#takingthepip — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #takingthepip, aggregated by home.social.
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Starmer’s welfare 'reform' wobble: armourers boom, disabled doomed | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/starmers-welfare-reform-wobble-armourers-boom-disabled-doomed -
Access to Work: cuts to support putting employment out of reach – Channel 4 News
So disabled benefits that help disabled people to work (PIP) is getting cut to force disabled into work AND support in work to enable them to work is being cut. Make it make sense.
https://www.channel4.com/news/access-to-work-cuts-to-support-putting-employment-out-of-reach -
Yesterday I looked at some of the issues surrounding the UK government's Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Bill. Today I look at what it means for people in Scotland, and the questions that need to be asked ahead of next year's Scottish election. https://bylines.scot/society/can-disabled-scots-trust-labour/ #disability #ScotPol #TakingThePIP
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Disabled MP who quit government over benefit cuts tells DNS: ‘The consequences will be devastating’ – Disability News Service
https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/disabled-mp-who-quit-government-over-benefit-cuts-tells-dns-the-consequences-will-be-devastating/ -
Disabled celebrities* band together to advocate for retaining personal independence payment benefits.
* Including Liz Carr, Ruth Madeley, Cherylee Houston and Rosie Jones.