{"id":318084,"date":"2017-07-19T23:37:51","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T22:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/protesters-in-wheelchairs-block-mps-entrance-to-parliament\/"},"modified":"2017-07-19T23:37:51","modified_gmt":"2017-07-19T22:37:51","slug":"protesters-in-wheelchairs-block-mps-entrance-to-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/protesters-in-wheelchairs-block-mps-entrance-to-parliament\/","title":{"rendered":"Protesters in wheelchairs block MPs\u2019 entrance to Parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rt.com\/files\/2017.07\/thumbnail\/596f5e26dda4c889178b456b.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><time class=\"date date_article-header\">Published time: 19 Jul, 2017 14:15 <\/time><\/p>\n<p>        Protesters in wheelchairs blocked MPs\u2019 entrance to the House of Commons on Wednesday, chanting \u201cno justice, no peace\u201d in a demonstration over benefits cuts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__text text  js-mediator-article\">\n<p>Police formed a cordon at the entrance to the Members\u2019 Lobby as the demonstrators demanded to speak with MPs as they attempted to exit the chamber following Prime Minister\u2019s Questions (PMQs).<\/p>\n<p>Protesters from Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) said they were campaigning against cuts to social care. They chanted:<em> \u201cThis is a message to Theresa May: while we have no justice, you will have no peace\u201d and \u201cNo more deaths from benefits cuts.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn greeted members of the group and was met with a chorus of <em>\u201cOh, Jeremy Corbyn\u201d<\/em> to the tune of the White Stripes\u2019 song Seven Nation Army. <\/p>\n<p>Paula Peters, a member of the national steering group of DPAC, told the Independent she was in the Palace of Westminster to protest against the scrapping of the Independent Living Fund in 2015.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cMany disabled people with high support needs have had their care packages cut between 20 and 60 percent and are facing a bleak future in residential care or imprisoned at home, excluded from society. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI tell this government now, disabled people will fight for their rights till the last person in their wheelchair to the last disabled person in this country.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe are being treated horrifically under this government. We have borne the brunt of austerity nine times more than any other group.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EpRU6eijOpU?showinfo=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The group clapped and cheered as they left following the protest, which lasted more than an hour.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/269440-protest-westminster-disability-wheelchair\/\">In 2015<\/a>, 30 disability protesters were escorted from Westminster Palace by police after trying to storm the House of Commons.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/396813-protesters-wheelchairs-disability-parliament\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published time: 19 Jul, 2017 14:15 Protesters in wheelchairs blocked MPs\u2019 entrance to the House of Commons on Wednesday, chanting \u201cno justice, no peace\u201d in a demonstration over benefits cuts. 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