Summary
The government said it would listen to disabled people.
But there were problems.
We wrote a letter to the government about the problems.
The government wrote a letter back to us.
We are not happy with the letter.
Stephen Timms, the Minister of State for Social Security and Disability, has now replied to the letter from Disabled People Against Cuts sent three weeks ago.
Our letter raised serious concerns with the quality and fairness of the so-called “consultation” being carried out on disability benefit cuts. We asked for the consultation to be extended, and for urgent action to address the failings.
Stephen Timm’s reply, available here, does not address any of the concerns, and he refuses to extend the consultation process.
The minister has not yet replied to the letter from DPAC Cymru, also sent three weeks ago, requesting a meeting following the failures of the DWP in organising the only in-person consultation on the disability cuts in Wales. That letter said:
We are concerned you still do not understand the failures of your department. We have had no indication from you, or the DWP, whatsoever, in any statement, that you understand that the consultation was organised in a way that was unsuitable for disabled people.
Given Timm’s lack of understanding of his department’s failures, we have no confidence in him leading a wider review into PIP.
Why would a man of his principles have anything to do with persecuting the disabled in a Labour party
Total incompetent,Timms has to be sacked.A yes man if ever you see one.Does what he’s told by Starmer.This whole bill is being rushed through without proper consultation.