Welfare cuts: Labour's cuts will spread pain and misery in every community
Labour welfare cuts will only deepen hardship for the most marginalised people and spread pain and misery in every community, warns Scottish Greens MSP Maggie Chapman.
Ms Chapman said:
“These cuts will make a cruel and dehumanising system even more brutal than it already is. They will spread pain and misery across every community.
“You can’t cut £5 billion of support without causing real harm to people and endangering lives.
“Labour are doubling down on the Tory idea that you can work your way out of disability. They are sending a cruel and dangerous message that only people who can boost our economy are worth supporting.
“Labour promised an end to austerity, but this goes even further than anything that the Tories ever dared.
“This is an immoral betrayal to disabled people across the UK, and a move that will solidify this government’s legacy as one who shamefully abandoned their most vulnerable citizens in their hour of need.
“Every Labour MP faces a choice. Will they stand up for their constituents, or will they choose to plunge even more people and families into poverty?"
Ms Chapman added:
“These cuts are not inevitable. They are a choice. Labour could choose to bring in a wealth tax that collects a fair and justified share from the richest people to invest in the services we all rely on.
“The fact that they are choosing to punish the people with the least tells us everything we need to know about Labour’s values. The millions of people who waited 14 long years to get rid of the Tories deserve so much better than this.”