Merseyside Disabled People Against Cuts

We encourage those who can to a mask in order to protect immunocompromised members of our community and will have some masks available for those who do not have their own. We ask that political parties do not bring branded placards.

#GenocideAbroadDemocideAtHome #WelfareNotWarfare

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Text over a dark background with the disability pride colours. Text reads "Genocide abroad, democide at home is Labour policy. 12:00 September 29th, the Wheel of Liverpool L3 4FN"Beneath the text is an inverted black triangle with the text "DWP stop killing us" and a black and white photo of a group of protesters with a Merseyside DPAC banner.

Genocide Abroad / Democide at Home - Join DPAC protest at Labour Party Conference

📍by the Wheel of Liverpool, near convention centre, Keel Wharf L3 4FN

Join us to protest against the Labour policies killing disabled people outside the Labour Party conference in Liverpool 29/09/2025 at 12pm.

22.09.2025 09:33 — 👍 8    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0

Alt text: Text over a dark background with the disability pride colours. Text reads "Genocide abroad, democide at home is Labour policy. 12:00 September 29th, the Wheel of Liverpool L3 4FN" Beneath the text is an inverted black triangle with the text "DWP stop killing us" and a black and white photo of a group of protesters with a Merseyside DPAC banner.

#WelfareNotWarfare

📢Join DPAC to protest against Labour policies killing disabled people outside Labour Party conference in Liverpool

📢29/09/2025 at 12pm. We will assemble near the Wheel of Liverpool on Keel Wharf L3 4FN.

📢 We encourage those who can to bring a mask

19.08.2025 22:15 — 👍 21    🔁 14    💬 1    📌 1

🚨🚨🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨🚨🚨

The United Nations is calling for the UK Government to stop the Universal Credit (PIP) Bill because it will 'deepen the signs of regression' in disabled people's human rights.

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08.07.2025 16:23 — 👍 25    🔁 17    💬 1    📌 0

Amendment by Graeme Downie (17) - which allows for the severe conditions criteria to apply to claimants who have fluctuating conditions, such as Parkinson’s or multiple sclerosis.

08.07.2025 12:56 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Amendment by Kirsty Blackman (33) - which removes the requirement that, for the severe conditions criteria, a diagnosis must have been made by a health professional providing NHS services.

08.07.2025 12:56 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Amendment NC4 by Stella Creasy - which calls for a duty to have due regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Disabled People in exercising any power under this Act

08.07.2025 12:55 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Amendment by Debbie Abrahams (19) - which changes the date on which the universal credit cuts start, from April 2026 to November 2026.

08.07.2025 12:55 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

There are now some more amendments to ask your MP to vote for

Amendment NC8 by John McDonnell - which prevents any proposal from the Timms review adversely affecting anyone’s eligibility for PIP.

08.07.2025 12:54 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

How to contact your MP. If you don’t know who your MP is or how to contact them, you can search on the parliament.uk website by name, location or postcode. Every MP will have a parliamentary office email, which you can use to contact them as a constituent. Remember to include 1. That you are a constituent (you live in the MP's area). Your MP will not respond otherwise. Remember to include your full name and contact details so they can verify this 2. What you are concerned about/ how this might affect your loved ones 3. What you are asking them to do

Positive amendments. Amendments 14 & 15 tabled by Neil Duncan-Jordan MP: These crucial amendments would remove the dangerous UC cuts from the bill, leaving the bill as an uprating of UC. Amendment 2(a) tabled by Richard Burgon MP: This would eliminate the punitive change to UC Health, which proposes a lower rate for all but those in the new serious conditions criteria group. Amendment NC10 tabled by Nadia Whittome MP: This would ensure that there is a human rights analysis of the bill, which has been completely absent thus far. Amendment NC11 tabled by Dr Marie Tidball MP: Which would put a 12-month timeline on the ‘Timms Review’ and make it accountable to MPs by requiring a vote for any of its recommendations to be implemented.

Contacting MPs makes a difference. You can include personal stories illustrating the effects of the cuts or evidence about the harm it will do. In the caption there is a template of a letter you can email to your MP.

"Dear [MP’s name], I am writing to you as a constituent to express my serious concern regarding the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill. As I am sure you are aware, the bill will have its third reading in the Commons on Wednesday the 9th of July. Cuts to Universal Credit for those unable to work of £200 per month, harsher criteria for additional support and increasing sanctions will do serious harm to disabled people. [Here you may wish to give some personal context. For example how the cuts will affect you or a family member] I am asking you to vote no on the third reading of the bill. It is unacceptable for the poorest and most vulnerable in society to be targeted in this way. Kind regards, [your full name, address, phone number]"

Example letter is also in the graphic final and alt text

08.07.2025 10:43 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

The Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill (the welfare cuts bill) will have it's third reading on Wednesday. Here's how you can join the fight against the cuts. #BinUCBill #ProtectFutureClaimants https://www.merseysidedpac.info/disabled-people-say-no-to-welfare-cuts/

Recent changes. After outrage, protests and lobbying by disabled people and allies, the Labour government has retreated on some of its proposed cuts. This includes backing down on the “4 point rule” for Personal Independence Payment (PIP). However, the bill still passed its second reading. The third and final vote is on Wednesday the 9th of July 2025 in the Commons.

The bill as it stands. 1. Cuts disability support in Universal Credit. First time UC claimants will get £200 a month less than they do now 2. Introduces a new severe conditions criteria meaning many thousands of people who cannot work and claim in future will have to live on half the additional payment 3) Increases the sanctions and conditionality to almost all UC claimants creating a benefits system that will feel anything but supportive

What you can do. The government has already been forced into major concessions in its crusade against disabled people, we can defeat these attacks too. You can add pressure by contacting your MP and asking them to vote no on the third reading of the bill on Wednesday, Disability Rights UK has also identified amendments to the bill which MPs might support to protect disabled people.

The Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill (the welfare cuts bill) will have it's third reading on Wednesday. Here's how you can join the fight against the cuts.

#BinUCBill #ProtectFutureClaimants

www.merseysidedpac.info/disabled-peo...

An example letter is on our website

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#takingthepip #disablednotdisposable #welfarenotwarfare #notyourscapegoat

25.06.2025 17:30 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

- If you need quiet space at any point during the protest, Liverpool Central Library on William Brown Street (L3 8EW) is 500m from the station and will be open

- This is a busy city centre location, feel free to bring ear defenders, noise cancelling headphones or any other accessibility devices

25.06.2025 17:30 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Access info:
- There are steps at the front of the station with level access routes to the right hand side and a lift from pavement level at the front
- There are multiple accessible toilets inside Lime Street Station

25.06.2025 17:28 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

National Day of Action Image of a bloody handprint with the word "STOP!" over it Stop the disability cuts bill Liverpool protest Tuesday 1st July 4pm Front of Lime Street Station #TakingThePIP #DisabledNotDisposable #WelfareNotWarfare #NotYourScapegoat Logos for Merseyside DPAC and Crips Agains Cuts Livepool and Merseyside

Join Merseyside DPAC and Merseyside Crips Against Cuts in a protest against the government's planned cuts to disability benefits that will push more disabled people into poverty
⏰ Tuesday 1st of July, 4pm
📍 at the front of Lime Street Station L3 5QB

25.06.2025 17:27 — 👍 6    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 1

Purple and white gradient background with text and QR code "Read the full statement on our website" Merseyside DPAC logo in bottom left corner

16.05.2025 19:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Purple and white gradient background with text. "We call upon the U.N. to: - step up their investigation into the violations of disabled people’s rights in the UK; - urgently condemn the proposals in the Pathways to Work Green Paper, the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, the cuts to Access to Work and Disabled Students Allowance; - revoke the EHRC’s speaking rights at the UN Human Rights Council and remove its Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) accreditation — since it has failed the most critical of the Paris Principles: to be “competent to promote and protect human rights”; - push for genuine co-produced policies and reforms to social care provisions; - support the calls of Disabled People’s Organisations to Free Our People from detention and institutionalisation, under the disablist Mental Health Act and otherwise, and to condemn the treatment of disabled prisoners.

16.05.2025 19:00 — 👍 10    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Purple and white gradient background with text. "Statement on the Pathways to Work Green Paper and the EHRC The sustained attacks on disabled people by consecutive governments have been condemned by the United Nations since 2017, when they said that “there is reliable evidence that the threshold of grave or systematic violations of the rights of persons with disabilities has been crossed” by the UK. We believe that the EHRC throws ALL marginalised people under the bus, and especially those of us who are multiply marginalised. It is abundantly clear that the ideological commitments of the EHRC as an institution are too closely aligned with the interests of government and of reactionaries that oppose human rights. They are not our allies, and calling on them for protection could harm us further." Merseyside DPAC logo in bottom left corner

Merseyside Disabled People Against Cuts and @mdpac.bsky.social have co-written a statement on the EHRC. You can read the full statement on our website www.merseysidedpac.info/statement-on...

16.05.2025 19:00 — 👍 13    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 1

We will discuss some of the history of the DWP's oppression of disabled people including under previous Labour governments with excerpts from John Pring’s book ‘The Department’. We will also have some crafts and fun activities and placard making.

23.11.2024 12:02 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Join us for Merseyside Disabled People Against Cuts’ (DPAC) public relaunch meeting to find out more, including how to get involved in the fightback.

23.11.2024 12:02 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Merseyside DPAC event for Welfare Rights Merseyside DPAC is inviting you to join us for an event to discuss Welfare Rights and how we resist to cuts to the benefit system and attacks on Disabled People.

Join us for our event on 14th December actionnetwork.org/events/merse...

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