Summary
The DWP aren't listening to disabled people in Wales.
There must not be a vote until we have been listened to.
Please sign our letter.
Please ask politicians to sign our letter.
The DWP have cancelled the only in-person consultation event on the disability cuts for the whole of Wales, and do not plan to run another.
They did this after announcing an inaccessible venue at the last minute, in what we believe to be a clear example of disability discrimination.
The consultation was always going to be unfair, given half the proposals – the most important half – were off the table for discussion on day one.
We are demanding that there must be no vote in the House of Commons on disability cuts until a full and genuine public consultation has been carried out in Wales.
Please sign our open letter, and ask your MP or Member of the Senedd (Welsh Parliament) to sign too. You can sign, and ask your MP to sign, even if you don’t live in Wales.
Below is a template letter for contacting your MP or MS.
Find your MP or MS using WriteToThem, Find your MP, and/or Find a Member of the Senedd (in Wales)
Template letter
[Please use this template as a starting point and use your own words as much as possible.]
Dear [MP or member of the Senedd]
I am writing as your constituent to ask that you support an open letter demanding that there must be no disability benefit cuts vote in the House of Commons until Wales has had a full and genuine consultation – #NoVoteWithoutWales
The DWP have now cancelled the only in-person consultation event on the disability cuts for the whole of Wales, and have communicated that they do not plan to run another. Instead they are suggesting an online-only event at the end of the month, probably after any vote has already happened. This isn’t good enough.
The DWP cancelled the consultation after announcing an inaccessible venue at the last minute, in what could only be described as a clear example of disability discrimination.
Given the DWP’s failures, any consultation must now be run independently by Welsh disabled people’s organisations.
Please read and sign here:
https://Bit.Ly/No-Vote-Without-Wales
Kind regards,
[Name]
[Postcode]
[Phone number]
