TOWN HALL, NORFOLK – Norfolk IPAC to organise demonstration outside Norwch Town Hall to protest Government PIP cuts

Political Correspondent: Polly Ticks

Next weekend, the streets of Norwich will play host to an unusual protest, as members of Norfolk IPAC (Inbred People Against Cuts) rally against the latest round of government welfare reforms.

Set to take place outside Norwich Town Hall from noon to 2pm on April 19, the demonstration will target Labour’s proposed changes to Personal Independence Payments (PIP), scheduled to take effect in November 2026. Protesters are expected to arrive in family-sized carriages, some with as few surnames as teeth, demanding the government reconsiders what IPAC calls an “attack on hereditary hardship.”

Offrice Trolley, a spokesperson for Norfolk IPAC, minced no words. “We’ve been dealing with stigma, funding cuts, and second-hand banjos since the 1860s,” he said. “Now they want to take away our PIP too? It’s as if inbred lives don’t matter.”

IPAC claims that between 2010 and 2024, disability-related welfare cuts have led to an estimated 200,000 preventable deaths in the “vertically integrated” community. The new system will require claimants to score at least four points in a functional activity to qualify—bad news for those struggling to operate zips or family trees.

It’s a family affair

According to Department for Work and Pensions figures, 370,000 current PIP recipients could lose access under the new rules, with another 430,000 potential future claimants also excluded. At an average value of £4,500, that’s a lot of money no longer going to people whose genetic pools are more puddle than pond.

The Sons, Dads & Daughters Foundation (SDDF) estimates that as of 2021/22, nearly a third of Britain’s most interconnected families were living in poverty.

Whether the government will listen remains unclear. But Norfolk IPAC insists: if anyone understands generational suffering, it’s them.

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