29 June 2025, 12:55

By Jennifer Nadel

The government’s grudging concession on disability benefit cuts signals political calculation, not genuine care.

It is shocking that Labour, for so long the party  of the most vulnerable, should have tried to introduce these cuts in the first place, rushing them through without adequate consultation and  before they’d even seen the official assessment of their impact.

Where is the justice and the care in that? Plus, the concessions as they currently stand risk creating a two-tier system with existing claimants protected while the door is left open to slash support for those who fall ill afterwards.

Voters know the difference between a heartfelt commitment and a tactical retreat. This partial U-turn didn’t signal  a principled stand for the most vulnerable—it is a bare-faced manoeuvre made........

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