Tories force through disabled ESA benefit cut

IDS DWP boss with an agenda

After actions resembling the 'hokey cokey' social security cuts have been pushed through in the House of Commons.

The Independent goes with ‘black day for disabled people’ and it would be impossible not to agree.

The Tories have shown their commitment to the work and welfare bill and its associated cuts by being prepared to spend time and thus money on pushing changes through parliament.

The £30 a week ESA cut is a slap in the face of people with disabilities.

The cost of DWP bureaucracy as they slash benefits should not be forgotten; the same goes for the money paid to MPDs to spend hours in parliament debating.

Changes made their way through the House of Commons to the House of Lords but that other place threw the legislation back for further consideration. Following another House of Commons debate the legislation tootled back to the Lords but was rejected again.

In order to push the legislation through Speaker of the House of Commons attached a 'financial privilege' to the Welfare Bill and sealed its fate and that of many people with disabilities living in the UK.

But that will not be the end of cuts.

More will follow.

The tory government is looking at further attacks on democracy; it has already looked at preventing the House of Lords rejecting legislation and also at stuffing the Lords with more Tories to enable that party to fulfil its crippling agenda.

The PM already has an option to use the Royal veto and now we learn he has a 'financial privilege' get out of jail free card available.

The Independent reports Tuesday;

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Peers in the House of Lords have reluctantly backed down in their battle with MPs over a cut to disabled people’s benefits after being accused of “overstepping their mark”. 

The Government was twice defeated by defiant Lords over reducing Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) for people in the work-related activity group (Wrag) from £103 to £73 a week.

Peers were arguing to delay the cuts pending a parliamentary report on the impact on claimants.

Dogmatic DWP minister Priti Patel accused of a "total lack of compassion"

The conclusion then has to be that the Tory government knows full well the impact on claimants but doesn't care one jot.

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