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Craig Berry @craigpberry.bsky.social · 10d

📢 Benefit cuts don’t have widespread support

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Citizens Advice @citizensadvice.bsky.social · 21d

Our latest data shows that people’s problems are becoming more urgent and more complex.

And the systems designed to support them are harder to navigate than ever.

Join us on 25 September to hear from a panel of experts and explore our data ⤵️ https://bit.ly/41XFPsn #CADataInsights

Promotional graphic by Citizens Advice announcing an online event titled "Data Insights Unravelling Complexity to raise living standards," addressing the overlapping issues people are going to them about. Scheduled for Thursday 25 September from 2-3pm with a hashtag #CADataInsights.

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Maddy Rose @maddyirose.bsky.social · Sep 3

Whilst the U turn on PIP cuts was a massive win, there's still lots of reasons we're concerned about the UC bill...

The changes in the bill cut disability support for new claimants, creating a 2 tier system, as outlined here by
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Victoria Anns @victoria-anns.bsky.social · Sep 2

Cuts to disability benefits weren’t totally averted!

🚨New report out today explaining why the Universal Credit Bill will harm disabled people and exploring who will be impacted by the cuts.

www.citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publi...

Not so Universal: the two-tiered health element. How the Universal Credit Bill will create a two-tiered system for disabled people.

Briefing by Victoria Anns on how the Universal Credit Bill will create a two-tiered system for disabled people.

www.citizensadvice.org.uk

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Sarah Hadfield @drsarahhadfield.bsky.social · Aug 7

New @citizensadvice.bsky.social briefing published with @julia-rt.bsky.social‬ on how Universal Credit can adapt to promote income stability for working households. We set out policy options for the UC review to consider to reflect the reality of low paid employment.

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Maddy Rose @maddyirose.bsky.social · Aug 8

🚨 We're hiring a Policy Research Assistant in the Families, Welfare and Work team at Citizens Advice🚨

Come and help us make the benefits system fairer (and work with lots of lovely people)!

Deadline to apply is 21st August: www.jobtrain.co.uk/citizensadvi...

Policy Research Assistant:Blended between office and home (England and Wales)

www.jobtrain.co.uk

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Jagna Olejniczak @jagnaolejniczak.bsky.social · Jul 30

The narrative around Universal Credit has long centred around work incentives.

This new briefing examines how effective UC is at encouraging employment – and how that focus may have overshadowed the deeper complexities of getting into work. 🧵

🔗 www.citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publi...

Work incentives aren't working: is the Universal Credit review asking the right questions?

www.citizensadvice.org.uk

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Iain Porter @iainkporter.bsky.social · Jul 29

Govt dropped cuts to PIP, but today's Committee report highlights MPs' concerns that many disabled people will be pushed into poverty by remaining cuts to Universal Credit's health element. In evidence to the inquiry I warned of the hardship this will cause. 1/5

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Tens of thousands at risk of poverty despite Labour’s benefit U-turn, MPs warn

Changes to welfare reforms not enough to protect newly sick and disabled people from financial hardship

www.theguardian.com

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Emily Lynn-Graham @dremilylynn.bsky.social · Jul 15

🚨 New report alert 🚨

We’ve launched our first local deep dive research into health inequalities - starting in Chapeltown, Leeds.

What does geography have to do with health & work? Quite a lot, it turns out. 🧵

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Tom Pollard @pollardtom.bsky.social · Jul 10

Why shouldn't someone assessed by DWP as too unwell to work & facing significant extra costs due to disabilities & poor health receive state support at least around the rate of a minimum wage salary?

I spoke to Ian Collins on TalkTV earlier about (misleading) reports today on this subject

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Ed Pemberton @epemberton.bsky.social · Jul 10

1) New report alert 📚! Written [email protected] and myself, it looks at the relationship between health and work. It is the first report from our wider project on health inequalities, funded by @healthfoundation.bsky.social‬. 🔗 www.citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publi...

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Victoria Anns @victoria-anns.bsky.social · Jul 8

We're still asking MPs to vote against the disability cuts bill tomorrow.

New blog explaining why is out now:
wearecitizensadvice.org.uk/3-reasons-wh...

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Louise Murphy @louisemurphy.bsky.social · Jun 24

As mentioned in the welfare bill amendment, the Government has not yet published any analysis on the employment effects of its benefit cuts.

Here at @resfoundation.bsky.social, we gave it a go last month...

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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · Jun 24

The government’s disability cuts will have a “devastating” impact on women’s health and dignity and could breach equality law, experts warn.

The new rules won’t take into account menstruation or some women’s extra toilet requirements.

My exclusive: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Labour’s benefit cuts will have ‘devastating’ impact on disabled women, say charities

Organisations say planned four-point rule will not properly take into account menstruation and other hygiene needs

www.theguardian.com

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Maddy Rose @maddyirose.bsky.social · Jun 24

UC & PIP bill proposes the biggest cuts to disability benefits since OBR was created. It would:
✂️cut benefits for 3.2m disabled ppl
📈Push 300,000-400,000 into poverty, including 50,000 children
📈 Drive 440,000 into severe hardship

New joint briefing: www.ucpipbill.co.uk

Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill -

On Tuesday 1st July, MPs will be asked to vote on the UC & PIP Bill, which contains the biggest cuts to social security in a decade. This briefing from ten organisations including Scope, Citizens Advi...

www.ucpipbill.co.uk

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · Jun 24

As it's in the news again - this is the post I wrote a few months ago on why the disability benefits bill has been going up.

Essentially, you can't remove need by removing support - it just pops up as a cost somewhere else.

open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...

The definition of madness

Governments need to stop making the same incredibly expensive mistake over and over again

open.substack.com

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Abby Jitendra @abbyabhaya.bsky.social · Jun 24

Govt is pushing through significant cuts to disability benefits to get people into work.

But are there appropriate, or even enough, good jobs for disabled people to move into?

New JRF analysis finds evidence that there aren't, meaning even more hardship for disabled people.

Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · Jun 24

Ahead of a crucial vote on cuts to disability benefits, our new evidence casts doubt on whether jobs are even available for disabled people facing cuts 📢

The analysis found that the parts of the country among the hardest hit by the cuts have fewer job opportunities 1/3

"Cutting disabled people's benefits won't magically create suitable jobs, particularly in those parts of the country that have long had weaker jobs markets. It's little wonder so many disable people are fearful of the impact of the government's cuts" - Abby Jitendra, Principal Policy Adviser

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Z2K (Zacchaeus 2000 Trust) @z2ktrust.bsky.social · Jun 19

MPs will vote on rushed disability benefit cuts that will remove vital support from over 1 million disabled people on the 1st of July, the government has confirmed.

⏰There is less than two weeks to convince your MP to vote against the devastating plans.

z2k.eaction.org.uk/cuts-legisla...

Ask your MP to vote against dangerous cuts to disability benefits

z2k.eaction.org.uk

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Maddy Rose @maddyirose.bsky.social · Jun 19

The new welfare bill could cut billions from health & disability benefits, putting hundreds of thousands of disabled people at risk of poverty.

Join @citizensadvice.bsky.social on 26 June to hear from a panel of experts and explore our data ⤵️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/citizens-a... #CADataInsights

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Craig Berry @craigpberry.bsky.social · Jun 19

The government’s proposals for restricting eligibility for disability and incapacity benefits will cause significant hardship for disabled people

Join @citizensadvice.bsky.social on 26 June to hear from a panel of experts and explore our data ⤵️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/citizens-a... #CADataInsights

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Maddy Rose @maddyirose.bsky.social · Jun 18

🚨New blog (& great thread) from Victoria on the new welfare bill & why we're asking MPs to vote against

Victoria Anns @victoria-anns.bsky.social · Jun 18

Today, the government laid its Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill before parliament. But what's actually in the bill and what happens next?

New blog out now: wearecitizensadvice.org.uk/why-were-ask...

Why we’re asking MPs to vote against the bill to cut disability benefits

Today, the government laid its Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill before parliament. It details plans to cut billions…

wearecitizensadvice.org.uk

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Tom Pollard @pollardtom.bsky.social · Jun 18

The government has introduced legislation today to implement cuts to disability & health benefits

There have been no substantial concessions on how the proposals were originally presented in the Green Paper

Here is what we know about the impact these cuts will have... 🧵

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · Jun 17

Another reader proposed a good rule, which is 'it's not a reform if you can't apply the logic of the reform to another, completely different policy area'.

🎃It was a Hotblack night🦇 @invalid-handle.com · Jun 17

Great line from @stephenkb.bsky.social today on refusing to call the benefit cuts reforms:

“for something to qualify as a reform, it has to have some kind of policy or philosophical logic, or to be underpinned by a genuine and meaningful change to how a system operates”

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Dr Jay Watts (they/she) @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · Jun 16

🧵 NEW: APPG on Poverty and Inequality's response to the Pathways to Work Green Paper reveals SHOCKING evidence - disabled households face £1,067 extra costs monthly (67% of income) yet government plans devastating cuts that will push 400,000 into poverty. Thread👇#TakingThePIP

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Tom Pollard @pollardtom.bsky.social · Jun 13

This is a mixture of minor concessions & repackaging existing plans - it is not a meaningful response to the concerns MPs have been raising

The headline remains the same: 3.2 million ill & disabled people will see their benefits cut by the end of the parliament www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Ministers to offer olive branch on welfare plans to avert Labour rebellion

Exclusive: Liz Kendall pledges sick and disabled people will be protected but MPs are pushing for more substantial changes to bill

www.theguardian.com

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Helen Barnard @helenbarnard.bsky.social · Jun 13

'Concessions' @pippacrerar.bsky.social reports gov offering to try to rush record disability cuts through Parliament:
- Not new.
- Do not make any meaningful difference to hardship the cuts will cause.
- Over 400,000 people still likely pushed into severe hardship, at risk of needing a food bank.

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