Protest the budget in Swansea

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Nov 182025
 
DPAC Logo with text underneath "Disabled People Against Cuts" and then web address dpac.uk.net

A vector graphic with an arm holding a wine-coloured megaphone. A spikey speech bubble points to the microphone and says, in all caps, "protest the budget"

 

Saturday 29th November

1pm @ Swansea Castle

With Disabled People Against Cuts Cymru (DPAC Cymru) and others.

No disability cuts.

Hands of Motability.

Living wages.

Pension justice.

Rent control.

Trade union rights.

No to hate & division.

Make the rich pay.

 

The budget is being written by the Swansea West MP.

A photo of a mobile billboard featuring the face of the Torsten Bell MP. Text, in black on yellow, says: "Swansea West: £4,500 disability cuts backed by your MP." Text, in white on black says "11,592 disabled people here rely on that support. Torsten Bell supports these cuts. Protest disability support." At the bottom-right is the Amnesty International logo, which is black on yellow.

Disabled people defeated his Spring Statement & PIP disability cuts. Now he’s back with another anti-working-class budget. We will defeat him again.

First Bus workers are on strike over low pay.

65 student nurses have been told there are no vacancies when they graduate.

£25 million of job cuts at Swansea University.

Disabled people are still fighting cuts and Swansea women are still fighting for pension justice.

Politicians try to divide us by blaming migrants, low-paid workers, trans people & disabled people.

“An injury to one is an injury to all”

 

We want to co-organise a protest with everyone affected by the budget.

Contact Disabled People Against Cuts Cymru (DPAC Cymru)

Swansea – Protest the budget (PDF for printing)

A graphic of the DPAC Cymru logo. There is the main DPAC logo to the left, which is a red, pink, blue, and green circle being held by four hands of different skin tones, with the words "disabled people against cuts" surrounding it, and an upside-down black traingle in the middle bearing the letters D P A C. On the right is the word Cymru (pronounced cum ree) (C Y M R U) in large letters, and the background of the letters are cutouts of the Welsh flag. Above Cymru (pronounced cum ree) is written the words Disabled People Against Cuts. Below Cymru (pronounced cum ree) are the words Rights, not charity, and the equivilant phrase translated into the Welsh language.

This is a graphic advertising a protest in Swansea on the 29th November. There are striped green and red corners with the text "Swansea" along the diagonal. A speech bubble that says "protest the budget" is exiting a megaphone. There are three clasped hands of different skin tones and the text "an injury to one is an injury to all" curves around them. Large text says "Saturday 29th November. 1pm at Swansea Castle, S A 1, 1 D W." Smaller text says "With Disabled People Against Cuts (D P A C) and others." Beneath, with a ripped paper effect, is text that says "no disability cuts. Hands off motability. Living wages. Pension justice. Rent control. Trade union rights. No to hate & division. Make the rich pay."

This is a graphic advertising a protest in Swansea on the 29th November. There are striped green and red corners with the text "Swansea" and "Protest" along the diagonals, and the text "budget" in the center. Beneath, in all-caps, is the text "Sat. 29 November. 1pm @ Swansea Castle." In the centre of the leaflet is text that starts in bold with "The budget is being written by the Swansea West MP." The text continues: "Disabled people defeated his Spring Statement & PIP disability cuts. Now he’s back with another anti-working-class budget. We will defeat him again." There are then five bullet points that say: "First Bus workers are on strike over low pay. 65 student nurses have been told there are no vacancies when they graduate. £25 million of job cuts at Swansea University. Disabled people are still fighting cuts and Swansea women are still fighting for pension justice. Politicians try to divide us by blaming migrants, low-paid workers, trans people & disabled people." At the bottom, with a ripped paper effect and a pink background, is the D P A C Cymru logo - a red, green, blue and pink wheel being held by four hands of different skin tones. To the right is a blue box that asks "Your org's logo here?" and text that says "We want to co-organise a protest with everyone affected by the budget", the email D P A C dot C Y M R U at gmail.com and the website "D P A C hyphen C Y M R U dot C A R R D dot C O."

Budget Day protest rally

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Mar 242011
 
DPAC Logo with text underneath "Disabled People Against Cuts" and then web address dpac.uk.net

We got the chance of trying out our new DPAC banner today at the Budget Day protest rally from Trafalgar Sq to Downing St organised by Right to Work and Coalition of Resistance. This is supported by Stop the War, Labour Representation Committee, CND & DPAC.

When we arrived at Trafalgar Sq there was already a good number of people with banners and placards. Some of our fellow activists from the Atos demo were also there. At just a little after 5, we set off – it gave us a fore taste of what it might be like in 3 days time but obviously it was a short route and there were not that many of us. It made me realise that I cannot hold up a banner, drive a wheelchair and tweet at the same time!

At Trafalgar Sq with DPAC new banner

We were told that the Tories hid from the protestors that morning and did not turn up – they cancelled. What does that say to us?

We heard a few speeches, I gave mine – we all took photos and networked and went our separate ways fired up for the big day on Saturday.

Photos are at DPAC Flickr.

—–Eleanor Lisney

Budget Day rally tomorrow Trafalgar Sq 5pm

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Mar 232011
 
DPAC Logo with text underneath "Disabled People Against Cuts" and then web address dpac.uk.net

On Budget Day, 23 March, Right to Work is calling for nationwide protests against Osborne’s cuts and to build for 26 March. DPAC will be attending.

In London Right to Work and the Coalition of Resistance are jointly organising a protest – assemble 5pm Trafalgar Square to march to rally outside Downing Street.

Pass the following motion in your anti-cuts group, trade union branch, campaign group:

“We believe that ordinary people should not have to pay for a crisis caused by the bankers and the corporate hyenas. We reject Osborne, Cameron and Clegg’s austerity programme and cuts.

Accordingly on Budget Day, 23 March, we agree to sponsor and support the protest called by the Right to Work Campaign and the Coalition of Resistance – assemble 5pm in Trafalgar Square for a march to a rally opposite Downing Street.

This protest will be used to help publicise the TUC demonstration on the following Saturday.”