Member

The Bill will devastate communities like mine in Liverpool Riverside; it will be one of the most affected constituencies in the country. Already, over 13,200 people in the constituency—nearly 14% of our working-age population—rely on sickness and disability benefits to live with dignity. I have constituents contacting me daily, expressing fear, anger and despair. I hear from carers facing destitution, and from disabled people terrified of losing their last shred of financial independence. These are people making impossible choices between heating and eating, and between rent and medication. Disabled people feel vilified, dismissed and forgotten. Their voices have been ignored at every stage of the process. There has been no proper consultation, no co-production, no scrutiny, no compassion and no respect.