Austerity isn’t over. It’s permanent. And sick and disabled people pay the highest price.
Cuts to social care mean no help at home. Cuts to the NHS mean longer waits, more suffering. Cuts to benefits mean empty cupboards and colder nights.
Austerity is a slow death sentence. And Westminster knows it. They look at us and calculate how many of us will quietly disappear off the books.
We won’t. We’ll keep fighting. Because every life matters — especially the ones they’d rather forget.
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