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A key problem with the 'logic' behind the disability welfare cuts - that disabled people are better off in work - is that disabled people often have higher costs to participate in work (from personal support to specialised tech) *and* the TUC notes, they are also paid less; the disability pay gap is around 20%
Being paid less, but with higher costs, means for many disabled going to work will (often) make them worse off
But Starmer & Reeves don't care about that!
#disability #politics
h/t FT
And here are some examples of the costs & difficulties people have at work... given that these stories come from MPs in the House of Commons, perhaps Keir Starmer & Rachel Reeves might therefore know of some people impacted exactly in the way the TUC suggests disabled workers are....
Will that change their mind about disability benefits cuts? I doubt it...
@ChrisMayLA6 The structure of society has always been the same. The rich man in his castle, the poor man at his gate. Obviously it has to be kept that way so, hey ho, “difficult choices”.
Quite right, One of my clients is a non-emergency medical transport provider. There are lots of ways achieve cost savings with disabled people -
- but you have to ask them how. Just taking a disabled person to work and back, cheap as dirt if you do it right. Yes, there's paperwork and permissions, there always is - but it gets these people on payrolls.
That's just a start....