We Knew This Would Be Brutal. Now Even the Charities Are Screaming It.

I’ve lived with Secondary Progressive MS for over a decade.
I know what it means to need support just to sit, to stand, to speak, to exist.

So let me say this without caveat, without restraint, and with the full authority of lived experience:

Is the government deliberately lying?

This isn’t “support for those who need it most.”
It isn’t “sustainable reform.”
It’s ideological cruelty wearing a civil service lanyard.

And I’m not alone in saying so.

Today, the very charities that usually play it safe — that measure their tone for fear of funding cuts — finally broke formation.

And what they’re saying should be front-page news:

Let’s Be Clear. This Bill Will Starve People.

Mencap:

• 70% of learning disabled people surveyed would cut back on food.
  Not luxuries.
  Food.
• 60% would reduce heating.
• Nearly half fear being permanently trapped in their homes.

Scope:

• Over 800,000 people will be affected.
• Hundreds of thousands “will be plunged into poverty.”
• This isn’t an efficiency plan. It’s a health catastrophe.

Mental Health Foundation:

• “Increased suicide and premature deaths.”
  That’s not a warning.
  That’s a forecast.

MS Society:
As someone with MS, I felt every word.

• The Bill will “push people with MS into poverty.”
• It will “worsen health outcomes.”
• It will rip thousands of pounds away from people already navigating daily pain, brain fog, and bone-deep fatigue.

So no, Liz Kendall, I don’t care how tight your speech is or how digestible your policy briefings sound.

Because when those who actually live this
— and those who care for us —
say it’s catastrophic?

They’re not exaggerating.

They’re finally telling the truth this government refuses to face.

We Are Not Data Anomalies

We are not burdens.
We are not broken spreadsheets.
We are not the enemy of growth.

We are evidence.
Of collapse.
Of silence.
Of a system so obsessed with shaving budgets that it now slices through lives.

If you're reading this, and you're angry — good. Stay angry.
Let it sharpen.

• Share this article.
• Write to your MP.
• Talk to your neighbours.
• Interrupt the silence.

Because this isn’t just about disabled people.
It’s about who gets to live a dignified life in the UK.

And right now, they’re trying to take that dignity away.

Dr Lloyd Lewis
Disabled writer. Witness. Fighter.