women with visible and invisible disabilities
Thanks to everyone who contributed to WinVisible’s response to the PIP Review — call for evidence. ** Please read here and share – feedback is welcome! We focussed on the issues affecting sick and disabled women/of colour, disabled mothers and other family carers, immigrant and UK-born, our experiences, the problems and what we want. We’re … Read more
Thanks to Disability News Service for this update. See also our joint letter and earlier action raising the alarm about people being cut off in the Move to Universal Credit. Fears of another safeguarding catastrophe after DWP stops benefits of nearly 23,000 ESA claimants By John Pring on 14th May 2026 Benefits and Poverty New government figures show … Read more
Last year we were part of a big campaign against cuts to disability benefits. The government had to drop cuts to PIP and set up the PIP review instead. But their plan to cut the Universal Credit disability payment/”health element” for new claimants, was passed in the Universal Credit Act 2025 and came into force … Read more
Shared from the Camden New Journal with thanks by Tom Foot, 9 April 2026 Disabled people are being robbed of benefits due to overhaul of the system designed to “scrape” some of the most vulnerable people off the welfare budget, campaigners warned this week. WinVisible has written to Sir Stephen Timms, the minister for social … Read more
Last year, we campaigned against cuts to disability benefits across PIP and Universal Credit. The government had to drop the PIP cuts (for now), and set up the Timms PIP review instead. But the Universal Credit Act went through, which cuts disability element of UC by 50% for new claimants from 6 April. There are … Read more
WV worked with Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People and Fightback 4 Justice putting together an open letter raising the alarm that thousands of sick, disabled and terminally ill claimants are being cut off benefits if we aren’t able to cope with the forced move to Universal Credit (UC). It was sent to disability benefits … Read more
Tomorrow Tuesday 22 July is the last stage of the hated Universal Credit Bill. It cuts in half the disability addition to Universal Credit, for 1.6 million newly sick and disabled claimants. You can use this template letter here to send to selected members of the House of Lords. It details some of the changes … Read more
WinVisible / Disabled Mothers’ Rights Campaign at the protest in Parliament Square, 30 June Ongoing protests and pressure on MPs has meant the disability movement won big changes to Labour’s vicious Universal Credit and PIP Bill. The PIP cuts will be dropped for now. We need to increase the pressure! Protests continue, as the government … Read more
We refuse to be divided by the government into current claimants who will be OK and future claimants who will lose. The Universal Credit and PIP Bill cuts disability benefits massively — as well as connected carers’ benefits, Council Tax Support, rent allowance for wheelchair users, and protection from the total benefit cap, which particularly … Read more
On Saturday 31 May, we took part in a lively community protest at Stratford Station against Sir Stephen Timms, minister for Social Security and Disability and MP for East Ham, who is bringing forward the proposed cuts to PIP and Universal Credit disability payment. It was called by Disabled People Against Cuts with support from … Read more