Amanda Devaure-Croft

This is not policing.

This is state repression, in support of a genocidal rogue apartheid state.

Starmer's regime brings shame on the UK, they have to go.

It took me longer than it should to realise the OP meant 'freebies'. I was wondering what sensible policy he was trying to dismiss as woke free bee nonsense!

Borage

Disgusting, and utterly inevitable.

@quietriotpod.bsky.social Have you seen this video of Kent police misusing the proscription legislation to threaten an anti-genocide demonstrator because it gives them 'grounds to suspect' they support PA? Inevitable & needs urgent clarification by Home Secretary.

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@adamwagner1.bsky.social Have you seen this video of Kent police misusing the proscription legislation to threaten an anti-genocide demonstrator because it gives them 'grounds to suspect' they support PA? Inevitable & needs urgent clarification by Home Secretary.

www.instagram.com/reel/DMJJ1GF...

@stevepeers.bsky.social Have you seen this video of Kent police misusing the proscription legislation to threaten an anti-genocide demonstrator because it gives them 'grounds to suspect' they support PA? Inevitable & needs urgent clarification by Home Secretary.

www.instagram.com/reel/DMJJ1GF...

Welfare bill climbdown will have ‘a cost’ at budget, says senior minister Pat McFadden says U-turn will change calculations, as IFS says tax rises in autumn look increasingly likely

Welfare bill climbdown will have ‘a cost’ at budget, says UK minister.

Another tactic for driving down people's aspirations.

UK can bail out banks, subsidise corporations, fund wars but somehow thecan't tackle poverty.

Last yr HMRC didn't collect £46.8bn of taxes; over £500bn since 2020.

Getting really sick of MPs and journalists trotting out the line about people with "serious lifelong conditions" no longer being reassessed. Have these people read the severe conditions criteria? Hardly anyone will qualify. You pretty much need to be quadriplegic.
#politicslive #pip #welfarebill

PM asked at #pmqs if he realises this has eroded trust; gives snippy response.

Meanwhile

As he heads home, Boxall is “drained” and “resentful” of the months of stress he and other disabled and sick people have faced. “As a community, we’ve been put through a mental and physical wringer,” he says.

My book from last week's #buyastrangerabook day arrived yesterday. Thank you!

No #lizkendall at #pmqs today, I see..

The sheer callousness and ableism by this woman on #politicslive is breathtaking.

How dare anyone say we should 'absolutely' second guess medical specialists who have treated me for years? The woman in the floral dress has never seen a PIp application form. It is incredibly difficult to receive. And it's not 40k a year! She needs to inform herself.
#politicslive #bbc

An excellent summary of why the 4-point criteria suggestion was so pernicious.

This is good news, but it is not written in the bill that MPs have to vote in. With such a huge change, surely it's better to pull the bill?

Yup. An ordeal that has left me with severe anxiety and panic attacks when I have to deal with the DWP. Any envelope that looks like it might be from them can trigger them. I can't open them without being with (at least on the phone) with someone I love.

Some powerful speeches in parliament today, including that by @laverymp.bsky.social acknowledging people who voted for Labour had faith, but it's dwindling, and the party needs to restore it by taking actions that show compassion and care.
#takingthepip

Thank you @chrismcdonaldmp.bsky.social for saying so clearly that people's lives are just as valuable whether they are in work or not. The value-loaded rhetoric around this bill has directly attacked that principle, causing significant distress. Dignity, unconditional support & trust. Thank you.

*detail not serial!

Ayoub Khan saying it exactly as it is in the House of Commons.

"Morally indefensible."
"Offensive."
"Punishing."
"Shameful"

"This bill tramples the values of solidarity and dignity the welfare state was built upon."

#takingthepip

Two-thirds of the UK think the PIP and UC cuts are cruel.

Every MP should take note. Labour MPs like mine (@alistrathern.bsky.social) should consider whether they can afford to turn two-thirds of their constituents off voting for them again.

Labour’s planned PIP disability cuts are cruel, say two-thirds of UK Most people are against planned changes to disability benefit assessments as MPs prepare to vote on controversial welfare bill

Labour’s planned PIP disability cuts are cruel, say two-thirds of UK

Most people are against planned changes to disability benefit assessments as MPs prepare to vote on controversial welfare bill
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Thank you for the serial on cESA. I have been trying to find that out for ages. It's nuts to look at one without the other. I claimed cESA for a long time before PIP. The temporary period (how long?) creates a cliff edge that will drive many to claim PIP who otherwise might not.

A former minister told the BBC it is easy to ‘game’ the PIP form based on knowing what to fill in

This is untrue.

PIP forms are not only notoriously difficult to fill in but require huge swaths of evidence - and even then many people don’t get what they are due until tribunal.

Labour have decided to put 800,000 disabled kids at risk.

They receive DLA instead of adult PIP. But Labour's guarantee to protect PIP recipients only protects people on PIP now.

So when the kids have to migrate to PIP, they'll face the new much harsher assessment regime.

Many will lose out.

Autoimmune conditions in general are much more common in women, and many of them are fluctuating, invisible, and poorly understood and supported by the medical system. Definitely a feminist issue.

Thank you @vickyfoxcroftmp.bsky.social for modelling what acting in line with your principles looks like. I hope this gives courage to your colleagues.

Thank you @rachaelmaskell.bsky.social . I urge my MP @alistrathern.bsky.social to speak with you before the vote. I know je has had concerns but I want a commitment to stand by them and vote this down, especially as committee is the whole house in one day next week!

And, apparently, people are also disabled due to lack of effort.