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Starmer is showing just how divorced from reality he is. His cuts to PIP will actually prevent more disabled people from working. This is a fundamentally disastrous policy which will harm people. Any decent Labour MP needs to oppose it. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Eight years on since the Grenfell tragedy. My thoughts are with the families and friends of the 72 innocent residents who tragically lost their lives. Today, people still live in unsafe buildings and many disabled residents do not yet have personal emergency evacuation plans (PEEPs) in place. 💚

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Today we remember the 72 people who burned to death in their own homes in one of the richest areas of one of the richest cities in the world. Solidarity with survivors and the Grenfell community in their ongoing fight for justice 💚 #Justice4Grenfell

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Years have shrunk our world from a stage to a room… | Polina Sparks #AgeWithoutLimitsDay northwestbylines.co.uk/lifestyle/hu...

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'US science is suffering a destruction from within.' Andrea Sella explains why he returned the Royal Society’s Michael Faraday prize over their inaction regarding Elon Musk’s membership. #ChemSky #SciSky #ScienceSky

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Living with #LongCovid can be devastating – it's time our benefits system recognised that. www.bigissue.com/opinion/livi... By @joplatt.bsky.social for the Big Issue @bigissue.com #Health #Welfare #Disability #UK

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Martin Lewis’ charity has warned that Labour’s changes to the Personal Independence Payment (PIP), a key benefit for individuals with long-term health conditions or disabilities, will have a “catastrophic impact” www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

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The court just confirmed what we all know: The military belongs on the battlefield, not on our city streets. End the unnecessary militarization of Los Angeles now, Donald Trump. Refusing to do so will only confirm your authoritarian tendencies. The country is watching.

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Disabled people need non-disabled allies. Please write to your MP. You can sign & send a template letter from Inclusion London here inclusionlondon.org.uk/campaigns-an... The #BenefitCuts bill gets its first vote on 18 June, with no consultation or risk assessment. Please ask you MP to vote Against❤️

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The final preliminary hearing for the Children & Young People’s module was today, CVF, again, made the case for safety. Children's deaths would have been higher if many Clinically Vulnerable families had not kept their children away from schools. ⚠️Long thread 1/

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Lost for words. How many Reichsmarks have we saved from disability welfare to fund a nuclear plant?

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I used to think trolls on X were to avoid, but until you come across very reasonable folk who think disabled people should suffer poverty and pain to pay for runways and railways, you've not seen cruelty. If you wonder how someone could've lived next to death camps and not known... that's how. 🫖🛋️🖼️

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IT’S NOT TOO LATE for the government to change course. Keir Starmer is being advised to urgently pause the Government's plans to cut disability & health benefits by Parliament's work & pensions committee who say they should not go ahead without a comprehensive impact assessment Contact your MP, NOW

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Liz Kendall: Looking at how changing #PIP eligibility criteria could “play a role in unlocking wider support” would “take time and require extensive engagement” which is why the government could not wait for its conclusion to make the changes to PIP eligibility criteria.🤦🏻 www.msn.com/en-gb/news/n...

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Lib Dems' deputy leader Daisy Cooper points out that a trade deal with the #EU would generate £25bn a year. That would remove the need for govt. departmental budget cuts. She also calls for U-turn on #PIP & other disability cuts (silence on that front today) and to fix social care. #SpendingReview

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Nature has been mounting its own defences longer than any military. Nobody wants to be fighting in a swamp.

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#TakingThePIP bill due next week, with 2nd reading by 30 June, focused on #BenefitCuts "This could... allow the government to classify it as a “money bill” — meaning it would be made law within a month of being sent to the House of Lords even if peers still object. www.politico.eu/article/miss...

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Will tomorrow's spending review indicate more cuts? Which group will be hit? Who will be sacrificed to balance the books? northwestbylines.co.uk/politics/the...

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Contrary to media reports after the 2025 local elections, there was no Reform UK landslide, just an outdated voting system that needs reforming | David Green northwestbylines.co.uk/politics/the...

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Award-winning scientist, Andrea Sella, has returned his Royal Society award in protest over the Society's continued apathy over Elon Musk. My latest substack in which I make the case that we need more scientists like Andrea, who are prepared to take a stand: open.substack.com/pu...

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Society needs good journalism, not least to interrogate policy. Journalism courses aren't expensive enough to be a target for cuts. www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2025/news/ed...

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The water industry is unpopular but more seriously, is it fit for purpose as the nation tries to meet the challenges of climate change | Darryl Rigby northwestbylines.co.uk/environment/...

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LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social

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The impacts of the UK Government’s welfare cuts are likely to push tens of thousands more people into poverty than previously predicted, a major foodbank charity has claimed

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It'll never cease to amaze how politicians think of disabled people as disposable and rightless. Even if the cuts to their welfare save no money (economics show they don't), they'll push for cuts for the sake of vice signalling, hoping that scapegoating sells. #TakingThePIP will come home to roost 🥀

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We need to change the way we talk about benefits www.bigissue.com/opinion/bene...

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Half of UK workers with multiple sclerosis (MS) have felt forced to stay in jobs that worsen their health, a damning new report has found.

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@turn2us.org.uk has produced a #media guide for #journalists reporting on #SocialSecurity www.turn2us.org.uk/getmedia/67d... #BenefitCuts #Journalism #Disability

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