The Community Action Party campaign to oppose welfare reform has so far received the backing of tens of thousands of people throughout the UK. Wigan based Community Action Party have teamed up with the campaigning group “Say No to Disability Living Allowance Reform” to oppose the savage cuts imposed by central government on benefit claimants, in particularly people living with disability.
Details of the petitions are as follows :-
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/38182 - “Stop the abolition of Disability Living Allowance for Personal Independence Payments”. This petition has so far collected over 21,000 signatures of support.
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/41600 - “Repeal the Welfare Reform Act 2012″. This petition has attracted over 5,500 signatures.
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/42863 - “Increase Benefits by Rate of Inflation.” So far over 2,000 signatures have supported this petition.
Michael Moulding, who lives in Ashton-in-Makerfield and Deputy Leader of the Community Action Party says “Millions of people living with illness or disability are going to be hit hard by the reforms. It is estimated that around one million will lose much needed financial support for the addtional costs associated with being unwell, sick or disabled. The government has confirmed they want £8 billion wiped off the DLA bill and before 2015, 130,000 people will lose all their benefit and 140,000 people will have their current benefit reduced.”
“Their reforms have nothing to do with fairness but everything to do with wiping billions off the welfare bill. Many people are already losing their lives as a result of government cuts. We urge everyone to sign the petitions.”
To follow this and other campaigns by the Community Action Party on Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/COMMUNITYACTIONPTY
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