Let’s not mince words: the UK government is waging a quiet war against sick and disabled people. And they’re doing it under the guise of “reform.”
They claim it’s about getting people “back into work.” About “fairness for taxpayers.” About “modernising the system.” What it’s really about is cuts, control, and punishment. And for people like me—chronically ill, isolated, and fully reliant on the benefits system for survival—it’s a slow, suffocating death sentence.
What’s Happening Right Now
Let’s look at the reality behind the buzzwords:
- The Work Capability Assessment (WCA) is being replaced by a new “single health assessment” system. Sound familiar? It’s just a new name for the same flawed, humiliating process that’s already been driving people to breakdowns and suicide.
- Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is being “reviewed” yet again, with talk of shifting to vouchers or restricted payments for long-term claimants. In other words: taking away autonomy and treating disabled people like children or criminals.
- Universal Credit (UC) continues to penalise sick people with long waiting periods, broken digital systems, and fit-for-work demands—often while people are in the middle of hospital treatment or bedbound.
- The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) still sends out threatening letters, stops payments without warning, and forces claimants to prove they’re sick again and again—sometimes for incurable conditions.
Meanwhile, Rishi Sunak and his cabinet of millionaire MPs pretend it’s all about “helping people thrive.” They’ve never had to choose between electricity and food. They’ve never been too sick to move, let alone “job search.”
They Don’t Want Us to Survive—Just to Disappear
What these reforms really do is push sick and disabled people deeper into poverty, isolation, and despair.
This isn’t about support—it’s about attrition. Wear people down until they give up, disappear from the system, or die. That’s not hyperbole. The UN itself accused the UK of committing “grave and systematic violations” of disabled people’s rights back in 2016. Nothing has improved. If anything, it’s worse now.
They tell us to work—but don’t offer safe, flexible, accessible jobs.
They tell us to be independent—while threatening the money that keeps us alive.
They say we’re “capable”—without ever speaking to a single one of our doctors.
Where Is the Outrage?
The media barely covers it. The public barely notices—until it happens to them or someone they love. And the charities meant to advocate for us are too often silenced by government contracts or forced to beg for scraps.
We are tired of being statistics.
We are tired of justifying our existence.
We are tired of being punished for being sick.
No Hope, Just Truth
I’d love to end this with something hopeful. Some call to action. But the truth? I don’t believe this will get better. Not in this political climate. Not with a system designed to grind us into silence.
I live in constant fear that one reassessment will be the one that takes my money away. That I’ll be deemed “fit for work” by someone who’s never seen the inside of a hospital. That I’ll be punished for being alive in a body that doesn’t work.
This blog is the only place I get to be heard.
If you’re reading this and nodding, you already know the truth.
If you’re not—just pray you never have to learn it the hard way.
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Charities Fighting for Our Rights
If you can’t support this blog directly, consider donating to one of these organisations fighting for sick and disabled people across the UK:
- ✊ Disability Rights UK — fighting for equality, independence, and justice.
- ✊ Scope — supporting disabled people and campaigning for change.
- ✊ Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) — grassroots resistance to government austerity.
- ✊ ME Association — support and research for people with ME/CFS.
- ✊ MS Society UK — funding research and supporting people with MS.
- ✊ Versus Arthritis — campaigning for recognition and better treatment of arthritis.
- ✊ Turn2Us — helping people in financial hardship access support.
- ✊ The Trussell Trust — fighting poverty and running food banks across the UK.
(Forgotten Rights is not affiliated with these charities — we list them so readers can take direct action.)
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