Reductions In Employment And Support Allowance

EDM number 868 in 2015-16, proposed by Alan Meale on 14/12/2015.
Categorised under the topic of Sickness, disability and carers' benefits.

That this House is aware of the review carried out into the up to £30 per week cut for some claimants of employment and support allowance, as set out in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill, which clearly shows that far from incentivising people with disabilities to find work as the Government claims such cuts will widen the disability employment gap, increase the likelihood of ill health and hinder, not enhance, people closer to employment prospects; believes such cuts will have devastating consequences, particularly upon people with learning disabilities; and calls on the Minister to desist from imposing such unfair measures.

This motion has been signed by a total of 36 MPs.