Protest in Portsmouth Guildhall Square against cuts to disability assistance

Amy - university student shares her views

Transcript

00:00I am here today because the cuts that are being suggested and trying to be imposed are

00:06life-threatening to disabled people everywhere.

00:09The reason that they're saying they're doing these cuts is because of pip fraud, however

00:12due to a DPW or WDP, the interview that they did recently, they actually did a survey and

00:19there was 0% pip fraud rates.

00:21It's ridiculously difficult to get already, you have to provide a ton of medical evidence

00:25and people need these benefits in work, out of work.

00:29It costs £1,000 on average per month to be disabled in comparison to someone who is non-disabled.

00:35They're the easiest community to target, but you know what they are, they're a community

00:39that you can join at any time in your life, so at any point anyone can become disabled

00:44and need these benefits, people just take their health for granted.