Petitions/Protect Disabled people who cannot work from planned cuts to benefits
StatusClosed
Opened8 Apr 2025
Closes8 Oct 2025
Government responseResponded
Parliamentary debateNot eligible
Milestones 10,000

We want the Government to halt all planned benefit cuts for disabled people unable to work. Instead of reducing benefits, we want them to rise in line with inflation. We want support, not hardship and deprivation, for those who cannot work.

We feel that disabled people who cannot work should not have their benefits cut. Acquired Disabilities can end careers, and we feel that those who previously contributed to tax deserve support. We also believe that people born Disabled need steady support without cuts. We feel the pandemic widened the gap between current financial support and the extra cost of living for Disabled people; these proposed cuts will worsen this. We think forcing people to work will strain the fragile NHS and that Disabled people should not be punished for being unable to work.

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Government response

The Government must urgently tackle the spiralling welfare bill, restore trust and fairness in the system, and protect disabled people. Social security reforms will therefore continue as planned.

Constituency engagement ranking

Siân Berry
1Siân Berry MP
Brighton Pavilion
135
Kim Johnson
2Kim Johnson MP
Liverpool Riverside
113
Clive Lewis
3Clive Lewis MP
Norwich South
110
Kerry McCarthy
4Kerry McCarthy MP
Bristol East
105
Paula Barker
5Paula Barker MP
Liverpool Wavertree
102
Ian Byrne
6Ian Byrne MP
Liverpool West Derby
101
Alice Macdonald
7Alice Macdonald MP
Norwich North
100
Ben Lake
8Ben Lake MP
Ceredigion Preseli
100
Dan Carden
9Dan Carden MP
Liverpool Walton
99
Steve Barclay
10Steve Barclay MP
North East Cambridgeshire
97
Protect Disabled people who cannot work from planned cuts to benefits — Petitions