Disability campaigners today took peaceful direct action on Oxford Circus to highlight the dangers of the controversial Welfare Reform Bill. Members of UKUncut and Disabled People Against the Cuts took part in the action blocking traffic including a chain of wheel-chair users locking themselves in place – chaining themselves together and to the railings on both sides of the road.
“The tabloids have created this idea that we’re scroungers or fakers,” said Steven Sumpter who joined the line of chained-up wheelchair users. “This has allowed the government to do this – I think disabled people are seen as a good scapegoat.”
UKUncut’s Alex Logan, who had joined the protest at Holborn said “The day has been an amazing success. Together we have shown that we are not going to take the cruel Welfare Reform Bill lying down. We will continue to work together to fight bullying behaviour of the government, which is choosing to make marginalised people’s lives a misery while continuing to let rich companies rich companies dodge £25bn of tax each year”
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