Breaking news - government sleight of hand over poverty figures.
Actual increase in poverty from their cuts to health related benefits is closer to 400,000 📢
Actual increase in poverty from their cuts to health related benefits is closer to 400,000 📢
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Iain Porter
DWP is using a sleight of hand in its disability benefit cuts impact assessment: Actual increase in poverty is closer to 400,000, not the 250,000 in the impact assessment.
Quick thread explaining why. 🧵1/7
Quick thread explaining why. 🧵1/7
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A) Using this as a money saving exercise, not to help people to work as stated. Proved by the fact that when they were told nit wasn't saving enough money, they increased the changes to welfare again.
B) Human rights.
Solution: This 'labour' government rips up the Equality and Human Rights Acts
That would be tyranny in all but name
#sedition #labourlies
But is there and evidence that that’s what they’re actually going to do to the Act?
https://dpac.uk.net/2025/03/disability-benefit-cuts-facts-stats-and-figures/
1 is not okay!!!!
Poverty, driven by government action is
NOT OKAY