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oliviaag9.bsky.social
Fuck. #unemployed #longTermSick
May 23, 2025 at 12:35 PM
barnaclebum.bsky.social
Scaring the #LongTermSick & #Disabled, pushing very unwell & vulnerable people closer to breakdown is one sure way of making sure they are further away from work than ever.
Needing to seek support from the Country's 'safety net' is not a crime & people deserve to be treated with respect #Welfare
badassmutha.bsky.social Badassmutha @badassmutha.bsky.social · Jan 26
Ok. Let's try this again.
"There isn't an option for a life on benefits" - Liz Kendall

What does this mean for those of us who can not get better? Those with degenerative conditions? Those with very challenging physical & mental disabilities?
The people who been EXISTING in misery for 15yrs?
January 27, 2025 at 11:50 AM
r2ph.bsky.social
WHAT BENEFITS? I have to wait 6 months for #AccessToWork support. I'm waiting on a reply from #WesStreeting I assume he has a very clear plan to support those of us who are #LongTermSick and trying to work in a broken system. Waiting for the strategy. *taps table*
davidheniguk.bsky.social David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · Feb 1
A little known part of the British constitution is that this headline must appear in a newspaper at least once a year.
February 1, 2025 at 9:26 AM
barnaclebum.bsky.social
More frightening times for some of the most Vulnerable people in the UK.
Targeting the #LongTermSick & #Disabled with the threat of getting a job (what jobs!) or starve is probably as low & cruel as it gets. These groups of people need proper support not even more terror & anxiety. #CruelCuts
leftiestats.bsky.social Stats for Lefties 🍉🏳️‍⚧️ @leftiestats.bsky.social · Nov 24
❗️ BREAKING: Labour will slash benefits, tighten sanctions and impose "sweeping changes" on welfare to tackle "bulging benefits bill" says Starmer.

Writing in the Daily Mail, Starmer promised "biggest overhaul of employment support in memory".

(Via @labourlist.bsky.social)
November 24, 2024 at 1:19 PM
probablyedible.bsky.social
"We are morally obligated to ensure that the disabled people, long term sick people, single patents, children and pensioners are driven to the absolute depths of poverty"

Or something like that

#labour #dwp #disabledrights #disability #chronicillness #longtermsick #childpoverty #winterfuelpayments
carolinelucas.bsky.social Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · Mar 9
That must be one of the most Orwellian statements ever. It’s bad enough to cut people’s benefits. To pretend some kind of higher “moral” duty while you’re doing so is insulting and offensive
Ministers have 'moral' duty to cut benefits spending, Labour MPs say
Labour is anxious to reduce the rising welfare bill as it plans boosting defence spending at a time when the Chancellor is perilously short of extra cash
inews.co.uk
March 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
barnaclebum.bsky.social
Another vulnerable group of people about to be targeted & let down by #UKStarmerParty. Liz Kendall pushing through DWP plans to cut support for 450k #LongtermSick & #Disabled ....this is nothing to do with supporting pple into work. Who voted for this?
cjayanetti.bsky.social Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · Dec 19
NEW: Strong evidence has emerged that the DWP hid the true reasons for its planned cuts to disability benefits

Documents disclosed in a legal challenge also suggest up to 100,000 disabled people could be pushed into poverty by the changes

By me, for @bigissue.com

www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
DWP wants to reform benefits to cut costs, not help disabled people into work
The High Court has heard a legal challenge against a Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) plan to reform disability benefits.
www.bigissue.com
December 19, 2024 at 12:45 PM
autisticmumto3.bsky.social
Starmer to drive through welfare cuts that could affect UK’s most severely disabled | Disability | The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

#Disabled
#LongTermSick
#PIP
#PIPReform
#DisabilityBenefits
#BenefitCuts
Starmer to drive through welfare cuts that could affect UK’s most severely disabled
PM faces backlash over plans to tighten eligibility, potentially leaving over 600,000 claimants £675 a month worse off
www.theguardian.com
March 17, 2025 at 7:01 AM
autisticmumto3.bsky.social
People with disabilities and ill health more likely to leave work, study finds - Big Issue
www.bigissue.com/news/employm...

#LongTermSick
#Work
#GetBritainWorking
#FlexiWorking
#FlexibleWorking
#Accessability
#Disabled
People with disabilities and ill health more likely to leave work, study finds
Sick workers are four times more likely to leave a job if they have no flexibility at work, new research from the Work Foundation has found.
www.bigissue.com
December 11, 2024 at 5:55 PM
autisticmumto3.bsky.social
Keir Starmer accused of 'pedalling benefit scrounger myth' after clampdown vow - Mirror Online
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

#Starmer
#Abbott
#Benefits
#BenefitsClaimants
#ScroungerNarrative
#ScroungerPropoganda
#LongTermSick
#Disabled
Keir Starmer accused of 'pedalling benefit scrounger myth' after clampdown vow
Labour veteran Diane Abbott hit out at Keir Starmer after he pledged to 'get a grip' on the cost of welfare, with sanctions set to be introduced in a tough new clampdown
www.mirror.co.uk
November 24, 2024 at 6:34 PM
barnaclebum.bsky.social
For 14yrs The #LongTermSick & #Disabled have been targeted & abused by #ToryWelfareReform. Politicians made the system as bureaucratic as possible to put people off attempting to apply for #WelfareSupport. Humiliating & punitive, Reforms were designed to cause as much anxiety & stress as possible.
November 24, 2024 at 9:06 PM
barnaclebum.bsky.social
If it's not #Nurses it's the #LongTermSick & #Disabled ....but never is it the fault of those who are really responsible for the poor Economy. #PovertyPay
November 21, 2024 at 10:18 AM
autisticmumto3.bsky.social
Trump’s Health Plan: Charge More for Preexisting Conditions

nymag.com/intelligence...

#USPolitics
#Trump
#HealthCare
#HealthInsurance
#HealthInequalities
#PreexistingConditions
#Ableism
#AntiLongTermSick
#LongTermSick
#Disabled
#Obamacare
#Affordability
#Medicaid
#Elderly
#AgePenalty
Trump’s Health Plan: Charge More for Preexisting Conditions
The concept of a plan, according to J.D. Vance, is pretty horrifying.
nymag.com
September 17, 2024 at 7:26 PM
autisticmumto3.bsky.social
Labour Conference 2024 Starmer accused of ignoring ‘deeply unfair’ barriers for disabled jobseekers | Morning Star
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/star...

#Disabled
#LabourConference
#LabourConference2024
#JobSeekers
#BarriersToWork
#Sense
#LongTermSick
#Edwards
Starmer accused of ignoring ‘deeply unfair’ barriers for disabled
morningstaronline.co.uk
September 25, 2024 at 6:47 PM
darrenfower.bsky.social
🗣️ There's now cross-party calls for "sin taxes" to be introduced, to make fresh food cheaper and encourage better eating habits⁉️

#Unemployed #Disabled #LongTermSick #DWP #UK #EconomicallyInactive #UniversalCredit #PersonalIndependencePayment #PIP #MentalHealth #LongCovid
September 18, 2024 at 8:46 AM
autisticmumto3.bsky.social
DWP reveals plan to get disabled people into work ahead of benefit cuts
www.bigissue.com/news/employm...

#DWP
#BenefitCuts
#Poverty
#Councils
#Services
#ChronicallyIll
#LongTermSick
#Disabled
DWP reveals new plans to get disabled people into work ahead of benefit cuts
The DWP has announced more of its plans to increase employment support for disabled people – but it comes after reports of benefit cuts.
www.bigissue.com
March 7, 2025 at 10:47 AM
dormousediaries.bsky.social
Retro
#LongTermSick #Welfare #BenefitsReform #disability
A drawing of two male politicians dancing back-to-back. In the foreground a woman in pink retro tea dress is talking to another in blue. Text says 'It's a new dance move called the Milburn Stride. It's where they try to look like two cheeks of the same...
July 31, 2024 at 11:14 AM
autisticmumto3.bsky.social
Scandal of the sick: Ill and disabled PIP benefit claimants die while waiting for payments | The Independent
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

#Benefits
#PIP
#Deaths
#LongTermSick
#Disabled
Scandal of the sick: Ill and disabled benefit claimants die waiting for payments
Exclusive: One man has been waiting for almost three years to receive the benefit and finally won a battle to be reassessed – but he’s still waiting
www.independent.co.uk
March 10, 2025 at 6:44 AM
chumpski.bsky.social
Those "what did you want to be when you grew up?" posts? Never, ever wanted to be anything or aspired to any particular role-based thing, only to be relatively comfortable without working any harder than I have to. Prev experience of longtermsick due to bad management confirmed my bad attitude 👿😃
January 12, 2024 at 12:39 PM
autisticmumto3.bsky.social
DWP WCA reforms WILL happen as Labour look to cut £1.3bn
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

#Incontinence
#Mobility
#Housebound
#WorkBeingRisky
#WCA
#UniversalCredit
#Labour
#LongTermSick
#Disabled
Labour IS pushing ahead with horrific DWP WCA changes - hitting 450k people
In yet another U-turn, the Labour-led DWP is set to press ahead with plans to reform the WCA - affecting 450,000 peoples' benefits
www.thecanary.co
October 19, 2024 at 12:03 AM
autisticmumto3.bsky.social
PIP fears over bid to swap £737 payments with vouchers that has not been ruled out
opr.news/24c65ed24112...

#PIP
#LongTermSick
#Disabled
PIP fears over bid to swap £737 payments with vouchers that has not been ruled out
Several options to replace PIP cash payments have been put forward Get the latest Plymouth Live breaking news on WhatsApp Our community members are treated to special offers, promotions and adverts ...
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November 30, 2024 at 10:04 PM
autisticmumto3.bsky.social
Minister admits fatal flaws in universal credit ‘need to be fixed’ and tells DNS: ‘You’ve been onto something very important’ – Disability News Service
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/minister-adm...

#UniversalCredit
#UC
#Times
#FatalFlaws
#ESA
#Disabled
#LongTermSick
#TheDepartmentByJohnPring
Minister admits fatal flaws in universal credit ‘need to be fixed’ and tells DNS: ‘You’ve been onto something very important’
The minister for social security has admitted there are serious safety concerns with universal credit, following coroners’ reports that linked the working-age benefits system with the suicides of t…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
September 28, 2024 at 7:05 PM
autisticmumto3.bsky.social
The PIP reform is still going ahead. The consultation didn't end when the election was called. It closed 22/7/24. They are deciding what reforms to make just 1/2

uk.news.yahoo.com/dwp-breaks-s...

#DWP
#PIPReform
#UniversalCredit
#UCReform
#BaronessShelock
#Disabled
#LongTermSick
#ChronicallyIll
DWP breaks silence over plans for PIP after green paper consultation ends
The DWP has issued a key update after a consultation and green paper on PIP changes ended last week.
uk.news.yahoo.com
August 22, 2024 at 12:55 PM
autisticmumto3.bsky.social
Putting top doctors in areas with high unemployment sees waiting lists plummet | The Independent
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

#NHS
#Unemployed
#WaitingLists
#BackToWork
#LongTermSick
#Disabled
Putting top doctors in areas with high unemployment sees waiting lists plummet
Expert clinicians are being dispatched to areas with high levels of unemployment
www.independent.co.uk
March 17, 2025 at 4:01 AM
autisticmumto3.bsky.social
DWP stops PIP for 628,000 claimants as major rule changes proposed - Birmingham Live

PIP is not an out of work only benefit & many disabled people rely on it to be able to work

www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of...

#PIP
#LongTermSick
#Disabled
#Disability
DWP stops PIP for 628,000 claimants as major rule changes proposed
When claims are checked, PIP payments may stop, reduce, increase or be kept at the same level, even if an individual has reported their health has got worse
www.birminghammail.co.uk
January 1, 2025 at 11:47 AM
autisticmumto3.bsky.social
'Get Britain Working' is empty rhetoric without DWP benefit reforms
www.bigissue.com/opinion/get-...

#DWP
#BenefitsReform
#GetBritainWorking
#Poverty
#JobCentres
#LongTermSick
#Disabled
'Get Britain Working' is empty rhetoric without DWP benefit reforms
Anela Anwar, chief executive of anti-poverty charity Z2K, reacts to the government’s ‘Get Britain Working’ white paper.
www.bigissue.com
December 3, 2024 at 1:51 AM