Join Raheel Ahmad & Qayyum Rashid for Thursday’s show from 4-6pm where we will be discussing: Disability benefits and Fair Finance Disability benefits The UK government is planning major reductions to disability benefits as part of wider welfare reforms intended to manage rising costs. These cuts could lead to greater financial hardship, limited access to essential support, and disproportionately impact individuals with mental health conditions, especially those relying on Personal Independence Payments (PIP). Fair Finance Must we accept the poor service high street banks provide us? Why is it so much harder to get your money out of a bank than put it in? Why do banks make it so hard to borrow from them? These are some of the questions we would like to discuss as we look into whether there are fairer ways to finance. Join us between 5 and 6 as we go on to consider who our current banking system is excluding and what can be done to make it more accessible. Guests: Ismail Kaji (Parliamentary & Government Officer at Mencap) Fazilet Hadi (Head of policy at Disabilty rights UK) Helen Handzel (Sector Liaison Manager at StepChange) Emma Franklin-Keogh (Head of People and Compliance at Clockwise) Tom Woodroof (Co-founder of Mutual Credit Services) Producers: Rabeeta Khan, Maheda Neesir and Nabeela Shah

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