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DISABLED people brought London's Tottenham Court Road to a standstill yesterday as they vented their fury at hundreds of deaths linked to cuts in disability benefits.
Dozens of activists from Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC), Winvisible and the Mental Health Resistance Network assembled outside this year's TUC Disabled Workers conference before marching on to the street.
Ignoring police orders the protesters blocked the street with banners and wheelchairs, chanting: "No More deaths from benefit cuts."
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
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