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Stop & Scrap Universal Credit say DPAC

Parliament, London. Wed 18 Apr 2018


 

 Protesters at the rally outside Parliament includ some from WInvisible and Women Against Rape

 Andy Greene and Paula Peters are among those at the front as the protesters move off

 

 

 Universal Credit rollout has been disastrous, with many left for over 5 weeks with no money, no support

 some getting evicted as they cannot pay rent, or going without food and heating. They say it should be scrapped

 Disabled people are particularly badly affected by Universal Credit - single disable losing around £2,000 per year .

 and a disabled couple over £4,000 - and this comes on top of other benefit cuts in recent years

 

 

 

 They walk onto the crossing on Parliament Square, then turn around to block the road

 Police come and tell them to leave the road but are ignored

 and the road block stops all traffic

 

 Police continue to talk with the protesters and ask them to leave the road - but the protesters explain why they need to protest

 

 

 An officer suggests that they could protest at the side of the road, but people stay in place

 Thousands of disabled people have already died because of the government cuts to benefits, with many losing

 benefits as they have wrongly been found 'fit to work'. The system deliberately fails many who clearly cannot work

 and many have also lost the payments for support which used to enable them to work. 'No More Deaths from Benefit Cuts'

 

 Andy Green sprinkles fake blood on the outline of a body lying on the road with the message 'Benefits Not Bombs'

 

 and on the banner '#StopandScrap - Universal Credit is a crime'

 'Reclaim Tax-Evaders's Loot - End War Poverty + Destitution Everywhere'

 The WInvisible banner - women with visible & invisible disabilities

 Denise from the Mental Health Resistance Network

 'Disabled People Against Cuts - 'Rights Not Charity''

 Paula Peters speaks, asking the protesters if they want to stop - they shout back to keep it going

 

 'Universal Credit is NUTS!'

 The Universal Credit protesters are joined by some Sikhs protesting against President Modi

 DPAC Glasgow Branch makes itself heard

 as does Ipswich & Suffolk

 And as speaker from Black Triangle in Scotland

 Universal Credit will push a million people into poverty

 The police begin to get more insistent

 telling people they may be arrested

 but the protest continues

 until the protesters decide it is time for them to leave.

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