Charities tell Chancellor to axe disabled benefit cuts

CHARITIES yesterday urged Rachel Reeves to scrap her planned cuts to welfare that aim save billions of pounds.

- BY ASHLEY COWBURN

In a letter to the Chancellor, 16 organisations warned they would have a “catastrophic impact on disabled people”.

The charities, including Scope, Mind and Trussell, said: “Life costs more for disabled people. Huge numbers already live in poverty as a result of these extra costs.”