We are Spartacus - Disabled people’s views on welfare reform

Spartacus is concerned about all aspects of welfare reform that affect disabled and sick people, with a current focus on the proposals for Personal Independence Payment, which is set to replace Disability Living Allowance for working age adults from 2013. It’s not just for people who are sick and disabled but for anyone who believes that welfare reform must be fair and responsible. If you want the latest news, sign up to ‘follow’ the site.

They say that, to start with, Spartacus was nothing; just a name Sue Marsh and Kaliya Franklin used, on 16 January 2012, to launch the Responsible Reform report, which analysed all 523 organisations’ responses to the government’s first consultation on reform of Disability Living Allowance. Before working with others to produce the report, Sue and Kaliya had been campaigning for 18 months against the portrayal by politicians and media of disabled and sick people as scroungers. They say that they realised that if they didn’t fight, no-one would.

They set out three simple principles to guide Sue, Kaliya and the wider Spartacus movement:

* They strive for accuracy, as this helps them to maintain credibility and therefore influence
* They support rather than criticise other groups and charities
* They try to fill the gaps left by other groups and charities

Click the link to find the Spartacus website.