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Reeves launches ‘cruel attack on disabled people’ instead of taxing the super-rich
Labour accused of ‘balancing the books off the backs of the poor’ in spring spending statement
Protesters demonstrate as Chancellor Rachel Reeves is about to leave 11 Downing Street to deliver the spring statement in London, March 26, 2025

MISERY for millions but not for the military was the message from Chancellor Rachel Reeves as she unveiled an intensified attack on the disabled.

Launching her spring spending statement, the Chancellor doubled down on the cuts to welfare announced just last week with fresh punitive measures.

Because the official watchdog the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) claimed those cuts would not save the full £5 billion projected, Ms Reeves eagerly came back for more.

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