‘Stain on this country’: celebrities condemn cuts to UK disability benefits

Actors including Stephen Fry and Brian Cox criticise plan that will remove support for more than 1 million people

An array of high-profile celebrities including Sir Stephen Fry, Brian Cox and Stanley Tucci have criticised the government's 5bn cuts to disability benefits, calling the plans shameful" and a stain on this country".

They joined the UK's biggest food bank network, Trussell, in urging ministers to rethink the planned changes, warning they risked pushing even more disabled people into poverty and reliance on charity food handouts.