The flagship financial hardship scheme that provides millions of pounds in grants to thousands of patients has been scrapped by Macmillan Cancer Support. The crucial charity is another Rachel Reeves victim of her punitive Labour budget of anti-growth and economic destruction.
A tough Labourite financial climate has led to drastic changes to safeguard its future and ensure it can still support the most vulnerable cancer patients, according to the UK’s most popular charity.
Macmillan ended up in this position thanks to the punitive anti-growth policies of Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, and now the closure of its 100-year-old hardship scheme will affect those patients most in need of support.
The Damage to Crucial Cancer Support
- 50,000 low-income cancer patients a year with less than £1,000 in savings will lose access to £200 hardship grants with the closure of the scheme.
- Macmillan has spent, £100m more than it raised over the last six years.
- In 2024, Macmillan told 1,200 staff – about 60% of its workforce – they were at risk of redundancy, with 431 leaving.
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As the UK’s top cancer support provider, demand for Macmillan’s support and advice is growing. The number of people diagnosed with cancer has soared amid better awareness of symptoms and successful NHS initiatives to spot and treat cancer earlier, as well as a growing and ageing population.
Macmillan, founded 114 years ago, also plays a key role in NHS provision, funding 11,000 specialist cancer nurses and care workers. It also provides specialist financial and emotional support to more than 130,000 people with cancer each year.
The charity asserts that the challenging financial environment has necessitated significant reductions in its workforce and services in order to ensure its “long-term financial viability.” Meanwhile, more businesses and charities across Britain are now simply another statistic, another sad Rachel Reeves victim in a long list of casualties.
karma will get rachel one day ffor what shes done
Rachel Reeves is a lying evil wh0re
Shame on Labour im never voting for them ever again and neither is my entire family and friends. fcuk them.
Starmer and Reeves need to be put in a rocket and shot into a brick wall.
Reeves is a lying witch who creates pain and horror for the people. She prolly enjoys the pain the inflicts on us.
She’s an evil c_nt a pox and 1000 tumors on her fat head
Shameful and what this nasty woman has done to our country and the people who enable her are just as bad or worse. Disgusting.
Thank you for this I never thought I would see the day when I labelled Labour as evil. They are truly the most vile creatures. Bless the Squib.
Labour are evil and GB will never recover now. I lost my uncle and mum to cancer and Macmillan helped a lot during their last years. What Labour are doing and this horrid woman who lied to get the job she knows nothing about is unconscionable