{"id":89635,"date":"2025-03-27T15:50:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T15:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=89635"},"modified":"2025-05-15T12:45:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T11:45:04","slug":"disabled-people-in-cardiff-fight-for-their-future-following-welfare-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/disabled-people-in-cardiff-fight-for-their-future-following-welfare-cuts","title":{"rendered":"Disabled people in Cardiff fight for their future following welfare cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The UK Government has announced \u00a35 billion in cuts to disability benefits, what impact will this have on people with disabilities in Cardiff?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/disability_benefits-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/disability_benefits-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/disability_benefits-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/disability_benefits-1-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/disability_benefits-1-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/disability_benefits-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/disability_benefits-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/disability_benefits-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/disability_benefits-1-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/disability_benefits-1-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The cuts have been described in a government press release as the biggest shake up to the welfare system in a generation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Seren scrolled through the news on her phone, shaken up by the headlines beaming up at her. A wave of panic and rage rushed over her as her fears became reality. As a disabled student, Seren\u2019s benefits are vital to her managing her condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So Seren took to the streets, at her first protest. She stood beside her friends in a restless crowd, their voices echoed off the buildings as banners waved and torches lit up the dusk sky. For Seren, it was about raising awareness and pushing the Welsh Government to stand up against the cuts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seren, a student at Cardiff University, explains that there are a lot of hidden costs that come with having a disability. \u201cThe thought of not being able to do my degree because I don\u2019t have the money to support me scares me. I need a lot of Ubers and with food I can\u2019t really make meals, so I have to get ready made ones and it all really accumulates.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The UK Government has planned to reduce disability payments to save \u00a35 billion meaning over 3 million people will be worse off, according to the Official Assessment of the Health and Disability Benefit Reforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seren explains that the thought of losing PIP is worrying for her. \u201cI feel very hurt by the government and I\u2019m very angry and very scared for me and a lot of my friends, my benefits are at risk,\u201d says Seren. \u201cI know I can\u2019t go to university without these benefits.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/crowd_protest-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/crowd_protest-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/crowd_protest-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/crowd_protest-1-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/crowd_protest-1-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/crowd_protest-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/crowd_protest-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/crowd_protest-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/crowd_protest-1-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/crowd_protest-1-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The demonstration took place outside of Jo Stevens MP, the Secretary of State for Wales&#8217; office.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Adam Johannes, from Cardiff People\u2019s Assembly explains that the benefit cuts will deprive disabled people. \u201cThis campaign we really have to win because we have no choice, the consequences of these cuts going through are catastrophic, hundreds of thousands of people are going to be pushed into poverty,\u201d says Adam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cardiff student Sophia is hoping to claim PIP but feels concerned that less obvious disabilities are often not taken seriously. \u201cA lot of people don\u2019t realise how important those accessibilities are because you seem healthy but there is actually so much going on,\u201d says Sophia. \u201cI don\u2019t think people in power know a lot about this so it\u2019s kind of dangerous for a lot of people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gaynor Griffiths, who attended the protest, explained that she has been let down by the welfare system many times. \u201cThey tried to put me on Universal Credit, when I was on ESA, they dropped that,\u201d says Gaynor. \u201cPeople don\u2019t know what they are manipulating and changing with these benefits, and they are just dropping genuine people who really cannot work.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/disability_cuts.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/disability_cuts.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/disability_cuts-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/disability_cuts-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/disability_cuts-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/disability_cuts.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/disability_cuts.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/disability_cuts-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/disability_cuts-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/disability_cuts-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Many protestors felt distressed by the news of the disability benefit cuts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Wales has the second highest proportion of disabled people of working age in the UK, with just over 50% of those people in employment, according to the Bevan Foundation. This means that the benefit cuts will hit Wales particularly hard.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sioned Williams MS, who is Plaid Cymru\u2019s spokesperson on social justice, explains that the cuts are damaging people\u2019s mental health already. \u201cPeople are telling me they\u2019re not sleeping. They are crying themselves to sleep, the anxiety levels are huge because they feel so uncertain now.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sioned, who is also Chair of the Senedd Cross Party Group on Learning Disability, explains that the cuts are symbolic of a wider issue surrounding attitudes towards disabilities. \u201cThis just gives strength to that narrative around \u2018scroungers\u2019 which is obviously abominable,\u201d says Sioned. \u201cThat\u2019s what I worry about, that it\u2019s playing into those narratives around people who deserve our support.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"2000\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Infographic-disability-benefit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Infographic-disability-benefit.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Infographic-disability-benefit-120x300.jpg 120w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Infographic-disability-benefit-770x1925.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Infographic-disability-benefit-614x1536.jpg 614w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Infographic-disability-benefit-293x733.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Infographic-disability-benefit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Infographic-disability-benefit.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Infographic-disability-benefit-120x300.jpg 120w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Infographic-disability-benefit-770x1925.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Infographic-disability-benefit-614x1536.jpg 614w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Infographic-disability-benefit-293x733.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision to cut disability benefits will have a big impact on disability charities and organisations which people turn to for support.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sioned explains that these charities will have to deal with an increase in costs. \u201cOne disabled persons organisation, a small charity that helps support people with learning disabilities into employment, said to me that it\u2019s going to cost them \u00a3120,000 extra a year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Various disability charities are outraged by the Government\u2019s plans. James Taylor, the executive director of strategy at Scope says, \u201cThe biggest cuts to disability benefits on record should shame the government to its core. They are choosing to penalise some of the poorest people in our society. Almost half of families in poverty include someone who is disabled.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By 2030, 250,000 people including 50,000 children will be pushed into poverty. Sioned explains that the cuts are a backwards step in addressing child poverty. \u201cMost families who are in poverty have young children,\u201d says Sioned. \u201cSo, this is going to impact all the measures that are being taken to tackle child poverty as well.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/stop_disability_cuts.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/stop_disability_cuts.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/stop_disability_cuts-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/stop_disability_cuts-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/stop_disability_cuts-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/stop_disability_cuts.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/stop_disability_cuts.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/stop_disability_cuts-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/stop_disability_cuts-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/stop_disability_cuts-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Disabled People Against Cuts have rallied protests all over the UK. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As it stands, disability organisations have set up campaigns against the benefit cuts. Scope has set up the \u2018cost of cuts\u2019 campaign which can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scope.org.uk\/campaigns\/the-cost-of-cuts\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adam explains that protesting and getting their message out there is crucial. \u201cThe only reason this is happening, I think, is because the Government thinks we won\u2019t fight back,\u201d says Adam. They think that we are vulnerable people, that we can\u2019t stand up for ourselves so we have to show them we can.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK Government has announced \u00a35 billion in cuts to disability benefits, what impact will this have on people with disabilities in Cardiff?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1234,"featured_media":89721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[34,167,1267],"coauthors":[1303],"class_list":["post-89635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics-social-justice","tag-activism","tag-disability","tag-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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