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Labour say they will continue to support the most vulnerable, but they are redefining the term 'severely disabled' so that it no longer includes people like me who will be unable to replace this lost income with work. They are pulling the wool over the public's eyes and are trying to do the same with MPs.

Labour is proposing to take away a vital financial lifeline from disabled people and their carers, the most vulnerable in this country. Their declared compassion is completely false. Disabled people are not fooled, and neither are those MPs who have taken a close look at these proposals.

Why are Labour not undertaking a full impact assessment before they try to pass these proposals into law? Ask yourselves what they don't want you to see! They have lost the vote of thousands of loyal Labour supporters and they're on borrowed time. 

Please stop saying you are 'putting disabled people at the heart' of everything you do. Disabled people know you are lying, as do the MPs who have done their homework. Labour is NOT LISTENING. They are putting barriers to disabled people sharing their views about these proposals, by leaving out of the consultation the elements that will have the most devastating impact on disabled people. They are organising in-person consultation events that are almost impossible for disabled people to attend, as the venues are announced with the most minimal notice. The online consultation events are impossible to join or are cancelled. They are delaying the impact assessment until AFTER they hope these proposals are passed into law.

Labour don't want MPs to see all the facts. Thousands upon thousands of genuinely sick and disabled people who are genuinely unable to work will have ALL FINANCIAL SUPPORT WITHDRAWN. This includes their children. Their unpaid carers will be unable to afford to care for them and this will cost MUCH MORE to this country in the long run - both in a massive extra burden on the NHS and local authorities, and in lives ruined or even lost among disabled people and their carers.

Talking about 'behavioural change' is utterly insulting to disabled people who struggle every day to manage a myriad of symptoms and to their carers who work hard for a pittance to do a job that the state is unable to provide, due to a social care system in tatters.

There was not even a whisper of these callous and cruel cuts in the Labour manifesto and thousands of disabled Labour voters feel utterly betrayed.

You may win the battle, but come more local elections next year and the next General Election, you will lose the war. Think again, Labour. We will never forget.