Rejected petition Scrap the proposed cuts to disability benefits and tax the rich instead.

I am calling on the UK Government to not proceed with Liz Kendall’s proposed cuts to disability benefits.

According to the UK charity Oxfam, applying a 2% wealth tax on assets worth over £10 million could raise up to £24 billion within a year. This is what the Government should be focusing on.

More details

Liz Kendall’s proposed 4-point eligibility rule for PIP would see millions of sick and disabled people left without any support. PIP is not an out of work benefit, and many disabled people rely on it to find work and to stay in work. That is why this proposal cannot go ahead.

I also urge the Government not to proceed with the abolishment of contributions-based ESA in favour of a “time-limited” Unemployment Insurance. ESA is a vital lifeline for people who are not eligible for Universal Credit.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:

Stop PIP Cuts: Protect Support for Disabled People
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/721918

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 18 March 2025
Get petition data (json format)

About petition data

The data shows the number of people who have signed the petition by country as well as in the constituency of each Member of Parliament. This data is available for all petitions on the site. It is not a list of people who have signed the petition. The only name that is shared on the site is that of the petition creator.