The problem is not the factual accuracy of what he's saying but why he would say it.
To anyone who follows politics even remotely, Wes clearly here is doing a dog whistle. He's signalling to the boomers that labour also thinks people with mental health issues are just lazy. Hes doing reactionary politics on purpose.
This was done on purpose, it's not a mistake. Wes is literally this cruel.
He's gonna be the next leader so get used to him!
On average, being disabled costs 1100 more a month.
Even when they are in work, those costs are still there. This is why PIP exists. 675 a month is already a pittance. And thats being taken away from many.
https://dpac.uk.net/2025/03/hands-off-disability-benefit-cut-slides/
Read what disabled people actually say before listening to some bullshit bbc article white washing it
Break a promise, labour could never.
This cut will kill 1000s and your discussing it like it's a change to bin collection days
You can't govern a country based on the potential headlines. Murdoch has power but they have 4 more years with an incredible majority. They could literally expropriate the entire wealth of the nation and reset us to a 1970s level of inequality (ie the lowest ever). But they wont because they are ideologues, they believe the poor should have shit lives. They believe in the hierarchy.
I don't think you really appreciate how bad this PIP thing is. 1000s are going to die.
Austerity killed 200k or more.
This is going to kill a lot more.
But great thanks for the crumbs mr kid starver
What kind of bellend do you have to be to panic when seeing a Palestine flag?
'people don't like it when the government decides to cull the vulnerable ' this isn't some reduction of pocket money to lazy teenagers, this is literally the cutting of people's basic needs. How would you feel if i took away your ability to feed and house yourself?
What makes you think the guardian are any better than the mail?
Yes progress often begins with sacking 30k employees
The NHS sorely needs admin jobs doing. I know because i fucking do it everyday.
Good admin saves the time of nurses and doctors to do clinical work. Its just as crucial as clinical work
Those suggesting this is sensible have just drunk the cool aid
Cuts aside, the biggest concern will be the lack of regulation. Or increased politicisation of the NHS.
I expect Streeting wants to increase his ability to force NHS to pay for services from private companies. The talk of cutting red tape likely means a move towards American style healthcare where 'the customer is Always right'
In effect this means that patients will be able to demand more procedures which private companies will provide. However, they will only do profitable ones. This will ultimately leave less money for more complex health issues in the budget. Remember private healthcare always costs the NHS way more than if they had the capacity themselves. Purposely using private healthcare is a way of diminishing the service NHS is able to provide, paving the way for full private systems. Its also another fuck you to complex cases, ie disabled people.
This BBC article is just manufactured consent for cuts.
No they just do it more politely a la lib dems