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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. Tom Pollard sets the record straight on Times Radio

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

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.

I’ll be @ResolvePoverty #PlacesAgainstPoverty conference tomorrow speaking about poverty and health. Looking forward to the panel discussion with Dr Claire Humphries (She/Her), Dr Natalija Atas and Graham Whitham about the role the health system can play in tackling poverty.

As I said to BBC Breakfast government *isn’t* proposing reform. It’s cuts. The Department for Work and Pensions has a genuine plan for reform to help more people get support, healthcare & work when they can. HM Treasury driving the opposite. Cruel & counterproductive cuts for short term savings.

And we’re off…our Senior Policy Officer Penny is chairing a session with Carey Oppenheim & Danny Sriskandarajah focusing on what a renewed focus on poverty at a national level could mean for localities. #PlacesAgainstPoverty Resolve Poverty

It’s been a brilliant and busy morning here at our annual Resolve Poverty conference. Laura Burgess is welcoming everyone back after lunch. #PlacesAgainstPoverty

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... 🧵

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

🏠 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

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”

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…

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

"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.” Joseph Rowntree Foundation Peter Matejic Trussell theguardian.com/society/2025/m…

📢New Joseph Rowntree Foundation 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

Steve, one of our experts by experience, spoke to BBC News (UK) 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/…

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. Tom Pollard reacts to Liz Kendall's speech

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.

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