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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 #disability 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 #disability benefit reforms as “dangerous” and accused ministers of “demonising” disabled people.
disabilitynewsservice.com/minister-share…
#PIP 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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Stride refuses to apologise for two untruths in TV interview on PIP cuts disabilitynewsservice.com/stride-refuses… via Disability News Service
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.
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)
#r4today
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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.
PIP claimants ask government: ‘Why should we have to fight to live?’ disabilitynewsservice.com/pip-claimants-… via Disability News Service