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Starmers mail on Sunday “clamp down on benefits” exclusive in the run up to the assisted dying bill is a little too on the nose
One of the leading cause of inflating benefits bill is housing supplements, due to constrictions on council housing and the reliance on private landlords / middle men the cost has been rising exponentially. But of course it’s a moral failure of those with disabilities blamed.
those “vote yes to assisted dying!” Posters on the tube make my stomach churn, along with any opposition to it purposefully ignoring the numerous disability charities against it and focusing on “Christian objection”. Might be a free vote but having a labour mp introduce this in such a poor fashion with little oversight just seems like poor long term policy management. The arguments for it stem from the same disinformation and technocratic eugenics that inform the consistent marginalisation and mistrust of disabled benefit claimants. That to be disabled or sick is a personal failure and a drain on society/ your family. That it’s not the responsibility of the government to make life as rich and colourful for all.