Stop the Cuts to disability benefits petition launch in Hastings, East Sussex

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Petition to Helena Dollimore MP: Stop the Cuts to disability benefits. Simon Hester, Chair of Hastings & District Trades Union Council, explains more.

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00:00My name is Simon Hester, I am the Chair of Hastings and District Trades Union Council,

00:05which groups together all the trade unions in Hastings, and today we are launching a

00:09petition calling on Helena Dollimore to vote against the proposed cuts to disability benefits.

00:17The cuts are going to hurt and harm many thousands of people across the country and especially

00:23in Hastings. Many people in Hastings are on disability benefits, on PIPs and so on, and

00:29we think the government should be instead looking to implement a wealth tax to fund

00:38public services, education, benefits, the welfare system. They can find money for war,

00:44but they seem not to be able to find money for the poor, and this is outrageous. So we

00:48are calling on Helena Dollimore to reject the government policy, to join the other Labour

00:53Party MP rebels and vote against the proposal to cut disability benefits.

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