Dan white
@danwhite1972.bsky.social
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Children's author / Disability & care campaigner / writer / carer / politics / occasionally on your TV & Radio / ambassador / dad❤️
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danwhite1972.bsky.social
King Charles' personal wealth has jumped to equal former prime minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty, according to the latest Sunday Times Rich List.

So why the need for the Sovereign Grant? Deep pockets Charles, maintain your own homes and staff with them.
danwhite1972.bsky.social
‘We welcome migrants.'

‘We don’t scapegoat them. Low wages, poor housing, poor public services are not the fault of migrants and people who’ve come here'

‘So we have to make the case for the benefits of migration, the benefits of free movement.’

Starmer 2020.

What a charlatan.
danwhite1972.bsky.social
They are not Labour my friend. They are pandering to all those who read the mail.
danwhite1972.bsky.social
it is BONKERS. Plainly they have no idea what they are doing and are just bitches for the treasury.
danwhite1972.bsky.social
Labour has launched a new cost-cutting drive aimed at Access to Work, which insiders fear could destroy the scheme and lead to disabled people being forced to quit their jobs.

Access to work provides support to stay in work, pushing Disabled people of PIP into work with reduced support is absurd!
danwhite1972.bsky.social
Another reminder that Labour is determined to destroy social care in the UK.
Care workers from overseas WANT to work in care. This fantasy that we can magically summon up & train home grown care workers to fill the void is utterly incredulous.
MPs are thick as mince.
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danwhite1972.bsky.social
The @trusselluk.bsky.social have released their latest report called "Cost of Hunger and Hardship" which shows that ending hunger and hardship is not only a moral imperative, but would have substantial benefits for society, the economy and the public purse!
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Cost of Hunger and Hardship - final report | Trussell
This is the second and final report from our research exploring the scale and cost of hunger and hardship in the UK.
www.trussell.org.uk
danwhite1972.bsky.social
Today @amnestyuk.bsky.social released a report exposing the brutal reality of the UK social security system that targets those already pushed to the margins.

Myself & colleagues authored the section on the impacts on Disabled people.

Please read & share widely! www.amnesty.org.uk/resources/so...
Social Insecurity Report
We are Amnesty International UK. We are ordinary people from across the world standing up for humanity and human rights.
www.amnesty.org.uk
danwhite1972.bsky.social
"Disability groups 'stepping back' over benefit cuts"
Disabled peoples organisations say there has been a lack of genuine engagement from Labour & are considering stepping back from working with the government.
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Disability groups consider ‘step back’ from government
A number of disability-led organisations say they are considering “stepping back” from engaging with the government over benefit cuts
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danwhite1972.bsky.social
The conversation around proposed benefit cuts continues. They must be opposed!!
Disability Rights UK have a page containing information & resources regarding the green paper plan on benefit cuts and how people can get involved in responding!
Visit here: www.disabilityrightsuk.org/take-action
image shows white lettering on a pink background. "oppose the benefit cuts"
danwhite1972.bsky.social
Rampant in the Labour Party.
danwhite1972.bsky.social
For those on the right who are cheering on the prospect of benefit cuts, please remember you could become Disabled or lose your job at any time.
danwhite1972.bsky.social
My photo around the reality of disability food poverty has been shortlisted for the world food photography awards 2025.

Shot in B\W on iPhone, old wheelchair dismantled and placed against food bank shelves.

Poverty is a reality, poverty is a political choice, we must not accept it.
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premnsikka.bsky.social
What Keir Starmer said and ...

“I’m a socialist”
“Broadest shoulders should bear the heavier burden”
"Don't care if I sound like a conservative"

We got: Two-child benefit cap, winter fuel payment cut, Frozen tax thresholds, disability benefit cuts.

Labour needs to be party of the working class.
Why austerity is a political choice not an economic necessity
Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Ch...
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danwhite1972.bsky.social
If you're struggling with the day today, just spare a thought to both Disabled people and migrants who, without evidence or care, are being blamed for everything wrong in this awful, awful country right now.
danwhite1972.bsky.social
This man has never met a Disabled person
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shrinkatlarge.bsky.social
New: “Reducing entitlements to disability or incapacity benefits will do nothing to raise living standards or help more people into employment.” — Andy Bell, Chief Executive of Centre for Mental Health tinyurl.com/m4fk4ep9
#WelfareNotWarfare
Cutting disability benefits is a major public health risk, says Centre for Mental Health  - Centre for Mental Health
Reducing access to benefits will put people’s mental health at risk and will be a false economy for the Government.
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premnsikka.bsky.social
Welfare cuts are a political choice.

685,500 Britons (1%) have wealth of £2.8trn. 48m (70%) have £2.4trn.

Richest four have more wealth than 20m people combined.

Govt could have taxed the rich, chose to cut benefits of the disabled/poor.

Not acceptable. Tell your MP to oppose the cuts.
Why austerity is a political choice not an economic necessity
Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Ch...
leftfootforward.org