Campaign for Disability Justice Statement on Milburn’s press leak

Yesterday, Alan Milburn gave an interview to the press, reported in the BBC, leaking threats to Disabled young people’s social security contained an upcoming review.

We all need the security of knowing we can provide for ourselves, now and in the future. Milburn’s inappropriate actions mean many Disabled young people will be scared and afraid today. They know the worst is coming, but have no details about what that future looks like.

Young Disabled people have patiently waited a year for two successive Governments to decide their fate. Our Government’s choice to tell journalists before young people is an insult.

Our Government has a basic duty to help young people thrive and grow; they have failed in that today.

The Campaign for Disability Justice will be working with friends and colleagues across the Disabled and youth communities to address this, so that every young person can live safely and securely.