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Dear Scope Members,

I’d be grateful for your support in helping this important new petition gain momentum:

Withdraw the Scrapping of the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) in the Green Paper

The Government must immediately withdraw the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper and conduct a full and meaningful inclusive consultation with disabled people at all stages of any proposal, in accordance with the Gunning Principles.

The Green Paper proposes scrapping WCA and replacing PIP as a single health assessment using a stricter 4-point daily living test, without meaningful consultation with disabled people-either during development or now. No clear way exists for them to share views.It’s not an inclusive approach.This breaches the Gunning Principles of consultation . The aim of the proposal seems cost-cutting, not real reform. These changes would have devastating impacts on disabled people, their families, &children.

Sign the petition

Please consider signing and sharing to protect vital support for disabled people.

Thank you so much for your solidarity and support✊

signed when hubby gets up he will sign it also , I cannot wait to see how many have signed

@sarah_lea12

Looking at the public pushback and widespread uproar, I truly hope this proposal doesn’t go through. Scope’s main campaign is also nearing 100,000 signatures, which should trigger a much-needed debate in Parliament. However you look at it, this rushed, vague, and lengthy proposal-along with a non-inclusive consultation process—is discriminatory on multiple grounds.

So hopefully, you’re going to enjoy your run-up to retirement! 🤞😊
Let’s keep ramping up the pressure from every direction.

Disabled voices matter. 💪🏼

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/apr/20/the-whole-policy-is-wrong-rebellion-among-labour-mps-grows-over-5bn-benefits-cut

And they know it …

that's why they're trying to push it through before the OBR's impact statement which isn't due until the autumn

Another open letter is circulating on X and already has 450 signatures. Please consider signing and sharing it. I’m posting it here in its original form. (Note: You’ll need to sign in to Google Drive to access the form.)

Super news: Our letter on disability benefits cuts has almost 450 signatories — incl doctors, nurses, psychologists, OTs, clergy, and crucially, disabled people & carers. Thank you!

Every signature matters for Parliament & media — so please sign & share.


https://tinyurl.com/2z8xu9k8

Absolutely @jul1aorways , Great News☀️ —hurray! Huge well done to you too for standing your ground and fighting every step of the way. Let’s keep the momentum going and our spirits high. I’m keeping an eye out for the WCA petition-if it gets published, I’m confident it will gain real traction. Keep up the fantastic work, everyone. Our voices are starting to carry further and further!👏👏

AN ADDITIONAL WARNING ⚠️⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️ to the one that I outlined yesterday about NOT filling in the survey the DWP are sending through the post, asking you tell them what you spend your PIP on.

They NOT HAVE A LEGAL RIGHT to this information and it's none of their business anyway. Most of all, the Government are using the information to MANIPULATE AND MINIMISE the amount of support they think we should have, for their own ends!! 😡

I filled in survey for Carer's UK after finding out about it on the Benefits and Works website. They were also asking for evidence of what you spend your PIP on and, at the end of the survey, asked permission to allow MPs to use the contents of the survey, anonymously. I found out from the Canary (read below👇)

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2025/04/17/dwp-pip-survey/

that the government are also using these surveys for the same reason 😤 Carers UK aren't be the only DPO unwittingly doing this. 😒

Hopefully , I am hearing lots of people saying they don't think these changes will go through because of discrimination etc .