"Minister for disabled people Stephen #Timms has been holding regular meetings with #deaf and #disabled people’s organisations. 'You get the sense he’s only there because he has to be, and, to be honest, like he hasn’t actually got a clue what he’s doing or willing to accept just how much cuts will affect disabled people'."
#UKPol #Labour #Disability #Benefits #Cuts #DWP
https://www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025/09/18/stephen-timms-attempts-to-placate-disabled-organisations-on-dwp-benefit-reform/

Stephen Timms attempts to placate disabled organisations on DWP benefit reform
Incoming DWP review promises to listen to disabled people - but activists worry this is a surface level commitment to fend off real change
Canary
Raise Your Voice: The Fight for Accessible Democracy Starts Now
Raise Your Voice: Because Democracy Should Work for Everyone!
Did you know that Disabled People make up 24% of the UK population, yet less than 2% of MPs are disabled? That means Parliament should have 12 times more Disabled MPs just to be truly representative.
Is it any wonder that policies affecting Disabled People often miss the mark?
The reality is, politics isn’t accessible. Many Disabled People can’t even get into the buildings where decisions are made, let alone run for office. And...
38 Degrees
Raise Your Voice: The Fight for Accessible Democracy Starts Now
Raise Your Voice: Because Democracy Should Work for Everyone!
Did you know that Disabled People make up 24% of the UK population, yet less than 2% of MPs are disabled? That means Parliament should have 12 times more Disabled MPs just to be truly representative.
Is it any wonder that policies affecting Disabled People often miss the mark?
The reality is, politics isn’t accessible. Many Disabled People can’t even get into the buildings where decisions are made, let alone run for office. And...
38 Degrees
Raise Your Voice: The Fight for Accessible Democracy Starts Now
Raise Your Voice: Because Democracy Should Work for Everyone!
Did you know that Disabled People make up 24% of the UK population, yet less than 2% of MPs are disabled? That means Parliament should have 12 times more Disabled MPs just to be truly representative.
Is it any wonder that policies affecting Disabled People often miss the mark?
The reality is, politics isn’t accessible. Many Disabled People can’t even get into the buildings where decisions are made, let alone run for office. And...
38 Degrees
Tory minister banned DWP from using the word ‘safeguarding’, MPs are told
A Conservative minister banned the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) from using the word “safeguarding”, despite DWP’s connection with countless deaths of disabled benefit claimants since 2010…
Disability News Service
Tory minister banned DWP from using the word ‘safeguarding’, MPs are told
A Conservative minister banned the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) from using the word “safeguarding”, despite DWP’s connection with countless deaths of disabled benefit claimants since 2010…
Disability News Service
Tory minister banned DWP from using the word ‘safeguarding’, MPs are told
A Conservative minister banned the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) from using the word “safeguarding”, despite DWP’s connection with countless deaths of disabled benefit claimants since 2010…
Disability News Service
DWP issues update over scrapping PIP cash payments and says 'can confirm'
DWP has been looking at feedback to a green paper suggesting cash payments for disabled claimants could be scrapped in favour of either a voucher system, catalogue system or even one-off grants.
Birmingham LiveEnglish test scandal: reprieve plan was derailed by government reshuffle
Sajid Javid had wanted review process for international students who believed their visas had been wrongly cancelled
The GuardianHelp failing to keep pace with families facing ‘bed poverty’, says Barnardo’s
Exclusive: Children’s charity says applications for council support have quadrupled in England since 2018
The Guardian