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John Pring: editor/founder of Disability News Service; author of The Department, to be published by @PlutoBooks, August 2024; disabled journalist; autistic.

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I think it's a fair question to ask minister for disabled people Mims Davies MP why she shared a post that described her own government's benefit reforms as “dangerous” and accused ministers of “demonising” disabled people.
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I think it's a fair question to ask minister for disabled people Mims Davies MP why she shared a post that described her own government's benefit reforms as “dangerous” and accused ministers of “demonising” disabled people.
disabilitynewsservice.com/minister-share…

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The minister for disabled people has refused to explain why she shared a social media post that described her own government’s disability benefit reforms as “dangerous” and accused ministers of “demonising” disabled people.
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The government is considering making it harder to claim disability benefits and even replacing cash payments with vouchers or one-off grants, as part of its latest “brutal, ideological attack” on disabled people’s support.
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Disabled activists protesting outside parliament have spoken of their horror at the government releasing new plans to cut disability benefits on the same day MPs were debating the idea of legalising assisted suicide.
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☕ LeliBug ☕(@DelphineMusic) 's Twitter Profile Photo

claimants ask government: ‘Why should we have to fight to live?’

Dehumanising, Demeaning, Humiliating, Isolating, Insulting, BARBARIC TORTURE
...Is about the Only Way to actually describe it
No one just gets GIVEN this! 🤦🏻‍♀️🤬😡😵‍💫

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Susan Dougill(@SusanD1408) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Disability News Service My medications because hubby works I have to pay for everything. My glasses I also have to pay for, ear buds because sound makes conditions worse. My sleep mask to block out light. My electronic bed for when I am not capable of sitting up. My Alexa for when I fall.

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Hunter Phoenix(@HunterSPhoenix) 's Twitter Profile Photo

When your minister of disability agrees that the pip reforms are cruel, you know you're fighting a losing battle.

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michelle maher(@mmaher70) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Stride refuses to apologise for two untruths in TV interview on PIP cuts
Disabled again attacked when in poverty
£43 billion fraud Bounce Back Loans, and nothing said
Taxpayers pay £87 billion fraud said OBR (see FT 2020)

disabilitynewsservice.com/stride-refuses… via Disability News Service

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HeatherMassey 'All human lives are of equal worth'(@HeatherMassey2) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Marie Hetherington Disability News Service The Independence part of PIP may mean taking a taxi because you can't walk to and from the bus stop. Or a cleaner as you're physically unable to keep your home clean.
People don't think catching a bus or washing the floor is a big deal. Those who can't do it, know it is.

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Stop Oxevision(@StopOxevision) 's Twitter Profile Photo

New lived experience piece up on the website. The level of lying and covering up here is appalling

“We were given leaflets which included a photo of what staff would be able to see; a clear CCTV image of a patient in their bedroom”

stopoxevision.com/2024/05/03/we-…

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Dr Jay Watts(@Shrink_at_Large) 's Twitter Profile Photo

'We believe in the benefits of work for everyone - we are all better off with the autonomy and self-determination that comes from good work.'

You may believe in that, Labour, but the evidence-base says otherwise. Work is not a health outcome. tinyurl.com/uh4wwht

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JELLY HEAD(@LordOrk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Minding the gap at Ealing Broadway: 'It's a death trap'

Dangerous platform gaps on £19bn Elizabeth Line

Avoidable if ⁦TfL⁩ hadn’t chosen non standard platform heights in core + ordered low floored trains

Campaign for Level Boarding⁩ was possible bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

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Disability News Service(@johnpringdns) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Disabled activists protesting outside parliament have spoken of their horror at the government releasing new plans to cut disability benefits on the same day MPs were debating the idea of legalising assisted suicide.
buff.ly/3w7Wj4F

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Disability News Service(@johnpringdns) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The government is considering making it harder to claim disability benefits and even replacing cash payments with vouchers or one-off grants, as part of its latest “brutal, ideological attack” on disabled people’s support.
buff.ly/4aWC215

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Disability News Service(@johnpringdns) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The minister for disabled people has refused to explain why she shared a social media post that described her own government’s disability benefit reforms as “dangerous” and accused ministers of “demonising” disabled people.
buff.ly/3JPNnDT

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