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Gail @blueannoyed.bsky.social · Jun 29

Be there if you can, Take plenty of water ,sun cream, and something to eat, and any meds you may need

Gail @blueannoyed.bsky.social · Jun 29

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Gail @blueannoyed.bsky.social · Jun 29

‘Two-tier’ welfare concessions will create a ‘generational divide’, campaigners warn

‘We urge MPs to stand firm against a bill that continues to discriminate, harm, and marginalise’, said Amnesty International

www.independent.co.uk

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Gail @blueannoyed.bsky.social · Jun 29

Our email campaign does work keep writing to your MPs the fight isn't over yet!
Takes less than 5 mins of your time to explain how cuts affect you and that if they vote for them , you wont be voting for them at GE
www.writetothem.com

WriteToThem

WriteToThem is a website which provides an easy way to contact MPs, councillors and other elected representatives.

www.writetothem.com

Gail @blueannoyed.bsky.social · Jun 29

"Anyone swayed by the argument, “I won’t take support away from existing disabled people but future disabled people are fair game,” cannot claim to be a left-wing MP."
#WelfarenotWarfare
#Stopdisabilitycuts

Gail @blueannoyed.bsky.social · Jun 29

If you think claiming PIP is easy,look at this extract from an assessment report

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Gail @blueannoyed.bsky.social · Jun 29

May 2025
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/dwp-bur...

DWP buried damning reports showing work coaches unable to help disabled claimants

Get the benefits you're entitled to: help with personal independence payment (PIP), universal credit (UC), employment and support allowance (ESA),disability living allowance (DLA). Claims, assessments...

www.benefitsandwork.co.uk

Gail @blueannoyed.bsky.social · Jun 29

Stop the Bill!
June 30th 4.30 pm
Rally in Parliament Square to try to influence the vote
July 1st 1pm+
Vote on social security cuts due late afternoon/ early evening meet Old Palace Yard from 1pm onwards.
Vote is expected to be in the evening
#WelfareNotWarfare
#TaxTheRich

Gail @blueannoyed.bsky.social · Jun 29

Listen to Rosie These Concessions are fake promises

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Comedian Rosie Jones issues four-word warning over 'terrifying' welfare changes

Comedian Rosie Jones, who has cerebral palsy, has warned 'no one is safe' from Labour’s welfare cuts despite major concessions over their plans on Personal Independence Payments

www.mirror.co.uk

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Susan Pashkoff @susanp64.bsky.social · Apr 5

The cuts of benefits for disabled people are already significantly bad, this argues that they are actually worse that what has been described.

inequalities.substack.com/p/disability...

The headline disability benefit cuts are £9bn, not £4.7bn

The OBR are assuming that people change their behaviour in response to the cuts - without this, the cuts are nearly twice as deep

inequalities.substack.com

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Dr Jay Watts (they/she) @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · Apr 5

“I was in a constant state of hypervigilance. I was completely traumatised.”

Oxevision cameras are being installed above patients’ beds in NHS mental health units causing fear, retraumatisation and even linked to deaths.

This isnt safety. This is surveillance.

#StopOxevision tinyurl.com/4wmvmn53

Is it safe? Is it spying? Disquiet over NHS ‘magic eye’ surveillance camera in mental health units

Campaign calls for investigation into the use of Oxevison amid concerns over care and its effect on patients

tinyurl.com

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Dr Jay Watts (they/she) @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · Apr 5

Reality check, Labour:
IAPT Talking Therapies stats show 1.8M referrals, over 60% drop out.
Of 1.2M who start, 45% quit. Just 336K recover.
PIP claimants are not mild cases. They’re the illest—often in secondary services.
You can’t cut support by pretending therapy is a magic fix.

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Paula Peters @paulapeters19.bsky.social · Apr 6

#MayDay2025

London May Day Organising Committee @ldnmayday.bsky.social · Mar 6

London May Day Organising Committee presents 📣

May Day 2025 🌹

Yes to workers rights, no to the far right.

📍Assemble 12 noon
🥾March 1pm
🎪Rally 2.30

Speakers to be announced 🗣️

#London #MayDay2025 #MayDay
#LDN #Workers #Unions

Mandy day . Yes to workers rights, not to the far right. Picture of handshake and demonstration behind it. Assemble 12 noon clerkenwell green. 1pm March. Rally 2.30pm Trafalgar Square.

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Alix @alixnotes.bsky.social · Apr 6

Please sign and share
chng.it/vCFMcHwPBC

STOP the new 4 point PIP rule

Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?

chng.it

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Marwood @andmarwood.bsky.social · Apr 7

This is a sad comment on the value that UK society places on its own people.

Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · Apr 7

UK state pension rises by £470 to £11,790 a yr.

26% of retirees receive the full amount

SP is less than 50% of minimum wage. Worst in major economies.

Thousands below the poverty line lost winter fuel payment.

2m pensioners live in poverty.

110,000 a year die in fuel poverty.

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John Pring, DNS @johnpring.bsky.social · Apr 7

Just want to recommend How to be Disabled and Proud by @cathyreaywrites. It's kind of a survival guide for disabled children, but also much more than that. It's smart, kind and funny, but also empowering. And it has a brilliant chapter on activism.
@puffinbooksuk

How To Be Disabled and Proud

A warm, funny and empowering guide to what you can expect growing up disabled, written by disabled journalist and mum Cathy Reay. Have you ever felt like you don’t fit in anywhere? Or like no-one…

www.penguin.co.uk

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david-s.bsky.social @david-s.bsky.social · Apr 8

Labour's disability cuts will affect over 2.9 million people, increasing pressure on the NHS, local authorities and housing... while many Disabled people "will become invisible within the support system"

policyinpractice.co.uk/blog/the-imp...

The impact of planned disability reforms on local authorities and the NHS | Policy in Practice

New disability reforms analysis: Millions affected, billions lost. Read who’s impacted, by how much, and why

policyinpractice.co.uk

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Susan Pashkoff @susanp64.bsky.social · Apr 8

Why work with government that will force many disabled people into absolute poverty? Changing the requirements to get daily living component of PIP will actually force many people off PIP & family carers will lose their carer's allowance impoverisation for the family
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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

www.bbc.co.uk

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Susan Pashkoff @susanp64.bsky.social · Apr 8

The LP cannot let go of the narrative that disabled people are lazy & don't "contribute" by labouring for pay. It is not an issue of behaviour; it is the reality that disabled people are oppressed in the capitalist system & btw, disabled people are in paid work.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Keir Starmer criticises watchdog's benefits forecasts

The PM says he

www.bbc.co.uk

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · Mar 20

Ministers are silent, but PIP cuts won’t just hurt disabled people — carers will suffer too.

PIP is a passport to support like Carer’s Allowance & council tax reductions. Losing it could cost carers thousands a year, pushing families deeper into poverty.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Some disabled people could lose £10k a year in benefits by end of decade

Experts say planned cuts will deliver series of ‘painful income shocks’ for many

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Jay Watts (they/she) @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · Mar 22

“This is going to be remembered in the same way as the poll tax for Margaret Thatcher and tuition fees for Nick Clegg. Those caused riots. This won’t, but demonising disabled people will not be forgiven”. 💔letters in @theguardian.com on #DisabilityBenefits www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Dr Jay Watts (they/she) @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · Mar 22

#DisabilityBenefits cuts will cost more in every way.

“For every pound that someone loses in benefits, you know that – if a council has to step in to cover the shortfall – it’s about £1.50 additional impact”- Disability Policy Centre.

Important piece by @cjayanetti.bsky.social tinyurl.com/3vun5uz8

Councils and NHS could face millions in extra costs due to disability benefit cuts

Government plans for Pip cuts will drive up costs for local authority social care services and NHS, campaigners warn

tinyurl.com

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Dr Jay Watts (they/she) @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · Mar 22

Dear @teamlabouruk.bsky.social MPs,

I know many of you are doomscrolling #DisabilityBenefits cuts. Could I ask you a favour? Please (re)watch I, Daniel Blake. His fate will be that of ***many*** more if Labour’s proposals go through.

Please do the right thing,

Jay

P.S. tinyurl.com/yc2hs52f

Dailymotion

tinyurl.com

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Dr Jay Watts (they/she) @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · Mar 22

NEW: The Equality and Human Right Commission is investigating Labour’s benefits cuts for potentially breaching the Equality Act. Spoiler alert: it is. I’m half way through all these PIP scoring forms and changing to needing 4 in one item is clearly discriminatory.

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A screenshot from The Telegraph’s website features a headline reading: “Labour benefit cuts may breach equality law, says human rights watchdog.” The subheading states: “Equality commission to consider how Liz Kendall’s £5b welfare reforms will impact disabled people.” Below the headline is a photo of Liz Kendall speaking at the dispatch box in the House of Commons. She is wearing large glasses and a dark blue suit, with a serious expression as MPs look on in the background.

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