Ros Wynne-Jones says the bill going through the Lords bears all the hallmarks of DWP reform – it’s unjust, sloppy and discriminatory
Tuesday will see the second reading of the Pensions Bill in the House of
Lords.
It will adversely affect 70,000 women – specifically those born between April 6, 1951 and April 5, 1953, as well as impacting the pensions of 105,000 other women.
The policy bears all the hallmarks of DWP reform – it’s unjust, sloppy and discriminatory. Boy-girl twins born in this period would receive completely different pensions – with the female twin worse off every week for the rest of her life.
Campaigner Cari Rikby from Brighton, supported by her MP Caroline Lucas, points out that she will be £60 a month worse off than if she were a man.
“We didn’t choose our birth date nor did we choose our gender,” Cari says.
“Yet this Bill is discriminating against us for both.”
But rather than admit this, IDS now plans to make things even worse for disabled people.
In an attempt to try and claw back the money he isn’t saving with his botched reforms, he now plans to scrap the “Work Related Activity Group”, or Wrag.
This group includes the 550,000 benefit claimants currently deemed “unfit for work” because of serious illnesses like cancer – people who desperately need support.
To trigger a debate the petition must have 100,000 signatures by December 12 – and it only needs 6,800 more to do it.
Please sign the petition if you haven’t already – and pass it on to friends and family.
Meanwhile, there has been a mass problem with verification – if you have ALREADY SIGNED please go to epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/43154 to check you have been verified.
Click on “not received your confirmation email?” to confirm.
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It will adversely affect 70,000 women – specifically those born between April 6, 1951 and April 5, 1953, as well as impacting the pensions of 105,000 other women.
The policy bears all the hallmarks of DWP reform – it’s unjust, sloppy and discriminatory. Boy-girl twins born in this period would receive completely different pensions – with the female twin worse off every week for the rest of her life.
Campaigner Cari Rikby from Brighton, supported by her MP Caroline Lucas, points out that she will be £60 a month worse off than if she were a man.
“We didn’t choose our birth date nor did we choose our gender,” Cari says.
“Yet this Bill is discriminating against us for both.”
IDS has no idea
Iain Duncan Smith’s welfare reform programme is failing at every level.But rather than admit this, IDS now plans to make things even worse for disabled people.
In an attempt to try and claw back the money he isn’t saving with his botched reforms, he now plans to scrap the “Work Related Activity Group”, or Wrag.
This group includes the 550,000 benefit claimants currently deemed “unfit for work” because of serious illnesses like cancer – people who desperately need support.
Sign the petition
There are only 15 days left until the deadline for the WOW petition calling for a New Deal for people with disabilities.To trigger a debate the petition must have 100,000 signatures by December 12 – and it only needs 6,800 more to do it.
Please sign the petition if you haven’t already – and pass it on to friends and family.
Meanwhile, there has been a mass problem with verification – if you have ALREADY SIGNED please go to epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/43154 to check you have been verified.
Click on “not received your confirmation email?” to confirm.
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