home.social

#disabilityrightsuk — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #disabilityrightsuk, aggregated by home.social.

fetched live
  1. UK - Under-22s to be excluded from #incapacity benefits

    by Mitchell Labiak, March 18, 2025

    Excerpt:

    'Trapped out of work'

    "The reforms come as part of a wider push by Labour to cut spending by reducing the number of people on incapacity benefits, which is forecast to reach a record high by the end of the decade.

    "Experts say the increase is due to a combination of worse #MentalHealth since the #pandemic and a higher retirement age meaning some are instead claiming incapacity benefits.

    "#Starmer said he is 'not prepared to stand back and do nothing while millions of people – especially young people – who have potential to work and live independent lives, instead become trapped out of work and abandoned by the system'.

    "However, #DisabilityRightsUK said that barring under-22s from claiming the health element of universal credit alongside the proposal to increase assessments 'mark dangerous cuts for all #disabled people'.

    "The charity added that the package of reforms was 'not about supporting disabled people into work, but making brutal and reckless cuts'."

    Read more:
    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg8pz
    #DisabilityRights #UKPol #BudgetCuts #TaxTheRich #AbolishTheMonarchy

  2. UK - Under-22s to be excluded from #incapacity benefits

    by Mitchell Labiak, March 18, 2025

    Excerpt:

    'Trapped out of work'

    "The reforms come as part of a wider push by Labour to cut spending by reducing the number of people on incapacity benefits, which is forecast to reach a record high by the end of the decade.

    "Experts say the increase is due to a combination of worse #MentalHealth since the #pandemic and a higher retirement age meaning some are instead claiming incapacity benefits.

    "#Starmer said he is 'not prepared to stand back and do nothing while millions of people – especially young people – who have potential to work and live independent lives, instead become trapped out of work and abandoned by the system'.

    "However, #DisabilityRightsUK said that barring under-22s from claiming the health element of universal credit alongside the proposal to increase assessments 'mark dangerous cuts for all #disabled people'.

    "The charity added that the package of reforms was 'not about supporting disabled people into work, but making brutal and reckless cuts'."

    Read more:
    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg8pz
    #DisabilityRights #UKPol #BudgetCuts #TaxTheRich #AbolishTheMonarchy

  3. UK - Under-22s to be excluded from #incapacity benefits

    by Mitchell Labiak, March 18, 2025

    Excerpt:

    'Trapped out of work'

    "The reforms come as part of a wider push by Labour to cut spending by reducing the number of people on incapacity benefits, which is forecast to reach a record high by the end of the decade.

    "Experts say the increase is due to a combination of worse #MentalHealth since the #pandemic and a higher retirement age meaning some are instead claiming incapacity benefits.

    "#Starmer said he is 'not prepared to stand back and do nothing while millions of people – especially young people – who have potential to work and live independent lives, instead become trapped out of work and abandoned by the system'.

    "However, #DisabilityRightsUK said that barring under-22s from claiming the health element of universal credit alongside the proposal to increase assessments 'mark dangerous cuts for all #disabled people'.

    "The charity added that the package of reforms was 'not about supporting disabled people into work, but making brutal and reckless cuts'."

    Read more:
    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg8pz
    #DisabilityRights #UKPol #BudgetCuts #TaxTheRich #AbolishTheMonarchy

  4. UK - Under-22s to be excluded from #incapacity benefits

    by Mitchell Labiak, March 18, 2025

    Excerpt:

    'Trapped out of work'

    "The reforms come as part of a wider push by Labour to cut spending by reducing the number of people on incapacity benefits, which is forecast to reach a record high by the end of the decade.

    "Experts say the increase is due to a combination of worse #MentalHealth since the #pandemic and a higher retirement age meaning some are instead claiming incapacity benefits.

    "#Starmer said he is 'not prepared to stand back and do nothing while millions of people – especially young people – who have potential to work and live independent lives, instead become trapped out of work and abandoned by the system'.

    "However, #DisabilityRightsUK said that barring under-22s from claiming the health element of universal credit alongside the proposal to increase assessments 'mark dangerous cuts for all #disabled people'.

    "The charity added that the package of reforms was 'not about supporting disabled people into work, but making brutal and reckless cuts'."

    Read more:
    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg8pz
    #DisabilityRights #UKPol #BudgetCuts #TaxTheRich #AbolishTheMonarchy

  5. UK - Under-22s to be excluded from #incapacity benefits

    by Mitchell Labiak, March 18, 2025

    Excerpt:

    'Trapped out of work'

    "The reforms come as part of a wider push by Labour to cut spending by reducing the number of people on incapacity benefits, which is forecast to reach a record high by the end of the decade.

    "Experts say the increase is due to a combination of worse #MentalHealth since the #pandemic and a higher retirement age meaning some are instead claiming incapacity benefits.

    "#Starmer said he is 'not prepared to stand back and do nothing while millions of people – especially young people – who have potential to work and live independent lives, instead become trapped out of work and abandoned by the system'.

    "However, #DisabilityRightsUK said that barring under-22s from claiming the health element of universal credit alongside the proposal to increase assessments 'mark dangerous cuts for all #disabled people'.

    "The charity added that the package of reforms was 'not about supporting disabled people into work, but making brutal and reckless cuts'."

    Read more:
    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg8pz
    #DisabilityRights #UKPol #BudgetCuts #TaxTheRich #AbolishTheMonarchy

  6. I didn't see a public announcement, but Vicky mentioned there's a new #MinisterForDisabledPeople, Stephen Timms. I'm disappointed it's not Vicky. But it's (hopefully) better than no one.

    #DisabilityRightsUK #VickyFoxcroft #UKPolitics

  7. I didn't see a public announcement, but Vicky mentioned there's a new #MinisterForDisabledPeople, Stephen Timms. I'm disappointed it's not Vicky. But it's (hopefully) better than no one.

    #DisabilityRightsUK #VickyFoxcroft #UKPolitics

  8. I didn't see a public announcement, but Vicky mentioned there's a new #MinisterForDisabledPeople, Stephen Timms. I'm disappointed it's not Vicky. But it's (hopefully) better than no one.

    #DisabilityRightsUK #VickyFoxcroft #UKPolitics

  9. I didn't see a public announcement, but Vicky mentioned there's a new #MinisterForDisabledPeople, Stephen Timms. I'm disappointed it's not Vicky. But it's (hopefully) better than no one.

    #DisabilityRightsUK #VickyFoxcroft #UKPolitics

  10. I didn't see a public announcement, but Vicky mentioned there's a new #MinisterForDisabledPeople, Stephen Timms. I'm disappointed it's not Vicky. But it's (hopefully) better than no one.

    #DisabilityRightsUK #VickyFoxcroft #UKPolitics

  11. So I just went over to X-itter so I could hurl invective at Rishi Sunak demonising the disabled &. I tell you I could feel my blood boiling within minutes of being there. So much better being back in the #Fediverse

    #ToryScum #DisabilityRightsUK

    youtu.be/sLcdhQ5ciCE

  12. So I just went over to X-itter so I could hurl invective at Rishi Sunak demonising the disabled &. I tell you I could feel my blood boiling within minutes of being there. So much better being back in the #Fediverse

    #ToryScum #DisabilityRightsUK

    youtu.be/sLcdhQ5ciCE

  13. So I just went over to X-itter so I could hurl invective at Rishi Sunak demonising the disabled &. I tell you I could feel my blood boiling within minutes of being there. So much better being back in the #Fediverse

    #ToryScum #DisabilityRightsUK

    youtu.be/sLcdhQ5ciCE

  14. So I just went over to X-itter so I could hurl invective at Rishi Sunak demonising the disabled &. I tell you I could feel my blood boiling within minutes of being there. So much better being back in the #Fediverse

    #ToryScum #DisabilityRightsUK

    youtu.be/sLcdhQ5ciCE

  15. So I just went over to X-itter so I could hurl invective at Rishi Sunak demonising the disabled &. I tell you I could feel my blood boiling within minutes of being there. So much better being back in the #Fediverse

    #ToryScum #DisabilityRightsUK

    youtu.be/sLcdhQ5ciCE

  16. #Bristol 'faces a budget hole of £17m next year...#BristolCouncil is proposing...if a #disabled person’s in-home care is not considered “best value”, they could be told to live in a care home instead. It is the stuff of a domestic horror movie: a bureaucrat deems your life too expensive, and you’re forced to pack your bags and spend the rest of your days in an institution.'

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/
    -Frances Ryan, Guardian opinion.

    #disability #disabilityUK #DisabilityRights #DisabilityRightsUK

  17. #Bristol 'faces a budget hole of £17m next year...#BristolCouncil is proposing...if a #disabled person’s in-home care is not considered “best value”, they could be told to live in a care home instead. It is the stuff of a domestic horror movie: a bureaucrat deems your life too expensive, and you’re forced to pack your bags and spend the rest of your days in an institution.'

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/
    -Frances Ryan, Guardian opinion.

    #disability #disabilityUK #DisabilityRights #DisabilityRightsUK

  18. #Bristol 'faces a budget hole of £17m next year...#BristolCouncil is proposing...if a #disabled person’s in-home care is not considered “best value”, they could be told to live in a care home instead. It is the stuff of a domestic horror movie: a bureaucrat deems your life too expensive, and you’re forced to pack your bags and spend the rest of your days in an institution.'

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/
    -Frances Ryan, Guardian opinion.

    #disability #disabilityUK #DisabilityRights #DisabilityRightsUK

  19. #Bristol 'faces a budget hole of £17m next year...#BristolCouncil is proposing...if a #disabled person’s in-home care is not considered “best value”, they could be told to live in a care home instead. It is the stuff of a domestic horror movie: a bureaucrat deems your life too expensive, and you’re forced to pack your bags and spend the rest of your days in an institution.'

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/
    -Frances Ryan, Guardian opinion.

    #disability #disabilityUK #DisabilityRights #DisabilityRightsUK