#warondisabled — Public Fediverse posts

Vouchers for disabled people is another end of a very thin wedge
https://www.thecanary.co/opinion/2024/04/29/vouchers-disabled-people/

#Disabled
#WarOnDisabled
#WarOnTheDisabled
#WarOnTheChronicallyIll
#WarOnTheMentallyIll
#MentallyIll
#ChronicallyIll
#Vouchers
#Tories
#UKGov
#SickNotes
#GPs
#DWP
#PIP
#Independence
#IndependenceRemoved
#ClaimingBackDisabilityExpenses
#Debt
#Poverty
#Stride
#Autism
#ADHD
#Anxiety
#Consultation
#NHS

New benefits crackdown as disabled people may be offered vouchers instead of cash | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/benefit-crackdown-mental-health-sunak-dwp-b2536178.html

#WarOnDisabled
#WarOnTheChronicallyIll
#WarOnTheDisabled
#WarOnTheMentallyIll
#Benefits
#Vouchers
#Cash
#PIP
#Poverty
#ForcedTreatment
#TreatmentChosenByDWP

UNCRPD: UK government abuse slammed by disabled people
https://www.thecanary.co/global/world-news/2024/04/26/uncrpd-disabled-people/

#WarOnDisabled
#UNCRPD
#UKGov
#Tories
#Disabled
#Deaths
#DeafAndDisabledPeoplesOrganisations
#DDPOs
#HumanRights
#WorkCapabilityAssesment
#WCA
#DisabledPeopleAgainstCuts
#DPAC
#InclusionLondon
#IncarcerationInPsychiatricFacilities
#HouseboundDueToLackOfSupport
#Abuse
#Liberation
#Benefits
#BenefitDeaths
#Starvation
#DisabilityWales
#NUJ
#DisabledNotHeard

Help for disabled people in England and Wales to get jobs is axed amid benefits crackdown | Disability | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/21/help-disabled-people-england-wales-jobs-axed-benefits-crackdown

#England
#Wales
#Disabled
#BenefitCuts
#WorkAndHealthProgram
#Poverty
#Destitution
#WarOnDisabled
#WarOnTheChronicallyIll
#WarOnTheMentallyIll
#Depression
#ResolutionFoundation
#EmploymentRelatedServicesAssociation
#HelpToWork

PIP payments could stop for more than one million people under new plans to reform the DWP benefit - Daily Record
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/money/pip-could-stop-welfare-reforms-32626880

#WarOnDisabled
#WarOnTheChronicallyIll
#WarOnTheSick
#WarOnTheMentallyIll
#Tories
#DWP
#PIP
#PIPReform
#Scope
#Sunak
#Depression
#Anxiety
#Stress
#MentalHealth
#MentallyIll
#Poverty
#MentalIllness

Sunak’s plan to cut sickness benefits bill prompts charity fury | The Independent

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rishi-sunak-sickness-benefits-sick-note-b2531633.html

#Disabilities
#Disabled
#ChronicallyIll
#DisabilityBenefits
#SicknessBenefits
#Benefits
#Welfare
#Sunak
#WarOnDisabled
#WarOnTheChronicallyIll
#WarOnTheSick
#WarOnTheMentallyIll
#ForcedTreatment
#NHS
#WaitingLists
#FitNotes
#Scope
#FitNotesIssuedByDWP
#PIP
#Mind
#JosephRowntreeFoundation
#MSSociety
#Davey
#Tories
#Scapegoating

If the Tories really cared about mental health, they’d stop trying to score cheap points | Micha Frazer-Carroll | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/22/tories-cared-mental-health-mel-stride

#Tories
#MentalHealth
#Stride
#Benefits
#WarOnDisabled
#WarOnTheIll
#WarOnThePoor
#WarOnTheMentallyIll
#WarOnTheChronicallyIll
#WorkRelatedStress
#BadJobs
#BackToWork
#Jobcentres
#TherapistsAtJobcentres
#Workfare
#Workhouses
#CBT
#Medicines
#RecoveryInTheBin
#Poverty
#Homelesness
#Austerity

If the Tories really cared about mental health, they’d stop trying to score cheap points | Micha Frazer-Carroll | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/22/tories-cared-mental-health-mel-stride

#Tories
#MentalHealth
#Stride
#Benefits
#WarOnDisabled
#WarOnTheIll
#WarOnThePoor
#WarOnTheMentallyIll
#WarOnTheChronicallyIll
#WorkRelatedStress
#BadJobs
#BackToWork
#Jobcentres
#TherapistsAtJobcentres
#Workfare
#Workhouses
#CBT
#Medicines
#RecoveryInTheBin
#Poverty
#Homelesness
#Austerity

If the Tories really cared about mental health, they’d stop trying to score cheap points | Micha Frazer-Carroll | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/22/tories-cared-mental-health-mel-stride

#Tories
#MentalHealth
#Stride
#Benefits
#WarOnDisabled
#WarOnTheIll
#WarOnThePoor
#WarOnTheMentallyIll
#WarOnTheChronicallyIll
#WorkRelatedStress
#BadJobs
#BackToWork
#Jobcentres
#TherapistsAtJobcentres
#Workfare
#Workhouses
#CBT
#Medicines
#RecoveryInTheBin
#Poverty
#Homelesness
#Austerity

If the Tories really cared about mental health, they’d stop trying to score cheap points | Micha Frazer-Carroll | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/22/tories-cared-mental-health-mel-stride

#Tories
#MentalHealth
#Stride
#Benefits
#WarOnDisabled
#WarOnTheIll
#WarOnThePoor
#WarOnTheMentallyIll
#WarOnTheChronicallyIll
#WorkRelatedStress
#BadJobs
#BackToWork
#Jobcentres
#TherapistsAtJobcentres
#Workfare
#Workhouses
#CBT
#Medicines
#RecoveryInTheBin
#Poverty
#Homelesness
#Austerity

If the Tories really cared about mental health, they’d stop trying to score cheap points | Micha Frazer-Carroll | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/22/tories-cared-mental-health-mel-stride

#Tories
#MentalHealth
#Stride
#Benefits
#WarOnDisabled
#WarOnTheIll
#WarOnThePoor
#WarOnTheMentallyIll
#WarOnTheChronicallyIll
#WorkRelatedStress
#BadJobs
#BackToWork
#Jobcentres
#TherapistsAtJobcentres
#Workfare
#Workhouses
#CBT
#Medicines
#RecoveryInTheBin
#Poverty
#Homelesness
#Austerity

United Nations Summons UK Government Over Breaches of UN Convention on Disabled People's Rights – Byline Times
https://bylinetimes.com/2024/03/11/united-nations-summons-uk-government-over-breaches-of-un-convention-on-disabled-peoples-rights/

#UN
#Disabled
#Disabilities
#DisabilityRights
#WarOnDisabled
#UNCRPD
#UNCommitteeOnTheRightsOfPersonsWithDisabilities
#UNConventionOnTheRightsOfPersonsWithDisabilities
#EqualityAct2010
#EHRC
#UKIM

Disabled more likely to be in lower-paid and non-homeworking jobs – analysis
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/disabled-more-likely-to-be-in-lower-paid-and-non-homeworking-jobs-analysis/ar-AA1kWnNp?cvid=964bd81df808489cf54c47c0023df639&ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&ei=8

#Disabled
#LowPaid
#NonHomeWorking
#CareWorkers
#Cashier
#LeonardCheshire
#BenefitCuts
#Support
#ONS
#CareEscorts
#HomeCarers
#SchoolCrossingPatrols
#Libraries
#YouthWork
#WheelchairUsers
#Employers
#Ableism
#Hunt
#WCA
#WarOnDisabled
#DigitalExclusion
#DWP
#ChanceToWorkGuarantee
#BackToWorkPlan