Get your MP to act against cuts
Hi everyone 🙂 It's Tori from Scope's campaigns team here.
I think it's fair to say that the last few weeks have been pretty bleak. We saw widespread news coverage last weekend about potential Government proposals to cut disability benefits. I know this is worrying for many of you.
MPs from all parties need to understand why they must be vocal in pushing the Treasury to make the right decision. Cuts to disability benefits is a choice the Government is making. A choice we at Scope think is morally wrong.
Email your MP today to get them to act against disability benefit cuts.
More MPs are starting to speak out against the idea of cutting disability benefits. Because of action Scope supporters like you have taken. We need to keep the pressure up, especially over this weekend. Once the Government's green paper has launched, we'll continue working with you to apply pressure on them not to cut disability benefits. And deliver a benefits system that works for disabled people.
P.S. Thank you to everyone who's already signed our petition. Over 19,000 people have added their name to tell the Government that cutting disability benefits would be catastrophic for disabled people. Make sure you're one of them!
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I emailed my MP
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Going to be a dead end for me as my current MP is IDS who frankly don't care about disabled people but I will give it a go.
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Mine is also Liebour and right stuck up self serving little **** but I emailed him regardless.
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My SNP MP won't need me to tell him to oppose these cuts. The party are totally opposed.
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I emailed my MP Labour, Hasn't replied, he never does to anyone. Just comes out for photos
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My SNP MP won't need me to tell him to oppose these cuts. The party are totally opposed.
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The SNP abstained en mass when MP's voted for cuts to benefits in 2015. They stayed at home while the Welfare Reform and WORK Bill was agreed by the other parties.
Those reforms are relevant in 2025 and we should not be surprised by any announcements from this new government following the 2016 Act.
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This is my 3rd email to my Labour MP about this…..no reply as yet
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Sounds about right from Liebour.
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MPs never respond to anything I sent mine this
Restricting PIP impacts more than just our income
In this argument about the govs plans to restrict PIP and reduce money for disabled people, there is something I think that isn't being spoken about enough.
Restricting the eligibility criteria from PIP impacts more than just our income. It impacts disabled people's ACCESS.
PIP is used nationwide (and even internationally) as evidence of disability. A medical diagnosis hasn't been considered 'enough' for many years.
Denying people PIP makes it harder for people to get their access needs or adjustment needs met.
To get an Access Card, Disabled Persons Railcard, Disabily Cinema Card and to use disability access in places across the UK and even abroad, you require evidence of PIP (or adult DLA/AA).
Being denied PIP doesn't stop us being disabled. Being denied PIP disables us more.
It will financially cripple many of us but even more importantly, it will also restrict our access, prevent our carers being able to claim support for caring for us, and have such a large knock-on effect that is beyond simply the money we receive.
For me it isn't just about the money. It about every area of my life.
If I lost PIP, my carer could no longer afford to support me.
If I lost PIP, I could no longer access an adapted vehicle.
Both of these things means I would have to give up my job.
If I lost PIP, I could no longer access many venues across the UK, I could not takea carer with me or use disabled access.
If I lost PIP, I would lose my freedom.
If I lost PIP, I would lose my life.
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My MP has never replied to any emails I've sent in the past 3 years, but that won't stop me still emailing. Just because they've not replied, it doesn't mean the email hasn't been seen.
(I won't say who my MP is, but I really don't expect a reply from them.😆)
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@Hopeless Even if they reply, it's a standard cut copy and paste from whatever their ridiculous discriminatory manifesto says (same one used by the trios- Starmer,Kendall&Reeves). When you ask something personal …. they go quiet… they are just mere puppets controlled by Starmer !!!
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@Morinas , your post almost feels like you read my mind—this is exactly how I feel. It also seems to me that since this Labour government came to power, their manifesto clearly suggests they are more focused on punishing disabled people than protecting our rights. They keep repeating their discriminatory vows, as if their goal is to erase the disabled community and take away our rightful support. The only solace I find is in the support of disability rights charities like Scope, Disability Rights UK, and Benefits and Work, etc trusting that they will fight our corner.Labour MPs have proven to be truly useless.Mine is a labour MP too…
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It's true that some MPs unfortunately do not reply, or may send a non-committal copy and paste response ☹️
As Albus has said, this doesn't mean they haven't read it. But I know it's disheartening.
We're encouraging anyone who receives a template reply, without any mention of whether the MP is planning on meeting with Scope our attending our event, sends a follow up email to their MP to ask them again directly what action they're taking against cuts. You can also try following up with them if you don't get a reply!
Thanks to those of you who've sent an email to your MP already! And those who've shared personal experiences on this thread. We must keep going.
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Just heard reeves got free tickets for a concert at the 02 last weekend
Unbelievable
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Sabrina carpenter I think it was, I know it was carpenter
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@Tori_Scope , Thank you for your post. Just to offer additional insight: The email I initially sent to my MP was based on the Scope template, which I found incredibly helpful since I’m not very politically literate. The template covered the key points I wanted to raise, backed by evidence-based arguments. However, I also made significant personal additions, sharing my own lived experiences + potential impacts to make it truly reflective of my/our situation.
Unfortunately, the first response I received was nothing more than a copy-and-paste from the Labour manifesto. There was no real engagement with my concerns—just a generic acknowledgment of my name at the start. Still, I didn’t give up. I followed up with another email, this time making it deeply personal, explaining exactly how the proposed cuts would impact me, my family, and my children. Yet, I received no response. After waiting two weeks, I sent another follow-up—again, silence.
I don’t feel that these politicians are supportive at all, despite knowing that some MPs do oppose the proposed cuts. This is just my experience, but it’s been deeply disheartening.I also want to share why I feel so discriminated against. I worked in the NHS for over 20 years. When I was able-bodied, I had a voice—at work, in my community, even with MPs. Then, through no fault of my own, I became permanently disabled and could no longer work. I turned to the benefits system for support, and from that moment, it felt like my family and I lost everything—our respect, our dignity, our voice. Now, this same experience is playing out on a national level.
Even before the official announcement, we already know what’s coming through their discriminatory ethos and irrational manifesto's . As a direct example, We all heard what Keir Starmer said at PMQs yesterday. The fear isn’t just about the cuts themselves—it’s about the wider message &language this government is sending, the growing acceptance of discrimination against disabled people. It’s emboldening those in power while stripping away our security.Don't you think?
Maybe my local MP has read my email in silence. Maybe they’ve dismissed it or even laughed at it—I truly don’t know as they haven't responded . But one thing is clear: a single email won’t shake Parliament. To truly challenge this, to stop this toxic ethos from spreading any further, we need a powerful movement—one that unites all of us in fighting for our rights. This isn’t just political gamesmanship for us; this is our lives, our families, and our children’s futures at stake.
Sorry, Tori, for my rant and going off on a tangent. But I truly believe we need a disability movement strong enough not just to challenge this government, but to secure and protect our right to live with dignity.
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That's very powerful no response?? Wow
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@Tori_Scope ive tried to fill form in to contact mp but keeps saying internal error
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I emailed my mp , nothing. He never replies to anyone
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