NEW: Analysis published by Trussell and WPI Economics today finds that planned cuts would put 440,000 people in disabled households at risk of needing to turn to a food bank. If the UK government doesn't change course, then this will be their legacy. 👇

There are alternatives. For years experts like @benbgeiger.bsky.social have set out ways the Govt could help more people find work that don’t involve pushing people into poverty. That includes working with employers so that suitable jobs exist for people with long-term health conditions. (8/9)

And as we've seen over the past ten years, cuts are also lethal to disabled people’s trust in the system. As @pollardtom.bsky.social sets out here - why open yourself up to the possibility of something risky and uncertain with an institution that you know is cutting your support? (7/9)

All the evidence we have shows us that the reason more people receive benefits like PIP *isn’t* because these benefits have got any easier to claim. In fact as
@neweconomics.bsky.social shows here the proportion of successful claims has stayed stable. (4/9)

When it comes to our spend on health and disability benefits we’re similar to comparable countries in the OECD. Here are the countries for which recent data is available. 👇 (3/9)

Ahead of Liz Kendall’s speech today – a quick thread on why the welfare state isn’t collapsing and why deep cuts to disability benefits aren’t the answer. (1/9)

Work Coaches with caseloads of more than 100 people is bad enough. But also incredibly dysfunctional to set up a system where Treasury officials need to approve a decision to change the frequency of people's appointments (in case it has an effect on benefits spending ...)