Emails have flooded into MPs' offices expressing fear among disabled individuals and their carers regarding proposed benefit cuts. A government insider dismissed Labour's concerns as overdramatic, highlighting a disconnect in understanding the gravity of the situation. Historical context reveals that previous assessments led to tragic outcomes, underscoring the need for empathy in policymaking. Reports from think tanks emphasize the distress faced by disabled individuals, challenging the government's moral justification for cuts that could deepen poverty, contrasting starkly with Labour's foundational beliefs in support for marginalized communities.
Emails are pouring into MPs' boxes from disabled people and carers, who are truly frightened by the suggestions from government sources and ministers' speeches that the benefits they rely on are to be cut.
More importantly, they appear to have learned nothing from the introduction of the work capability assessment for disabled people, associated with nearly 600 suicide deaths in England between 2010 and 2013.
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