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DWP issues update over scrapping PIP cash payments and says 'can confirm' - Birmingham Live

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https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/dwp-issues-update-over-scrapping-29994085

#WarOnDisabled
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#ScrappingPIP
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Government plunging single mothers into deeper financial instability with new benefit overhauls, campaigners charge | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/government-plunging-single-mothers-deeper-financial-instability-new-benefit-overhauls

#SingleMums
#SingleParents
#FinancialInsecurity
#Benefits
#UniversalCredit
#Poverty
#Turn2Us
#Sunak
#WarOnDisabled
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#WarOnTheChronicallyIll
#PIP
#DWP

DWP: Stride caught lying twice for latest disability benefits assault
https://www.thecanary.co/opinion/2024/05/08/dwp-pip-cuts-benefits/

#DWP
#Lies
#Benefits
#WarOnDisabled
#WarOnTheChronicallyIll
#WarOnTheDisabled
#Stride
#HumanWetWipe
#PIP
#AmountYouCanClaim
#MPExpenses
#StidesExpenses
#Ableism

Disabled people share 'terrifying' experiences of DWP benefits system
https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/dwp-disability-benefits-system-changes-pip/

#Disabled
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#WarOnTheDisabled
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#DWP
#Benefits
#PIP
#BenefitsAssessments

Chronic UTI and EDS patients fear losing PIP if benefits change
https://inews.co.uk/news/chronic-uti-eds-patients-fear-losing-pip-benefits-3044108

#PIPReform
#WarOnDisabled
#WarOnTheDisabled
#WarOnTheChronicallyIll
#UTIs
#ChronicUTIs
#EDS
#Endometriosis
#HSD
#NHS

We'll end 'spiral of sickness' keeping people out of work, says Mel Stride
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/05/07/mel-stride-end-spiral-of-sickness-people-out-of-work/

#Stride
#SickNotes
#WarOnDisabled
#WarOnTheChronicallyIll
#WarOnTheDisabled
#WorkWell
#ForcedTreatment
#TreatmentByDWP

Swapping benefits for vouchers is just another way for the government to infantalise us - Opera News Official
http://opr.news/1bc458c8240507en_gb?link=1&client=mini

#Benefits
#Vouchers
#Infantalisation
#PIP
#PIPNotAnOutOfWorkBenefit
#Scapegoating
#WarOnTheChronicallyIll
#WarOnTheDisabled
#WarOnDisabled
#Scope
#Autonomy
#Tories
#UKGov
#WaitingLists
#NHS
#Austerity
#UniversalCredit

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

DWP disability benefit cuts will impact 450,000 – but few will find work
https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/dwp-disability-benefit-cuts-work-capability-assessment/

#DWP
#WarOnDisabled
#WarOnTheDisabled
#BenefitCuts
#PIP
#Benefits
#Disability
#DisabilityBenefits
#AccessToWork

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

Long Covid numbers in UK hit two million people
https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2024/04/25/long-covid-rates-hit-two-million-as-tories-ramp-up-the-war-on-disabled-and-chronically-ill-people/

#LongCovid
#WarOnDisabled
#WarOnTheChronicallyIll
#ONS
#Pandemic
#CovidIsNotOver
#PandemicNotOver
#LongCovidSupport
#LongCovidSupportGroup
#PandemicIsNotOver

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
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#SicknessBenefits
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#Welfare
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#WarOnTheSick
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#ForcedTreatment
#NHS
#WaitingLists
#FitNotes
#Scope
#FitNotesIssuedByDWP
#PIP
#Mind
#JosephRowntreeFoundation
#MSSociety
#Davey
#Tories
#Scapegoating

Sunak accused of launching ‘full-on assault on disabled people’ | Welfare | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/19/sunak-disability-benefit-curbs-sicknote-culture-pip

#Sunak
#WarOnDisabled
#WarOnTheChronicallyIll
#PIP
#Disabilities
#Disability
#ChronicallyIll
#DisabilityBenefits
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#Welfare
#MentalHealth
#MentalIllness
#DWP
#DWPMamdatedTreatment
#ForcedTreatment
#FitNote
#PublicServices
#PoorJobs
#Tories
#ToriesOutNow

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

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

Sunak suggests he wants to lead fresh assault on disability benefits spending – Disability News Service
https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/sunak-suggests-he-wants-to-lead-fresh-assault-on-disability-benefits-spending/

#Sunak
#WarOnDisabled
#DisabilityBenefits
#Benefits
#Disabilities
#Disabled

UK’s Tory government to explain to the UN why it violates disabled people’s rights | Vox Political
https://voxpoliticalonline.com/2024/03/11/uks-tory-government-to-explain-to-the-un-why-it-violates-disabled-peoples-rights/

#Tories
#Disabilities
#Disabled
#DisabilityRights
#Disability
#WarOnDisabled
#UN

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
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#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

Life on benefits under Labour will not be an option, says Liz Kendall | Welfare | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/mar/04/life-on-benefits-under-labour-will-not-be-an-option-says-liz-kendall

#Benefits
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#NotInEducationEmploymentOrTraining
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#Kendall
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#Unemployment
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#BasicEducation
#Education
#MentalHealth
#WarOnDisabled
#WarOnThePoor
#Mind
#BenefitsAssessments
#InstituteForEmploymentResearch
#EmploymentSupport
#FluctuatingConditions
#Ableism

Disabled benefit claimants recall 'cruel' DWP video assessments
https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/dwp-disabled-benefit-claimants-pip-video-assessment-cruel/

#DWP
#Disabled
#WarOnThePoor
#WarOnDisabled
#Cruelty
#Tories
#CruelTories
#PIP
#PIPAssessments
#SetUpToFail