Geordie Balamory Star Kim Tserkezie and Comedian Lost Voice Guy Among Celebs to Back Campaign Against PIP Changes

Geordie Balamory star Kim Tserkezie and comedian Lost Voice Guy among celebs to back campaign against PIP changes

Actor Kim Tserkezie and comic Lee Ridley - Lost Voice Guy - are among the prominent names calling on the Government to abandon plans to further restrict access to personal independence payments (PIP)

Liz Carr and BGT winner among disabled celebrities urging Keir Starmer to scrap welfare cuts

Liz Carr and Britain’s Got Talent winner the Lost Voice Guy are among over 100 celebrities urging Keir Starmer to scrap his welfare cuts. Fuming actors, comedians, and paralympians have written to the PM ahead of a vote next month on the government’s highly controversial reforms to the disability system in a bid to save £5 billion a year by 2030.  These include stricter tests to receive Personal Independent Payments (PIP), scrapping work capabil…

Over 100 disabled celebrities call for U-turn on disability benefit cuts

Pressure is mounting on the UK government to abandon its plans to cut disability benefits, as a group of more than 100 disabled celebrities and public figures have called for them to be scrapped. Among the signatories to an open letter making this call are the comedian Rosie Jones, and the actors Liz Carr and Ruth Madeley. In their letter, timed to be released in advance of a House of Commons vote on the cuts next month, the group described the …

PIP and UC cuts dubbed 'inhuman' as disabled celebrities sign letter

They have signed an open letter to Keir Starmer before next month's vote

Over 100 disabled public figures urge Starmer to drop proposed benefit cuts

MORE than 100 prominent disabled figures in the UK, including Liz Carr, Rosie Jones, Ruth Madeley and Cherylee Houston, have urged prime minister Keir Starmer to withdraw plans to cut disability benefits.In an open letter addressed to Starmer ahead of a Commons vote expected next month, the signatories describe the proposed cuts to the personal independence payment (Pip) and the health component of universal credit as “inhumane” and a threat to …

Help us stop Universal Credit cuts for disabled young adults

The government is proposing to remove access to the health element (currently called the limited capability for work and work-related activity – LCWRA element) of Universal Credit for most young adults aged 16 – 21 once they claim Universal Credit in their own right. This proposal would mean a huge drop in income of almost £100 per week for nearly 110,000 disabled young adults. It would have a devastating financial impact not only on disabled yo…