Recovery in the Bin

MPs ask government key questions on impact of universal credit cuts bill on poverty and safety A new cross-party report from MPs has raised significant concerns about the impact of the government’s disability benefit cuts and reforms on the poverty and safety of disabled claimants. The Labou…

A Commons committee has called on ministers to delay billions of pounds of cuts until they have carried out “an independent and comprehensive assessment” of the impact they could have on disabled people.
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What are your experiences of being asked in healthcare about your employment status as a pt?
Does it always feel necessary?
Do you feel directly or silently judged if you're unemployed?
Do you feel it impacts on your care if you are unemployed/in receipt of benefits?

AI chatbots are becoming popular alternatives to therapy. But they may worsen mental health crises, experts warn Users may be led down conspiracy theory rabbit holes or into emotional harm by chatbots designed to maximise engagement and affirmation, some say

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UN asks serious questions of ministers after activists highlight ‘discriminatory’ mental health bill A UN committee has raised serious concerns that the UK government’s mental health bill is breaching the international disability rights convention, with the legislation set to complete its passage …

A UN committee has raised serious concerns that the UK government’s mental health bill is breaching the international disability rights convention, with the legislation set to complete its passage through parliament when MPs return from their holidays.
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Is the Timms Review of disability benefit PIP just a tick-box exercise? Mikey Erhardt at Disability Rights UK writes about why the Stephen Timms review of PIP cannot be used as a smokescreen for cuts.

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I’ve stopped life-saving medication says man exhausted by fight for NHS care Tim Hull, who has a rare neurological condition, says his quality of life is "very, very low".

#NHS

This is a continuous and frightening situation for so many unable to get healthcare, treatment or the support they need or social care

This is Tim’s story and thoughts are with Tim and his family

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DWP now openly recruiting 'covert surveillance officers' to spy on disabled people After it previously denied it was doing this, the DWP is now openly recruiting more surveillance staff in another sinister move

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We don’t have any contact with her, unfortunately so unable to help either

Disabled People “Will Die” as GOP Medicaid Cuts Go into Effect, Warns Disability Rights Leader People with disabilities are among those most heavily impacted by Trump’s cuts to Medicaid. “I know so many people like me, disabled adults living and thriving now, who were able to get to adulthood b...

Meanwhile, in America….

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Anything that helps a disabled person navigate life more easily & with fewer barriers is an accessibility aid.

Including dishwashers, shower chairs, safe housing, no strings attached money & doing away with asset limits & benefits cliffs.

Everyone deserves these things, period.

A date for your diaries….

Tens of thousands at risk of poverty despite Labour’s benefit U-turn, MPs warn Changes to welfare reforms not enough to protect newly sick and disabled people from financial hardship

Maybe because it wasn’t actually a u-turn?

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Five survivors of Rotherham grooming gangs say they were also raped by police officers Three former South Yorkshire police officers arrested in investigation into claims by the women, as young as 12 at the time

As I said on day one, the first day that the Times broke the story about the gangs: the idea that the police were too petrified to investigate sexual offences by Asian men because they might be perceived as racist did not pass *the laugh test*, never mind the smell test.

I think disabled folk are actually incredibly positive and optimistic… just for getting through each day.
Those who haven’t experienced it, have no idea how hard it can be to do.

On today’s Hall of Shame, we have Debbie Abrahams, Labour MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth.

She raised strong objections to the UC Bill, yet she voted to send the bill through its third reading.

Shame on you.

#DisabilityRebellion #TakingThePIP #WelfareNotWelfare

Woman with short red hair wearing black stands next to a man wearing dark blue with curly dark hair and a grey beard holding a white banner with DPAC Colour Logo with black text Disabled People Against Cuts Rights Not Charity

#EppingProtest

@dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social activists are out on the Epping Protest defending refugees. As disabled people we know what it’s like to be oppressed marginalised and targeted.

How the fuck is being beaten with batons and punched in face appropriate in ANY situation to 'distract' someone having a mental breakdown?!

If the government really want to make people's mental health better, they could start by making things less shit.

'My son was in crisis - he needed help, not police restraint' Kaine Fletcher died in a Nottingham hospital after being restrained during a mental health crisis.

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Scandalous that this research into the financial hardship faced by disabled people was available, but not published before the welfare bill was voted on!!

Shocking statistics contained within. And now disabled people have been made even poorer by this Government!

Hospital worker arrested over assault of patient in Northampton NHS England says it is restricting referrals to the St Andrew's Hospital following an inspection.

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Many of us knew if labour & their dog whistle politics of 'working families' got into power that disabled people would be thrown under the bus, but the speed & scope of all this is terrifying.

The motability/ tax checking website was a tipping point for me. I am scared once more to go out alone.

This is what I've noticed working in support.

Number of disabled people in financial trouble doubled, delayed research reveals, days after MPs pass cuts bill Ministers have published research they have been sitting on for more than a year showing how the proportion of disabled people in financial difficulty doubled in two years, days after MPs voted for…

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Government quietly releases multiple disability research reports on the same day… eight days too late for MPs The government has quietly published 12 detailed research reports, nearly all related to disability employment, disability poverty and the benefits system, all on the same day, just eight days afte…

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Criticism for ‘hollow words’ of Labour MP who told Starmer she was ‘ashamed’ of benefit cuts bill A senior Labour MP has been heavily criticised by disabled activists after telling the prime minister she felt “ashamed” of the government’s plans to cut billions of pounds from disability benefits…

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Disinformation spread online, including from MPs, is having serious consequences offline.

Social media companies are profiting from amplifying racist hate.

It’s not enough to condemn racist violence: we need to name where it comes from and who profits from it.

You’re attacking someone else over their achievements whilst having none to speak of yourself.

Maybe you could list your achievements in this area?

She’s called out the government on this on an almost daily basis. What would you expect her to do, being as she’s an independent MP?