AN OPEN LETTER TO MP DR BEN SPENCER OF RUNNEYMEDE & ELMBRIDGE…
Private Story and Concern over the Remedy of Disabled Individuals within the UK as a consequence of Labour’s traitorship of the susceptible…
Expensive Dr Spencer,
I’m writing to you as a deeply involved constituent from the Elmbridge Borough of Surrey, relating to the way in which disabled persons are being handled on this nation—significantly in gentle of current rhetoric and proposals from the Labour Occasion round incapacity profit reform and cuts.
In 2020, I suffered a critical bike accident that required a serious shoulder operation. Sadly, the damage led to a uncommon and sophisticated bone progress that has completely affected my proper shoulder’s mobility and performance. Regardless of medical intervention, it couldn’t be absolutely fastened and I used to be informed by my surgeon and physio that I must stay with it – except there was a miracle in medication. Because of this, I’ve ongoing bodily limitations that influence my every day life.
While I’m not going to enter it in nice element right here, though, I’ve already documented it in one other put up on this web site, I imagine that in my case, and having learn some horrifying tales on social media of individuals making an attempt to assert incapacity profit, and, certainly having to leap via hoops to get it, that it’s in my curiosity to talk up for these, like myself, who really feel it isn’t acceptable for individuals to have to leap via hoops to hunt the advantages they rightly deserve via no fault of their very own.
Furthermore, my shoulder limitation that’s everlasting, has restricted me to taking part in solely sports activities like snooker to which I’ve helped Oxshott A win a league title.
I had confirmed in a earlier put up by British Swimming that my everlasting limitation can be eligible beneath their classification system for paralympic swimming – which is why I’m utilizing this web site to focus on my incapacity and wherein I’m reluctant to have to leap via hoops to hunt PIP. The method shouldn’t be made to trigger misery or deter individuals from looking for it, particularly if they’re real instances and they need to be heard.
I’ve regarded into making use of for Private Independence Cost (PIP), however the course of is so convoluted, draining, and bureaucratic that it has left me—and lots of others I’m positive—discouraged and distressed. Frankly, it feels just like the system is designed to discourage individuals from getting the help they genuinely want. This isn’t only a private frustration; it’s a nationwide shame that has been purported by the present Labour administration making individuals with limitations really feel undeserving of a profit that’s there to help them of their lives.
In line with analysis, there are 16.1 million individuals within the UK with a incapacity of some sort, and but, there are solely 3.7 million individuals reported in England and Wales to be receiving PIP. The place have the opposite tens of millions gone and what occurs to these real instances who can’t get the assistance they want via this utterly shambolic means of choice making?
We stay in a rustic that prides itself on equity and dignity, however for disabled individuals, these values usually really feel like empty phrases. The way in which the system presently treats disabled individuals—particularly these with “invisible” or advanced circumstances—is de-humanising and basically damaged.
Now, to listen to politicians speaking about even additional tightening entry to advantages, or implying that persons are abusing the system (most actually there are), however for the various real instances, it isn’t solely insulting—it’s harmful. These narratives erode public empathy and make life even more durable for many who possibly struggling in silence.
I urge you to lift this problem in Parliament and make it clear that constituents like me won’t settle for a rollback of help for disabled individuals. We want reform—however reform that improves entry, respects lives and humanity, and places compassion at its core.
Please let me understand how you propose to answer these proposals, and what motion you’ll take to make sure that individuals like me are handled pretty by our personal authorities. A query within the Home to this shambles of a Labour Occasion can be begin.
I assumed the function of politicians on this nation was certainly one of compassion and empathy. It appears Labour has misplaced that and they are going to be punished on the subsequent election.
Yours sincerely,
Chris Gaynor
We have now a double whammy on Corridor of Disgrace tonight.
Reposting Angela Rayner for the third time: @evolvepolitics studies: “Simply to let you understand that Angela Rayner is presently desperately phoning round backbench Labour MPs to try to persuade them to again Starmer’s despicable… pic.twitter.com/AOb7Zf7yDc
— DisabilityRebellion (@DisRebellion) June 24, 2025
I’m certainly one of over 100 Labour MPs who’re backing an modification to cease incapacity profit cuts.
It’s clear that MPs throughout the broad church of our get together see these cuts because the mistaken course, particularly after 14 years of Tory austerity.
The federal government should now drop this Invoice. pic.twitter.com/ZuTqnGs3O8
— Nadia Whittome MP (@NadiaWhittomeMP) June 24, 2025
