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messy-by-name.bsky.social
Always wanting to punch down on those who need the most support 😡

#PIP
#WelfareNotWarfare
#TakingThePIP
#PunchingDown
#Labour
andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social Andrew Sparrow @andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social · Sep 17
Means-testing personal independence payment (Pip) would save £8bn without behavioural change, says IFS thinktank - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
September 17, 2026 at 6:39 PM
dpac-cymru.bsky.social
Disabled people were promised co-production.

But the Timms Review is giving us co-option!

Let disabled people lead an independent review!

#TimmsReview #DPAC #Wales #Cymru #TakingThePIP #Disability

Save the date - Cardiff 25 September, Bangor 30 September
Text on a pale blue background. In green, it says "Disabled people were promised co-production." The word co-production has stars and sparkles around it. In red it says "The Timms Review is giving us co-option" In blue it says "Let disabled people lead an independent review!" At the bottom is the DPAC Cymru logo and the hashtags #DPAC and #TimmsReview and the text Disabled People Against Cuts Cymru.
September 1, 2026 at 8:26 PM
dpac-cymru.bsky.social
Welsh Government criticises PIP review co-production: why Wales is calling for a Disabled-led alternative

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#TimmsReview #TakingThePIP #DPAC #Cymru #disability
Welsh Government Criticises PIP Review Co-Production: Why Wales Is Calling for a Disabled-Led Alternative | DISABLED ENTREPRENEUR - DISABILITY UK
The Welsh Government has raised significant concerns about co-production in the UK-wide Timms Review of Personal Independence Payment (PIP), calling for an independent disabled-led approach to future ...
disabledentrepreneur.uk
August 23, 2026 at 8:53 PM
messy-by-name.bsky.social
Oh here we go again 🙄🤦🏻

#TakingThePIP #UC
#WelfareNotWarfare
#Labour
#TimmsReview
#Disability #Disabled #ChronicPain #ChronicIllness
August 13, 2026 at 5:02 PM
epickirbz.bsky.social
They say we can’t afford to support disabled people.
But they’ve found £73 billion to hand to private landlords between 2024 and 2029.
They claim they need to make £5 billion in “savings”, so they take it from disabled people instead of introducing rent caps or building council homes. #TakingthePIP
June 29, 2025 at 11:47 AM
epickirbz.bsky.social
If passed, this Bill will push many disabled people out of the benefit system, not because their needs have changed, but because the law has.

The Bill: share.google/yjmeSVJKrQ6L...

#DisabilityRights #UniversalCredit #PIP #WelfareReform #TakingThePIP
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament
Current version of Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill with latest news, sponsors, and progress through Houses
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June 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
epickirbz.bsky.social
Missing the March, Not the Movement. Join the online protest on 7 June 2025 at 12pm if you can’t attend in London. Post about disability rights and welfare cuts using #WelfareNotWarfare #TakingThePIP #StopTheCuts #TaxTheRich #DisabilityRebellion
Digital protest poster with a soft pastel gradient background blending light blue, lavender, and pink. On the left-hand side is a large 3D-style purple and silver megaphone, with a coiled, shiny ribbon emerging from it on the right. The text is in black. The layout is split into clear sections. Headline (top left): “Missing the March, Not the Movement.” (Bold black text) Main event info (centre-right): “12pm on Saturday 7th June 2025” (Bold black text) “If you can’t join the People’s Assembly protest in London on 7 June at 12pm, take part in the online protest from wherever you are.” (Smaller black text) Body text (bottom centre): “You can make a difference by amplifying your voice on social media, sharing banners, art, stories, and data, while championing disability rights and welfare changes. Don’t forget these hash tags:” Hashtags (in bold black text): #WelfareNotWarfare | #TakingThePIP | #StopTheCuts | #TaxTheRich | #DisabilityRebellion
June 3, 2025 at 11:12 AM
sazmeister88.bsky.social
SCRAP THE DISABILITY BENEFITS CUTS, write to your MP NOW, there's still time before tomorrow's vote! #takingthePIP #welfarenotwarfare #disabilityrebellion
June 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
nippermaddog.bsky.social
The brilliant Jay sums up UC

Please send this video to your MP, this explains UC issues succinctly

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Dr Jay Watts on X: "SEVERE CONDITION CRITERIA The Green Paper is diminished, but please lobby against the ‘severe condition criteria’—a hugely dangerous and discriminatory change to UC health rules that would drastically increase new claimants’ financial and psychological precarity. #TakingThePIP https://t.co/Tw4Og3fcYZ" / X
SEVERE CONDITION CRITERIA The Green Paper is diminished, but please lobby against the ‘severe condition criteria’—a hugely dangerous and discriminatory change to UC health rules that would drastically increase new claimants’ financial and psychological precarity. #TakingThePIP https://t.co/Tw4Og3fcYZ
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July 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
damnocracy.bsky.social
Keir Starmer wants you to believe he's on your side. But his latest move? Slashing disability support while billionaires get a free ride. That’s not reform—it’s theft. It’s Robin Hood in reverse: robbing the poor to help the rich.
#DisabilityCuts
#TakingThePIP #StopTheCuts #WelfareNotWarfare
July 1, 2025 at 12:20 PM
politicalsatirical.bsky.social
#TakingThePIP
July 13, 2025 at 10:11 PM
actionforme.bsky.social
Following the dramatic U-turn by the government in withdrawing the proposal to change PIP eligibility & subsequent passing of the welfare bill, we've issued the following response👇

www.actionforme.org.uk/our-response...

#pwME #MECFS #MylagicE #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #WelfareReforms #TakingThePIP
Our response: Concessions & the passing of the welfare bill - Action for ME
Last night, the government’s welfare bill was passed by 335 votes to 260. As an organisation, we continued to oppose the bill...
www.actionforme.org.uk
July 2, 2025 at 11:57 AM
actionforme.bsky.social
2/2

🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#TakingThePIP #pwME #MECFS #MyalgicE #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #LongCovid #WelfareReforms
Dozens of Labour MPs back bid to block benefits changes
MPs including senior Labour figures sign an amendment that could sink the welfare reform bill.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 24, 2025 at 9:59 AM
actionforme.bsky.social
2/3

In collaboration with @longcovidsupport.bsky.social @thereforme.bsky.social and MELN

#TakingThePIP

Read the briefing here 👇

www.longcovid.org/images/Docum...
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June 16, 2025 at 2:42 PM
hopefoundinme.bsky.social
Still no reply forthcoming from my local MP. So disappointing. Must I share every minute detail of how awful it is to have one's life shredded by chronic illness? Sorry, but we all already have to live under a microscope! #TakingThePIP #StopTakingThePIP #CareNotCuts
June 17, 2025 at 8:32 AM
hopefoundinme.bsky.social
The Disability Charity Scope handed a petition with over 100,000 signatories to 10 Downing Street today. Requesting that the welfare cuts do not go ahead. www.instagram.com/p/DK9f3OjMcoj/
#StopTakingThePIP #TakingThePIP
June 16, 2025 at 1:11 PM
hopefoundinme.bsky.social
As the proposals are due to be debated imminently, I have emailed again.
#TakingThePIP #StopTakingThePIP #ChronicIllness #Disability
Text Image: Well, I have sent a SECOND email to our local MP asking him to vote against proposed cuts to PIP etc. Hopefully I will receive a reply/acknowledgement this time, as I lack capacity to send another. My soul has been laid bare, I have nothing more I can say. Over to you Sir John! #StopTakingThePIP #TakingThePIP
June 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
meassociation.org.uk
The Timms Review of Personal Independent Payments (PIP) has now opened to the public to submit their evidence towards the consultation.

Submissions will close at 11:59pm on the 28th May 2026.

Find out more on our blog: https://meassociation.org.uk/9cbc

#MECFS #PIP #WelfareCuts #TakingThePIP
Timms review of Personal Independence Payment (PIP): Call for Evidence - The ME Association
The Timms Review of Personal Independent Payments (PIP) has now […]
meassociation.org.uk
March 19, 2026 at 12:03 PM
meassociation.org.uk
In a major moment for our community, Tessa Munt MP has quoted directly from MEA policy work during a Westminster Hall debate on support for people with ME. 

Read the briefing that the MEA provided here: https://meassociation.org.uk/hmm2

#pwME #MECFS #MyalgicE #TakingThePIP #WelfareReforms
ME Association's Welfare Briefing for Westminster Hall Debate - The ME Association
In a major moment for our community, Tessa Munt MP […]
meassociation.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
meassociation.org.uk
We have reviewed a heavily redacted DWP training document on ME/CFS, released under the Freedom of Information Act.

Read more: https://meassociation.org.uk/s5dq

#MECFS #pwME #MyalgicE #TakingThePIP #WelfareReform
DWP Training Guidance on ME/CFS (FOI Redacted Document) - The ME Association
This document was obtained via a Freedom of Information request […]
meassociation.org.uk
October 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
meassociation.org.uk
The Government has just announced a new Independent Disability Advisory Panel and will soon invite applications from the public. 

Find out more: https://meassociation.org.uk/7ojo

#MECFS #LongCovid #WelfareCuts #ListenToME #TakingThePIP
Welfare reform round-up: new independent disability panel, applications opening soon  - The ME Association
Alongside the promised Personal Independence Payment (PIP) review, the Government […]
meassociation.org.uk
August 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
meassociation.org.uk
Guardian: Labour MP suspended for opposing disability cuts will keep speaking for ‘invisible in society’ 

Read more: https://tinyurl.com/5n8cepzh

#WelfareReforms #WelfareCuts #BenefitsCuts #TakingThePIP #pwME #MECFS #LongCovid
Labour MP suspended for opposing disability cuts will keep speaking for ‘invisible in society’
Rachael Maskell, one of four Labour MPs to lose whip, stands by actions and says party needs to be ‘broad church that listens to each other’
tinyurl.com
July 17, 2025 at 9:47 AM
meassociation.org.uk
BBC News: GP pilot scheme to help sick people back to work 

"A pilot scheme aimed at helping people with health conditions back into work is to be introduced to GP practices across a county" 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20nj668450o 

#MECFS #pwME #WelfareCuts #ListenToME #TakingThePIP
Cambridgeshire GP pilot scheme to help sick people back to work
People with sick notes will be helped back to work as part of the government scheme.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 15, 2025 at 9:11 AM
meassociation.org.uk
Read the ME Association's comment here: https://meassociation.org.uk/bddy 

#TakingThePIP #PIP #UniversalCredit #DisabilityBen
The Guardian: Starmer offers ‘massive concessions’ on welfare bill to Labour rebels - The ME Association
 Leading rebels say they have been promised significant changes to […]
meassociation.org.uk
June 27, 2025 at 11:17 AM
meassociation.org.uk
Use our template letter to write to your local MP: https://meassociation.org.uk/lukr

#MECFS #pwME #LongCovid #WelfareCuts #FightTheCuts #TakingThePIP #ListenToME
Write to your MP about the recent announcements on Welfare Reform - The ME Association
On Tuesday (18.03.25), the Rt Hon Liz Kendall MP, Secretary […]
meassociation.org.uk
June 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM