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TRADE unionists in Merseyside plan to “depose” a government minister they accuse of making disabled people’s lives a misery by ensuring she loses her seat at next year’s general election.
They say Tory Employment Minister Esther McVey has helped condemn hundreds of thousands of jobless and disabled people to a life of penury, misery and uncertainty.
They have launched a campaign to overthrow the 2,436 majority which won her Wirral West Parliamentary seat in 2010.
DYLAN MURPHY reports that far from helping people back into work, the sanctions regime is inflicting unnecessary trauma on working-class families
Labour will find increases in the state pension age are unacceptable, just as cuts to the Winter Fuel Allowance, personal independence payments and universal credit are — it needs to change direction immediately, writes PCS general secretary FRAN HEATHCOTE
A new report from the Citizens Advice destroys the government narrative about disabled people ‘choosing’ not to work, showing the £3,000 annual cuts will create a two-tiered system based on claim dates rather than needs, writes DYLAN MURPHY
In the current climate, it is vital to bust the myths and put forward the case for a humane and decent social security system that supports people, argues FRAN HEATHCOTE