The Welfare Reform Bill is making its way through the final stages in Parliament. The next month provides us with our last real opportunity as a sector to influence the bill and we need to make our next action BIG and LOUD.
A giant Christmas card has been organised by the Hardest Hit campaign group (DBC (Disability Benefits Consortium). The famous cartoonist and illustrator, Gerald Scarfe, is illustrating the card. We have 2 weeks (deadline 6 December) to gather 10,000 signatures before the card is presented to the Government in early December.
The action is timed for WRB reaching Report Stage in the House of Lords and aims to increase political pressure on the Government by demonstrating mass concern over how disabled people will be affected by proposals within the Welfare Reform Bill, particularly the time-limit on ESA and PIP proposals.
The text of the card is below:
"Dear David Cameron and Nick Clegg,
While we don't expect gifts this Christmas, we do want our basic rights protected and the support to enable us to live independently and with dignity.
Please make the New Year something disabled people can look forward to
by:
*Not bringing in an arbitrary time-limit on Employment and Support Allowance for those who've paid into the system and still need support.
*Making sure that those who rely on Disability Living Allowance continue to receive the financial support they need through Personal Independence Payment"
This is the link to the online action:
Please could you take a minute to click on the link and sign our Christmas card?
We are also asking everyone to ask ten friends or family members to do the same. Please could you forward this to as many people as possible?
If you there is anyone who isn't online who would like to sign please forward their names to campaign@rnib.org.uk and they will add them to the card.
We only have 2 weeks to collect 10,000 signatures so your help is really important.
Thank you!!
The Hardest Hit Campaign
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