£5bn disability benefit cuts will push 250,000 into poverty. Women—especially Disabled women and unpaid carers—will be hardest hit. Why target the most vulnerable?

WBG Director @maryannstephenson.bsky.social sets out the case for fairer choices: www.opendemocracy.net/en/disabilit...

On top of household names, Who Wants Normal? will feature 20+ brilliant experts: from therapists, academics, patient advocates, to union reps. Like Suzanne, they generously share knowledge and tips to help disabled people access their rights. 99% have a disability themselves.

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Today’s poverty statistics show that in 2023/24 31% of children were in poverty in the UK

Reducing this is now harder for govt's child poverty strategy with planned cuts to disability and health-related benefits to leave a further 50,000 children in poverty in 2029/30

www.gov.uk/government/s...

If you haven't seen it already, I highly recommend this book:
policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/social-murder

and this BMJ piece: www.bmj.com/content/388/...

by @gerrymccartney1.bsky.social as sources of accurate evidence about the impacts of benefit cuts on ill-health and avoidable deaths.

Are you care experienced and want to share a story or know someone who is? Caring Scotland is a new listening project the National Theatre of Scotland is working on. Find out more: buff.ly/44ftX4c

Child poverty stats for 2023/24:

- at 22% relative child poverty remains significantly higher than the Scottish Government's interim target of 18%
- Scottish figure is much lower than the UK (31%) demonstrating impact of devolved policies

www.gov.scot/news/poverty...

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Our Director responds to today’s spring statement.

For further information on what today’s announcements mean for women, please check the UK Women's Budget Group’s press release here: www.wbg.org.uk/article/our-...

My Women and Welfare Conditionality book shows how hard it already was for disabled women to manage work and welfare before the new cuts. Research shows that poverty worsens health.

New article: Navigating Digital Welfare: A Multi-Level Maze? In Social Policy & Administration. I argue that greater conceptual and empirical engagement with welfare state complexity is needed in studies of digital welfare. (OPEN ACCESS) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

This government's attempt to justify cutting benefits has completely fallen apart. They're slashing support for ill and disabled people to meet their arbitrary fiscal rules.

@pollardtom.bsky.social reacts to the cuts announced in the spring statement

Excellent summary.

There is even more in the DWP documents, including confirmation that an expected 150,000 people will lose carer's benefits.

assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67e3fa...