Before Christmas we mentioned that Liam Byrne had suggested meeting with him to talk about an Opposition Day debate to request a cumulative impact assessment.
Arranging diaries hasn’t been the easiest of tasks, especially with the christmas holidays in the way. But we now have a date.
Five of us will be heading for Westminster on 6th February to meet with Liam Byrne
We can feel the start of a change of mood as people awaken to the individual impacts of the changes. More groups are protesting, more people are using social media sites to air their fears and concerns.
There has been an unanticipated emphasis on Welfare Reform as tbe Benefits Uprating Bill makes its way through Parliament.
The Bedroom Tax is beginning to worry tenants as their landlords get in touch with them.
People are more familiar with terms like ‘Personal Independence Payment’ and ‘Universal Credit’ if not with ‘Employment Support Allowance’ and its two groups.
Their sponsorship of the Paralympics means that everyone has now heard of Atos.
Local authorities are making public decisions and we are hearing about the difficult decisions to cut vital services.
We are seeing language change to include ‘strivers’ as well as ‘scroungers’ but we’re still not convinced that the media gets the full picture for disabled people, their carers and families.
This is why we need a Cumulative Impact Assessment, and it is what we will take to our talk with Liam: issues that are important to you, the 62,703 people who signed Pat’s Petition and all the people who have since said they would have signed it if they’d understood.
Please keep contacting your MPs, details here. Send them details of how the changes are impacting on you now.
Sign the new WoW petition by Francesca Martinez. You can read more about the WoW group here
We must all keep on keeping on.
Pat
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That’s brilliant good luck I have some news I still haven’t got a proper home but independent case examiner ice made recommendations for my case to go to nhs parliamentary I thought mp had did this over a year ago as its what was recommended given yesterday on my housing equality state as I was born with congenital heart block functioning for 49years without treatment it’s the whole package dwp housing I’m now hoping I will 1day get a new home and this be finally sorted so with your news this good regards brigitte
i just hope you can convince them to do more to eleviate this attack on the sick disabled and the unemployed and those who are living with this threat of bedroom tax yep bloody torys they are to jeff3
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At last, why it cannot be with the Secretary for State and the Ministers for Work and Pensions and the Minister for Disabled People, to hear the needs of the people being crucified by these changes. If a committee room could be used to have an appeal to these Ministers and their Shadow cabinet counterparts, perhaps they will start to see sense.
Well done for getting a meeting but Liam Byrne is not someone to trust.
I have emailed this man on several occassions about Atos and the WCA, his and the Labour Parties response has always been the same, the process needs reforming, the process needs to be ended with immediate effect as it’s killing people.
The Labour Party hold the same values as the Torys over welfare reform, don’t be fooled by their attempts to bring you into the fold, they will use you to their advantage and not yours.