London, UK. 2nd May 2017. A woman in a Disabled People against Cuts (DPAC)t-shirt sits in her wheelchair in front of the gates of Tory HQ, blocked by a line of police officers in the protest against the Tories on the last sitting day of this Parliament The disabled were singled out by the Tories who thought slashing their benefits an easy target for cuts, paying ruthless companies to administer flawed tests of disability and axing funds which enabled them to live independent and productive lives, ignoring court decisions and a UN report condemning their abuse of disability rights. Credit: Pete
London, UK. 2nd May 2017. A woman in a Disabled People against Cuts (DPAC)t-shirt sits in her wheelchair in front of the gates of Tory HQ, blocked by a line of police officers in the protest against the Tories on the last sitting day of this Parliament The disabled were singled out by the Tories who thought slashing their benefits an easy target for cuts, paying ruthless companies to administer flawed tests of disability and axing funds which enabled them to live independent and productive lives, ignoring court decisions and a UN report condemning their abuse of disability rights. Official statistics show many thousands of early deaths of disabled people affected by these Tory cuts. Peter Marshall/Alamy Live News
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