That sounds exhausting. Hope you have a good swim though!
It's sunny here so I've been trying to do uni work and take breaks outside and watch the squirrels!
Happy birthday! π₯³
PIP 4-point rule impact:
β’ 1.3m people at risk
β’ 440k (33%) expected to lose benefits
β’ 860k expected to keep them via worsened conditions/appeals
β’ Ratio: 1 loses for every 2 who keep benefits
Why terrorize 1.3m people then? #WelfareNotWarfare #TakingThePip
There is no economic case for cutting disability benefits.
There is no moral case for cutting disability benefits.
It won't help people into employment.
It'll mean many who are working won't be able to.
It'll destroy the health and social care system.
It'll end lives.
Condition must be diagnosed by NHS
If your in #SEND or #Neurodivergent care. Private diagnosis just became unsafe. The latest #DisabilityBenefits documents just ruled out anything other than a NHS diagnosis will count. It has serious knock on effects this. Even for children now & later in life. #Autistic #Adhd
The Freedom Flotilla is on its way to Gaza again. You can follow it here. freedomflotilla.org/ffc-tracker/...
Greta Thunberg and Rima Hassan (French MEP) are on board
Remember that the last Freedom Flotilla ended with Israel massacring 10 of its passengers and injuring over 50
Weβre looking for a Head of Policy & Campaigns at Platfform - if you connect with our purpose, have a passion for social justice & can show us how you have affected successful change through policy and campaigns work then weβd love to hear from you
#PublicAffairs #Politics #Campaigns #SocialJustice
Benefits and Work have done a really good piece here, looking at what the DWP is and isn't consulting on.
It isn't consulting on the major issues: scrapping WCA; PIP Daily Living & UC Health Element; freezing UC HE until 2029/30; 4-point criterion for PIP
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/dwp-lau...
Whatβs LCWRA?
Itβs a part of Universal Credit for people who are medically assessed as unable to work.
Labour plans to:
β Cut support by 50% for new claimants
β Reassess existing ones
That means more fear, more poverty, more harm.
This one is going to court. We wonβt allow it.
Labour's Disability benefit reforms will push 340,000 people into poverty, exacerbating the harms of a welfare system that is already killing people.
NSUN is appalled by these proposals (1/3).
Reminder that the government is killing disabled people, and anyone supporting the government is completed in killing them.
Not going to be nice mince words about it, if you are offended by this then you are part of the problem.
The art mag Frieze has published a piece by a disabled artist about the proposed benefits cut that includes a couple of my doodlings.
www.frieze.com/article/uk-w...
Britain's 177 billionaires sit on Β£965 bn - more EACH than the average Brit will earn in 1000 lifetimes.
So obviously, Labour decided NOT to have a 2% wealth tax on this obscene, unspendable hoarding. More poverty for 6.9m disabled Britons is their solution.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Tax the super-rich: protest breaks out over Spring Statement right at Rachel Reeves' front door
Author and economist Gary Stevenson, Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer, and Labour peer Prem Sikka addressed the crowd - calling for Reeves to back down
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
#WelfareNotWarfare
Image shows pink, green, yellow background. UK is in Blue. There are lines with dots in black pointing to areas that have actions Aberdeen Brighton Chesterfield Derbyshire Cardiff Derry Northern Ireland Darlington Edinburgh Exeter Glasgow Leeds Lancaster London Margate Manchester Newcastle Norwich Swansea
#WelfareNotWarfare
Stop the press π’
Updated local actions map for the National Day of Action on Wednesday 26th March 2025
Happy birthday! π₯³ The card looks amazing x
Itβs out! Thanks so much to @asylummagazine.bsky.social for letting us guest edit this special issue and to @nsunnews.bsky.social for their support
Please join us on the 13th March for the online launch
Sending good vibes and love for whatever your day holds π«
Dydd GΕ΅yl Dewi Hapus!
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Please call out dog whistles in #benefits coverage if you can. These words arenβt neutralβtheyβre framing devices:
Genuine
Working families
Scrapheap
Spiralling
Medicalising
Lifestyle choice
Hardworking taxpayers
Wasting potential
Sickness (not disability)
Ups and downs of life
In this seminar, Rachel Rowan Olive will discuss research interviews with ten multilingual voice-hearers conducted as part of her MA in Applied Linguistics and Communication at Birkbeck. As well as presenting findings and the questions they raise
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/qualitativ...
Do you currently work with LGBTQIA+ communities? OR Did you live through 'Section 28' in Wales? Join us to explore the history and memories of living and growing up under Section 28 in Wales, in a kind and safe space. Date: February 12, 2025 Time: 09:00-11:45 AM Where: The Queer Emporium, 2 Royal Arcade, Cardiff, CF10 1AE To register, please contact: s.correia@swansea.ac.uk
Ydych chi n gweithio gyda chymunedau LGBTQIA+ ar hyn o bryd? NEU Oeddech chi'n byw drwy 'Adran 28' yng Nghymru? Ymunwch Γ ni i archwilio hanes ac atgofion o fyw a thyfu i fyny o dan Adran 28 yng Nghymru, mewn lle caredig a diogel. Dyddiad: Chwefror 12, 2025 Amser: 09:00-11:45 AM Ble: The Queer Emporium, 2 Royal Arcade, Caerdydd, CF10 1AE I gofrestru, cysylltwch Γ : s.correia@swansea.ac.uk
Section 28 - never forget, never go back
Researchers at Swansea Uni and Cardiff Uni have launched The 28 Archive - a history project about growing up under Section 28 in Wales.
Please share with people genuinely & positively interested
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On March 31 2025 the Acer Unit at Southmead hospital will close. It is the only detox available on the NHS in Bristol. There are no current plans to open a replacement unit at this time .
www.change.org/p/save-the-a...
Well done x
