written by Abi Broomfield

edited by John Urquhart

by consensus of the Disability Activism Society

The petition created by our member Abi Broomfield (@ChronicallyVex on Twitter/X) calling for the protection of Disability benefits from these cruel government cuts has reached 25000 signatures. While it is great we've reached 25% of our target, we need a massive push so we can reach 100,000 signatures and get a Parliamentary debate in Westminster.

A Parliamentary debate would see MPs - especially those who are against these cuts - have an opportunity to grill those few who do support the cuts, making it all the plainer just how unpopular these violent and regressive "reforms" really will be.

We are calling for the scrapping of these cuts to Disability benefits and actually want an increase of benefits to close the gap between them and the additional costs Disabled people face.

Petition creator Abi Broomfield said: "To get to 100,000 signatures, we need your help.

"We need you to share this petition to everyone you know online and offline. You need to write to your MP. We need you to get on the streets protesting if you can."

We have created a template for writing to MPs about the cuts which can be found here.

We also want to establish a national disabled people's assembly - itself composed of regional assemblies - which would act as the "watchdog" for disabled people's rights, accessibility, and other disability issues at State level. We don't just want to be consulted: we want to take the lead on our own liberation.

The petition can be found here.