Benefit Cuts
How cancer patients could suffer after Labour’s cuts to universal credit

How cancer patients could suffer after Labour’s cuts to universal credit
Dr Millie Light writes of the deep sorrow she feels for anyone who becomes sick or disabled with cancer after the cuts to the health element universal credit in April 2026
As an autistic teen I depended on the benefits system – we’re all at risk if harmful reforms go ahead

As an autistic teen I depended on the benefits system – we’re all at risk if harmful reforms go ahead
Proposed changes to disability benefits could exclude autistic people from vital support and deepen barriers to employment, says Diane Johnson, CEO of EnFold
Labour’s disability benefits bill is supposed to help people into work – but the jobs aren’t there

Labour’s disability benefits bill is supposed to help people into work – but the jobs aren’t there
As Keir Starmer seeks to quell a Labour party rebellion over ‘savage cuts’ ahead of next week’s vote, new Joseph Rowntree Foundation research shows as many as 121 people could be chasing just one accessible job
I’m a Labour MP and this is why I still can’t support the government’s disability benefits cuts