#disabilitycuts — Public Fediverse posts
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Uk #DisabilityCuts
The media reported no changes but the speech included this:"My Ministers will respond to the Timms Review and continue to reform the welfare system to support both young and disabled people to flourish in work."
Ie more cuts in spite of UN reports criticising the govt for previous cuts.
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And the UK govt is cutting support for disabled people yet again.
No point having another UN report, they ignored all the criticisms the last ones.
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CW: UKpol: the welfare bill and disability cuts, a powerful cartoon by Ella Baron
This cartoon absolutely nails it.
Shame on Starmer, shame on every MP who voted for this bill. Yes, it was diluted by some random concessions, but it still is the most shameful thing the current Labour government has done.
And: respect to those Labour MPs who spoke up against this depravity.
But Labour is dead.
#EllaBaron #WelfareBill #DisabilityCuts #Starmer #Labout #UKpol
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A Labour Government which would rather attack the disabled than tax the rich. They don't seem to care about all the distress they have caused to people from whom life has taken so much. Is the end for the Labour Party which has lost sight of its purpose and who it stands for?
Please excuse my language but am fucking furious.
#Welfare
#DisabilityCuts
#Labour
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‘The Extermination of Disabled People at Work’ (my words) or phase two, which is supposed to come in to force from September/October 2025 and includes the removal of all job aide enabling and replacement support – both technological and human – meaning Access Workers will no longer exist!
Let me repeat that. There will be no more vital, friendly and inclusive Access Workers.’
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The Labour Prime Minister has come up with a grand plan to try and win over rebel MPs threatening to derail his attack on the disabled. His solution? A plan that people already on disability benefits will get a better deal than anyone who becomes disabled and needs support in the future. There is no mention about what happens when those receiving PIP get re-assessed. If Labour rebels fall for this, it is another nail in Labour's coffin. Is there any point in the Labour Party?
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We are all far far closer to being disabled and in poverty than we are to being billionaires. Think on this when very wealthy politicians support the wishes of billionaires when attacking those in poverty and the disabled rather than those who live their lives in luxury. Especially think about these things before you cast your vote.
#Socialism
#DisabilityCuts
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Here are 3 words which are causing real fear. NOT DISABLED ENOUGH.
Prime Minister Starmer, the Labour Government and all the Labour MPs who support cuts for the disabled need to give themselves a good shake.
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CW: UKpol: Frances Ryan on Starmer's planned cuts to disability benefits
"This is Labour's poll tax. Its tuition fees. Its Partygate. Just as the Iraq war was for Tony Blair, disability cuts is the moral stain that will mark Starmer's government and the Labour party for years to come."
The excellent Frances Ryan on the planned cuts in disability benefits. She is, as always, right.
Every word in her piece is right. Shame on Starmer. Shame on every MP who votes for this bill.
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CW: UKpol: Frances Ryan on Starmer's planned cuts to disability benefits
"This is Labour's poll tax. Its tuition fees. Its Partygate. Just as the Iraq war was for Tony Blair, disability cuts is the moral stain that will mark Starmer's government and the Labour party for years to come."
The excellent Frances Ryan on the planned cuts in disability benefits. She is, as always, right.
Every word in her piece is right. Shame on Starmer. Shame on every MP who votes for this bill.
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CW: UKpol: Frances Ryan on Starmer's planned cuts to disability benefits
"This is Labour's poll tax. Its tuition fees. Its Partygate. Just as the Iraq war was for Tony Blair, disability cuts is the moral stain that will mark Starmer's government and the Labour party for years to come."
The excellent Frances Ryan on the planned cuts in disability benefits. She is, as always, right.
Every word in her piece is right. Shame on Starmer. Shame on every MP who votes for this bill.
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CW: UKpol: Frances Ryan on Starmer's planned cuts to disability benefits
"This is Labour's poll tax. Its tuition fees. Its Partygate. Just as the Iraq war was for Tony Blair, disability cuts is the moral stain that will mark Starmer's government and the Labour party for years to come."
The excellent Frances Ryan on the planned cuts in disability benefits. She is, as always, right.
Every word in her piece is right. Shame on Starmer. Shame on every MP who votes for this bill.
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CW: UKpol: Frances Ryan on Starmer's planned cuts to disability benefits
"This is Labour's poll tax. Its tuition fees. Its Partygate. Just as the Iraq war was for Tony Blair, disability cuts is the moral stain that will mark Starmer's government and the Labour party for years to come."
The excellent Frances Ryan on the planned cuts in disability benefits. She is, as always, right.
Every word in her piece is right. Shame on Starmer. Shame on every MP who votes for this bill.
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‘This is #Labour’s poll tax. Its tuition fees. Its Partygate. Just as the Iraq war was for Tony Blair, #DisabilityCuts is the moral stain that will mark #Starmer’s government and the party for years to come.
Severely disabled and ill people are going to be starved, isolated and degraded as a result of this policy. No Labour MP who backs it should be forgiven.’
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Let's see, there's this...
and this...
or what about this...
I know there are many more. But who cares now that we have "change" under #LiNO ?
#Equality #PIP2025 #WelfareReform #DisabilityCuts
Bastards.
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CW: UKpol, disability
"Labour’s collective belief in the dignity of labour regularly curdles into two toxic ways of thinking. One is a belief that paid employment is the only reliable gauge of people’s esteem; the other is a queasiness about disability that sometimes lurks just below the surface. There is also an apparently desperate need to counter any suggestion that Labour ministers are liberal fainthearts. In March, the justice secretary, Shabana Mahmood, offered a curt explanation of why the government was set on its plan: “This is the Labour party. The clue is in the name. We believe in work”."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/22/labour-disability-benefit-cuts-keir-starmer
#UKpol #LabourUK #DisabilityCuts #PersonalIndependencePayment #PIPcuts #JohnHarris #TheGuardianUK #BenefitCuts #UKbenefits #UKdisability #LabourPartyUK
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CW: UKpol, disability
"Labour’s collective belief in the dignity of labour regularly curdles into two toxic ways of thinking. One is a belief that paid employment is the only reliable gauge of people’s esteem; the other is a queasiness about disability that sometimes lurks just below the surface. There is also an apparently desperate need to counter any suggestion that Labour ministers are liberal fainthearts. In March, the justice secretary, Shabana Mahmood, offered a curt explanation of why the government was set on its plan: “This is the Labour party. The clue is in the name. We believe in work”."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/22/labour-disability-benefit-cuts-keir-starmer
#UKpol #LabourUK #DisabilityCuts #PersonalIndependencePayment #PIPcuts #JohnHarris #TheGuardianUK #BenefitCuts #UKbenefits #UKdisability #LabourPartyUK
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CW: UKpol, disability
"Labour’s collective belief in the dignity of labour regularly curdles into two toxic ways of thinking. One is a belief that paid employment is the only reliable gauge of people’s esteem; the other is a queasiness about disability that sometimes lurks just below the surface. There is also an apparently desperate need to counter any suggestion that Labour ministers are liberal fainthearts. In March, the justice secretary, Shabana Mahmood, offered a curt explanation of why the government was set on its plan: “This is the Labour party. The clue is in the name. We believe in work”."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/22/labour-disability-benefit-cuts-keir-starmer
#UKpol #LabourUK #DisabilityCuts #PersonalIndependencePayment #PIPcuts #JohnHarris #TheGuardianUK #BenefitCuts #UKbenefits #UKdisability #LabourPartyUK
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CW: UKpol, disability
"Labour’s collective belief in the dignity of labour regularly curdles into two toxic ways of thinking. One is a belief that paid employment is the only reliable gauge of people’s esteem; the other is a queasiness about disability that sometimes lurks just below the surface. There is also an apparently desperate need to counter any suggestion that Labour ministers are liberal fainthearts. In March, the justice secretary, Shabana Mahmood, offered a curt explanation of why the government was set on its plan: “This is the Labour party. The clue is in the name. We believe in work”."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/22/labour-disability-benefit-cuts-keir-starmer
#UKpol #LabourUK #DisabilityCuts #PersonalIndependencePayment #PIPcuts #JohnHarris #TheGuardianUK #BenefitCuts #UKbenefits #UKdisability #LabourPartyUK
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CW: UKpol, disability
"Labour’s collective belief in the dignity of labour regularly curdles into two toxic ways of thinking. One is a belief that paid employment is the only reliable gauge of people’s esteem; the other is a queasiness about disability that sometimes lurks just below the surface. There is also an apparently desperate need to counter any suggestion that Labour ministers are liberal fainthearts. In March, the justice secretary, Shabana Mahmood, offered a curt explanation of why the government was set on its plan: “This is the Labour party. The clue is in the name. We believe in work”."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/22/labour-disability-benefit-cuts-keir-starmer
#UKpol #LabourUK #DisabilityCuts #PersonalIndependencePayment #PIPcuts #JohnHarris #TheGuardianUK #BenefitCuts #UKbenefits #UKdisability #LabourPartyUK
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My friend found the letter written by Debbie Abrahams, the Committee Chair hidden on the #DWP Select Committee website with today’s date on it.
See: Correspondence with the Secretary of State, relating to the Pathways to Work Green Paper
#Labour
#Starmer
#PIP
#DisabilityCutshttps://committees.parliament.uk/committee/164/work-and-pensions-committee/publications/
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Every time Starmer copies the Tories on immigration, a Reform UK voter smirks and a Labour member quits.
You can’t out-xenophobe the xenophobes.
You win by offering hope, not mimicry.
#Labour #Starmer #StopTheSlideRight #DisabilityCuts
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/12/immigration-experiment-labour-keir-starmer-nigel-farage -
Labour's approach to immigration seems reactionary, aiming to outflank Reform UK. But in doing so, is it losing its progressive identity?
#CitizenshipDebate #LabourPolicy #DisabilityCuts #ReformMomentum
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/12/immigration-experiment-labour-keir-starmer-nigel-farage -
Migrant scapegoating. Empty slogans. “British values” tests. If Starmer’s so tough on immigration, why won’t he tax the rich hiring undocumented workers? Oh, right—that would upset his donors. This is what happens when a party runs out of courage. Labour’s drift isn’t just uninspiring—it’s dangerous. #Hypocrisy #CitizenshipDebate #LabourPolicy #DisabilityCuts #ReformMomentum https://www.ft.com/content/f844df48-09a3-47bf-b467-a2cb5bc9a307
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Labour's cuts to disability benefits: a betrayal of the vulnerable.
Reform UK capitalises on the discontent.
Starmer, are you listening? #DisabilityCuts #ReformMomentum https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/may/06/winter-fuel-payments-labour-keir-starmer-wes-streeting-kemi-badenoch-latest-live-news -
Good work! My Labour MP is Clive Lewis - he talks a good talk about being against #disabilitycuts…but will he as ever vote with his party come the crunch?
My friend, who has the same MP has called him out on this.
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A big thank you to all of you who reposted my friend’s letter regarding #PIP cuts to Disabilities Minister Stephen Timms yesterday.
We got 79 reposts here , which is absolutely brilliant!
On the Other Place it’s now been reposted over 865 times and had over 30,000 views.
The letter has caught the attention of The Canary who have published it with an intro.
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Not sure how many other outlets covered the story of the exchange between Richard Burgon and Stephen Timms in the Commons, but The Canary ran a very detailed piece here:
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2025/04/10/dwp-pip-eligibility-criteria/?
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This week, Stephen Timms said the #PIP cuts that being unable to cut up food, dress, wash and use the toilet were "low level functional needs."
This is my friend’s response (it’s already had 300 reposts and is currently getting 200 views a minute on the Other Place)
Please boost if you can.
We need to be seen and heard.
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‘Claimants who do not qualify for personal independence payment (Pip) or incapacity benefits would lose a “marker of need” with local councils and NHS bodies, making it “nearly impossible” for them to access help’
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CwzKgMDmoE
#KeirStalin's #LIEbour in CHAOS A Resignations SKYROCKET!
The consequences of #austerity and #disabilitycuts rage on as resignations come for Starmer's rancid #LabourParty
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CwzKgMDmoE
#KeirStalin's #LIEbour in CHAOS A Resignations SKYROCKET!
The consequences of #austerity and #disabilitycuts rage on as resignations come for Starmer's rancid #LabourParty
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CwzKgMDmoE
#KeirStalin's #LIEbour in CHAOS A Resignations SKYROCKET!
The consequences of #austerity and #disabilitycuts rage on as resignations come for Starmer's rancid #LabourParty
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CwzKgMDmoE
#KeirStalin's #LIEbour in CHAOS A Resignations SKYROCKET!
The consequences of #austerity and #disabilitycuts rage on as resignations come for Starmer's rancid #LabourParty
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CwzKgMDmoE
#KeirStalin's #LIEbour in CHAOS A Resignations SKYROCKET!
The consequences of #austerity and #disabilitycuts rage on as resignations come for Starmer's rancid #LabourParty
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UK disability cuts. They used a previously proposed cut that was stuck down in court, so never implemented, as the basis to calculate how many are affected.
The real number is much higher.