
This, from a DWP press release yesterday (gov.uk/government/new…), is outrageous
In two short paragraphs it peddles multiple falsehoods about the current system that will be used to justify upcoming cuts & changes
Here's what MPs & journalists should be challenging... 🧵
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Graham Whitham retweetledi
If this is correct, it will increase poverty & make it harder to live independently
“Cost-cutting reforms due to be announced next week are set to deny payments to many people with mental health conditions and those who struggle with washing, dressing themselves and eating”
Peter Matejic@StatsPeter
The Times today: £5bn/1m = £5,000/disabled person, i.e. greater than 3 of 4 PIP rates. Unless 1 of 2 numbers in headline is wrong, this has to take money away from severely disabled people on PIP higher rate, as lower rate recipients don't get £5,000/yr. Obscene to consider this!
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Graham Whitham retweetledi
🏠 Without PIP, 700,000 more disabled households could be pushed into poverty.
Cutting this or other disability benefits would increase hardship for some of the poorest in society - something morally indefensible.
Read the letter in full here: scope.org.uk/campaigns/open… 3/3
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Graham Whitham retweetledi
Slashing benefits to meet an arbitrary fiscal target would be unethical, short sighted and illogical. ❌
2 in 5 people receiving disability benefits already experience hardship – meaning they are either unable to afford enough food, heat their home or pay household bills. 1/3
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Graham Whitham retweetledi
As I said to @BBCBreakfast government *isn’t* proposing reform. It’s cuts.
The @DWPgovuk has a genuine plan for reform to help more people get support, healthcare & work when they can.
@hmtreasury driving the opposite. Cruel & counterproductive cuts for short term savings.
Trussell@TrussellUK
🗣️ "We are very worried and appalled" Our Director of Policy, Research & Impact, Helen Barnard spoke to @BBCBreakfast about the UK government's plans to cut vital disability support.
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It’s been a brilliant and busy morning here at our annual @resolvepoverty conference.
@LauraBurgessGM is welcoming everyone back after lunch.
#PlacesAgainstPoverty
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And we’re off…our Senior Policy Officer Penny is chairing a session with @CareyOppenheim & @dhnnjyn focusing on what a renewed focus on poverty at a national level could mean for localities. #PlacesAgainstPoverty @resolvepoverty
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Graham Whitham retweetledi
I’ll be @ResolvePoverty #PlacesAgainstPoverty conference tomorrow speaking about poverty and health. Looking forward to the panel discussion with @ClaireHumphries, @AtasNatalija and @GrahamWhitham about the role the health system can play in tackling poverty.
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Graham Whitham retweetledi
Not sure who your MP is or how to contact them?
Go here writetothem.com
Put in your postcode and it will show you.
Then tell your MP how the proposed cuts to benefits must not happen.
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Graham Whitham retweetledi
The government is reportedly planning at least £6 billion a year in cuts to benefits for people with a disability or long-term health condition.
These cuts risk pushing people already experiencing hardship and ill health even closer to the brink. 🔽 1/2
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Graham Whitham retweetledi
Contrary to the myth that seems to be flying around at the moment, claiming disability benefits is not an easy process that anyone who's "a bit stressed" can do.
@PollardTom sets the record straight on @TimesRadio
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