Sarah Sutton Loo Reviewer

I keep hearing @UKLabour saying the fact we have so many on #benefits is "a moral failure". I put it to you, #Labour, that the "moral failure" is not only the cruel drive to emplace #disabled people into work on pain of sanction, or to save money by cutting benefits to the most vulnerable, it is this: Saying disability unemployment is a "moral failure" reinforces the perspective of able-bodied persons that we disabled are immoral, cheats, or workshy for not working despite our conditions. Furthermore, it also causes harm to us, as it increases the self-perception of being fraudulent, or a burden. That is dangerous, as such a message can exacerbate our symptoms (particularly those involving mental health) or drive us to attempt things we simply cannot, and consequently cause harm to ourselves or others. A person's worth, their value to society, is not dictated by their employment status. Simply saying disingenuously "We are the party of work, it's in our name", well, that's the moral failure.

The persecution continues. The Motability scheme isn’t some luxury add-on or “extra help”: it’s simply a different way of receiving the disability benefits that people are already legally entitled to. It’s not a perk that means a free Beamer FFS. #TakingThePIP