Katie Schmuecker (@katieschmuecker) 's Twitter Profile
Katie Schmuecker

@katieschmuecker

Principal Policy Adviser at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and former Commissioner on the Scottish Poverty & Inequality Commission.

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linkhttp://www.jrf.org.uk calendar_today22-02-2012 14:56:22

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Helen Barnard (@helen_barnard) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Disappointing that the government plans to rush through record cuts to disability support without a proper impact assessment. And it’s quite odd to argue that the PIP assessment review will ‘rightly take time’ so they must push through changes without it. news.sky.com/story/work-and…

Ayaz Manji (@ayaz_manji) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It's important for anyone considering this 'olive branch' to be clear that it's made from three policies which the Government already announced three months ago. (1/5)

Peter Matejic (@statspeter) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Look out for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation examination of the draft Bill later today. It's time for MPs to properly scrutinise the very harmful impacts on sick and disabled people they represent.

Katie Schmuecker (@katieschmuecker) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Bill, as it stands, does not protect people from hardship but drives them into it Flows into jobs will be 3-5% of the number seeing deep benefit cuts So many unanswered questions remain- MPs should not pass this Bill without a full understanding of what they’re voting for.

Joseph Rowntree Foundation (@jrf_uk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Yesterday the government published their welfare reform bill. These cuts could pull up to 400,000 more people into poverty ✂️ New JRF figures show that nearly 8 in 10 low-income working-age families in receipt of disability benefits went without essentials in May 2025. 1/2

Ayaz Manji (@ayaz_manji) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In the coming days, we'll continue to hear the government say that the welfare state is at brink of collapse and that cuts are the only answer. The evidence tells a different story.