Private companies doing NHS work get a better deal than the NHS would get for doing the same work
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Protect Disabled people who cannot work from planned cuts to benefits - Petitions
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Thousands will lose their PIP according to govt figures & thousands will be pushed into poverty according to the govt's own figures
Ill and disabled people will be made ‘invisible’ by UK benefit cuts, say experts
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Trump says U.S. will have ‘direct talks’ with Iran as strikes on Houthis continue | The Independent
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The govt refuses to do impact assessments of the proposed cuts to benefits because they're focused on getting people in to work (I doubt there has been an assessment on the liklihood of it succeeding either or whether getting into work gets you off means tested benefits or out of poverty).
DWP must correct 'misleading' claim on universal credit claimants - Big Issue
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Polish woman, 80, faces deportation from UK after mistakenly filling in form online
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Blind people set to lose thousands in benefits still cannot read details of Labour’s welfare reform plans | The Independent
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Blind people set to lose thousands in benefits still cannot read details of Labour’s welfare reform plans
Lib Dem MP Steve Darling, who is registered blind, said the delay was ‘nothing short of a disgrace’David Maddox (The Independent)
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Extra 400,000 people to be signed off as unfit for work under Labour’s welfare reforms, government admits | The Independent
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DWP caught using evidence from TWENTY years ago to punish claimants - Canary
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Labour’s historic attack on disabled people is already wrecking lives. Just ask Kevin | John Harris | The Guardian
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Labour’s historic attack on disabled people is already wrecking lives. Just ask Kevin
The anxiety and horror of these sweeping cuts are a matter of deliberate policy. How did the party of Bevan come to this, asks Guardian columnist John HarrisJohn Harris (The Guardian)
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unnecessary cruelty.
I feel I can relate, as an American whose health needs have been postponed due to cuts in staff at Social Security.
We need more support, not less.
Labour’s historic attack on disabled people is already wrecking lives. Just ask Kevin | John Harris | The Guardian
Cuts have ‘huge implications for hardship’ says charity – Channel 4 News
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Facebook. Arise: A Festival Of Left Ideas. Spring Statement Review-Stop The Cuts. Online event.
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Arise: A Festival of Left Ideas
DIARY DATE: Spring Statement Review - Stop the cuts. Take action against poverty ✂️ Online event. Wed. April 2, 18.30 🗓️ With John McDonnell , Ellen Clifford ( @DPAC (Disabled People Against Cuts)...www.facebook.com
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‘Best route out of poverty is to get into work’, says treasury minister – Channel 4 News
Something no one mentions is if you get a minimum wage job you have to claim Universal Credit on top. Work is only a way out of poverty if its a well paid job. Work is not reliably a way out of poverty.
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‘Best route out of poverty is to get into work’, says treasury minister
We’re joined by the treasury minister James Murray.Channel 4 News
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Halt Carer's Allowance overpayments now | Carers UK
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Halt Carer's Allowance overpayments now
Ask your MP to support Carers UK's new campaign calling for an immediate halt to new Carer's Allowance overpaymentsCarers UK
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Invest in Long Covid & M.E. Research: Thousands of Children DISABLED, DISCHARGED, & HIDDEN FROM VIEW | 38 Degrees
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Invest in Long Covid & M.E. Research: Thousands of Children DISABLED, DISCHARGED, & HIDDEN FROM VIEW
• Five years after the start of the Covid pandemic, thousands remain severely ill - Many housebound or often bedbound, unable to attend school, work, or take part in daily life. Disabled, discharged, and hidden from view.38 Degrees
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Cruel cuts to disability support: the Prime Minister needs to hear from your MP | Trussell
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Cruel cuts to disability support: the Prime Minister needs to hear from your MP
Our social security system should be there for us all, especially when we need it most. But the UK government is making huge cuts to disabled people’s support when they’re already three times more likely to face hunger.Trussell
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Food banks forced to dispose of supermarkets' food waste
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‘Frustrated, angry, exhausted’: Food banks forced to ‘throw out food donated by supermarkets’
Food banks often rely on donations from businesses like supermarkets to meet the soaring demand for help, as increasing numbers face povertyIsabella McRae (Big Issue)
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Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared. — ProPublica
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Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.ProPublica
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Disabled people 'falling out of work' due to months-long waits for DWP support
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Disabled people losing jobs and ‘falling out of work’ due to months-long waits for DWP support
The government is on a mission to ensure that more disabled people are in work, but the Access to Work scheme is 'overstretched'.Philippa Willitts (Big Issue)
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Seven killed in Russian attack on Ukraine as ceasefire talks resume in Saudi Arabia – Channel 4 News
& the US trying to back peddle a bit on an interview that said parts of Ukraine are part of Russia & Zelensky has to accept that.
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Seven killed in Russian attack on Ukraine as ceasefire talks resume in Saudi Arabia
Ukrainian officials are meeting their US counterparts in Riyadh tonight - saying they wanted to "bring about a just peace and strengthen security".Channel 4 News
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Personal Independence Payment (PIP) self-assessment
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Personal Independence Payment (PIP) self-assessment
Get the benefits you're entitled to: help with personal independence payment (PIP), universal credit (UC), employment and support allowance (ESA),disability living allowance (DLA). Claims, assessments, reviews, appeals.Benefits and Work
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Tax the super-rich for a greener, fairer Britain
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Tax the super-rich for a greener, fairer Britain
Britain is crying out for national renewal, and it’s climate solutions that can improve people’s lives starting tomorrow.action.greenpeace.org.uk
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FactCheck reveals: England’s missing nurses – Channel 4 News
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FactCheck reveals: England’s missing nurses
The secret NHS files you weren’t supposed to see: find your local hospital with NurseCheck.Channel 4 News
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DWP figures on total cost of disabled people who cannot work are ‘chilling’ echo of ‘useless eaters’ propaganda – Disability News Service
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DWP figures on total cost of disabled people who cannot work are ‘chilling’ echo of ‘useless eaters’ propaganda
The decision of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to publish figures showing the total cost to the economy of disabled people who cannot work has been described as a “chilling” echo of the…Disability News Service
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West Papuan Indigenous people call for KitKat boycott over alleged ecocide | West Papua | The Guardian
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West Papuan Indigenous people call for KitKat boycott over alleged ecocide
Thousands of acres of rainforest is being cleared to produce palm oil, used in popular Nestlé and Mondelēz brandsDamien Gayle (The Guardian)
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‘There is nothing moral about cutting benefits’ | Morning Star
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‘There is nothing moral about cutting benefits’
Starmer under pressure over cruel plan to slash welfare budgetMorning Star
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Reeves to reveal biggest UK spending cuts since austerity in spring statement | Economic policy | The Guardian
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Reeves to reveal biggest UK spending cuts since austerity in spring statement
Labour MPs uneasy as chancellor prepares even deeper reductions that economists say will harm key servicesKiran Stacey (The Guardian)
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These cruel benefit cuts will rob security from so many – but Labour will lose something crucial too | Frances Ryan | The Guardian
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These cruel benefit cuts will rob security from so many – but Labour will lose something crucial too | Frances Ryan | The Guardian
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These cruel benefit cuts will rob security from so many – but Labour will lose something crucial too
The worst reforms since George Osborne will teach voters that politicians really are all the same. Is it worth it? asks Guardian columnist Frances RyanFrances Ryan (The Guardian)
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Minister defending Labour’s £5bn benefits cuts admits he couldn’t live on £70 a week | The Independent
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Minister defending Labour’s £5bn benefits cuts admits he couldn’t live on £70 a week
Hitting back at left-wing Labour critics of the government, Torsten Bell accused them of ‘defending a Tory system’Archie Mitchell (The Independent)
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Disability benefit cuts are a 'violation of human rights', charities say
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Benefit cuts are a ‘violation of human rights’ which will harm ill and disabled people, Labour warned
Charities are fighting back against Labour's plans to cut disability benefits, following the government's announcement.Isabella McRae (Big Issue)
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The hidden impact of Labour's disability benefit cuts, explained - Big Issue
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The hidden impact of Labour’s disability benefit cuts – from carer’s allowance to railcards
The government’s disability benefit cuts impacting around a million people will also have knock-on effects, including for unpaid carers.Chaminda Jayanetti (Big Issue)
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Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper - GOV.UK
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Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper
This consultation seeks views on the approaches government should consider around reform of the health and disability benefits system and employment support.Department for Work and Pensions (GOV.UK)
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Vanessa
in reply to Vanessa • •Are the govt going to improve access to work etc to help disabled people into work?
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