11th May - March and Lobby on Parliament in Video and Picture
On Wednesday May 11th thousands of disabled people, their families and supporters from all over the country come together to protest with one voice outside the Houses of Parliament and make their feelings known about the impact of spending cuts on disabled people.
The day of protest, organised by UKDPC and major disability organisations, sent a strong and powerful message to the Government.
Pictures
You can view more pictures from organisations who attended the day on Flickr.com
Media Coverage
- There will be more protests like yesterday's disability march
- 'Hardest hit' speak out about spending cuts
- The cuts get Personal
- Hardest Hit march: panel verdict - Thousands protested in London on Wednesday against cuts to disability benefits and services. We hear from four people who marched - and one who couldn't
- iTV News coverage of Hardest Hit march
- The Hardest Hit march in London - in pictures
- Hardest Hit march brings disabled people out on to the streets - Concerns about cuts to benefits and services led thousands of protesters to London. For some it involved an enormous effort
- Disabled people must fight for a different society - Protest doesn't end with marches through central London. Across the country, we must demand our rights every day
- Disabled people are marching for our lives - Disenfranchised but unbowed, disabled people won't let their rights be swept away
- Thousands of disabled people protest against the cuts
- Coverage from the capital as thousands of disabled people protest on the Hardest Hit march against cuts to benefits and services
- Disabled marchers turn out in thousands for benefits protest
- Eleanor Lisney: Cuts 'taking disabled people back to Victorian age' - video
- Disabled people protest against cuts
Videos
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Mark Harrison giving speech at Hardest Hit rally
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BBC News coverage of Hardest Hit march
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Channel 4 coverage of the Hardest Hit march in London on May 11th
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Hardest Hit march by disabled protesters: a street-level view {includes NCODP members and staff in first 20 secs)
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The Hardest Hit - Day of Action
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'Hardest hit' disabled people protest against benefit cuts - video
Wednesday 11th May 2011 saw over 3500 people march for disabled peoples rights. It is against the proposed cuts that disproportionately affect disabled people.