With final reports due from Timms, Milburn and Streeting which could have significant effects on benefits, we’ve begun updating our resources for readers who want to have their say.
We’ve started with our overview of “What’s changing, when” and also updated our list of All party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) who may wield influence when changes are proposed.
The What’s changing, when page gives details of:
- Changes already in force
- Reviews currently under way
- Possible future changes
It allows you to get an overview of what Labour have already done and what they may do in the future.
We’ll be keeping the page updated whenever there are relevant changes, so make it one to visit when rumours and half-truths appear online.
From there, we have a link to our What you can do page which has sections on:
- Contact your MP
- Contact your councillors
- Contact a member of the House of Lords
- Contact an All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG)
- Contact your local political parties
- Contact local media
- Contact organisations you have a connection with
- Offer to be a case study
- Support a campaign
- Sign a petition
- Take part in a protest
We’ll be relying on readers to keep us informed about any campaigns, petitions and protests that might be set up once Timms or any of the other reviews are published, so please put us on your mailing list.
We’ve fully update our list of APPGs that you may want to contact when changes are proposed.
We’ve added nine new groups:
- Access to Disability Equipment
- Adult Social Care
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Cancer
- Disability
- Disability Employment
- Learning Disability
- Poverty and Inequality
- Wheelchair Users
And we’ve removed three that didn’t appear in the latest register:
- Genetic, Rare and Undiagnosed Conditions
- Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
- Usher Syndrome
There’s also a link to the full register of APPGs, because there may be some we have missed that you consider relevant.
We’ll be updating other resources on the What you can do page over the coming weeks. Do get in touch or post a comment below if you think there’s something we should add.
We’ll continue to hope that none of this will be necessary and that any changes proposed will be overwhelmingly beneficial to claimants.
But, just in case, we’ll be prepared to support your protests.
