Burnham ‘must pay heed’ to new research which shows public do not back cuts to disability benefits

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**The Labour government risks alienating voters if it ignores new research which shows the public strongly oppose cuts to spending on disability benefits, disabled people’s organisations warned the prime minister this week.** Disabled activists are now set to brief MPs about the research and show them that the hostile “political narrative” on cuts is “totally out of step with public opinion” and i…