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Disabled Activists Protest Cuts to Benefits on November 1

11/1/2025

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The Oxfordshire Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) will protest on November 1 against changes to Personal Independence Payments (PIP) and Universal Credit (UC).
DPAC says the changes include halving the UC health element and threaten disability benefits.
The government has abandoned a planned white paper on disability benefits reforms after activist pressure.
Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden confirms the white paper is scrapped, but reforms will proceed.

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The Oxfordshire Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) will protest on November 1 against changes to Personal Independence Payments (PIP) and Universal Credit (UC).
DPAC says the changes include halving the UC health element and threaten disability benefits.
The government has abandoned a planned white paper on disability benefits reforms after activist pressure.
Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden confirms the white paper is scrapped, but reforms will proceed.