Ali
@aliv72.bsky.social
Welfare rights, Scottish rugby and Romance languages
Celtic nations coming together with the Lions
July 26, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Celtic nations coming together with the Lions
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I’m sorry, the DWP announcing “don’t worry, the benefits u-turn means only 150,000 people will be pushed into poverty now!” is just insane. Cruel, incompetent ghouls who shouldn’t be allowed to run a bath let alone a system sick people rely on to live.
June 30, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I’m sorry, the DWP announcing “don’t worry, the benefits u-turn means only 150,000 people will be pushed into poverty now!” is just insane. Cruel, incompetent ghouls who shouldn’t be allowed to run a bath let alone a system sick people rely on to live.
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Keir Starmer's revised welfare cuts will put 150,000 more people into poverty, according to the Government's own analysis.
Only down 100,000 from the 250,000 previously estimated
Only down 100,000 from the 250,000 previously estimated
June 30, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Keir Starmer's revised welfare cuts will put 150,000 more people into poverty, according to the Government's own analysis.
Only down 100,000 from the 250,000 previously estimated
Only down 100,000 from the 250,000 previously estimated
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Private Eye has found that that 281,000 PIP claimants *already in paid work* stand to lose out under the proposed cuts (i.e the four-point rule)
That's 55% of all PIP claimants in paid work, according to the article
(not my article but I want to flag it)
That's 55% of all PIP claimants in paid work, according to the article
(not my article but I want to flag it)
June 17, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Private Eye has found that that 281,000 PIP claimants *already in paid work* stand to lose out under the proposed cuts (i.e the four-point rule)
That's 55% of all PIP claimants in paid work, according to the article
(not my article but I want to flag it)
That's 55% of all PIP claimants in paid work, according to the article
(not my article but I want to flag it)
@rosbifsrugby.bsky.social Theo with a late bid for own-try of the season there sadly
June 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
@rosbifsrugby.bsky.social Theo with a late bid for own-try of the season there sadly
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NEW: Internal DWP figures show 700,000 families *already* in poverty are forecast to be hit by planned disability benefit cuts
That's on top of the 250k+ who are predicted to be newly pushed into poverty by the changes
By me, for the Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
That's on top of the 250k+ who are predicted to be newly pushed into poverty by the changes
By me, for the Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Disability benefit cuts to hit 700,000 families already in poverty, DWP forecasts show
Internal government forecasts obtained by the Guardian reveal ‘truly shocking’ effects of planned cuts
www.theguardian.com
May 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
NEW: Internal DWP figures show 700,000 families *already* in poverty are forecast to be hit by planned disability benefit cuts
That's on top of the 250k+ who are predicted to be newly pushed into poverty by the changes
By me, for the Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
That's on top of the 250k+ who are predicted to be newly pushed into poverty by the changes
By me, for the Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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NEW: Thousands of people with cancer, cardiovascular diseases and respiratory diseases, and more than 200,000 people with arthritis are among the 1.3 million whose disability benefits are at risk from planned cuts, according to FOI data
By me, for @bigissue.com www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
By me, for @bigissue.com www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
1.3 million ill people could lose PIP under Labour's disability benefit cuts
Labour's benefit reforms could see thousands of people with cancer and more than 200,000 people with arthritis lose their PIP payments.
www.bigissue.com
April 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
NEW: Thousands of people with cancer, cardiovascular diseases and respiratory diseases, and more than 200,000 people with arthritis are among the 1.3 million whose disability benefits are at risk from planned cuts, according to FOI data
By me, for @bigissue.com www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
By me, for @bigissue.com www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
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New: Roughly 1,325,250 people (45.8%) of PIP Daily Living component recipients will lose their benefit if the #GreenPaper proposals progress. The average annual loss would be c.£4,000, with many losing all support despite significant functional impairments. (FOI: 👏 Martin Bonner) #WelfareNotWarfare
April 16, 2025 at 12:32 PM
New: Roughly 1,325,250 people (45.8%) of PIP Daily Living component recipients will lose their benefit if the #GreenPaper proposals progress. The average annual loss would be c.£4,000, with many losing all support despite significant functional impairments. (FOI: 👏 Martin Bonner) #WelfareNotWarfare
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The scale of this is grotesque, but underneath the big numbers we need to remember the devastating personal impact on everyone affected.
None of this is necessary. All of it is happening because Labour refuses to tax wealth fairly.
None of this is necessary. All of it is happening because Labour refuses to tax wealth fairly.
Government’s own impact assessment finds welfare cuts would drive 250,000 more people, including 50,000 children, into poverty.
800,000 current and future claimants will lose PIP. 150,000 lose carers allowance as a knock-on effect.
800,000 current and future claimants will lose PIP. 150,000 lose carers allowance as a knock-on effect.
March 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The scale of this is grotesque, but underneath the big numbers we need to remember the devastating personal impact on everyone affected.
None of this is necessary. All of it is happening because Labour refuses to tax wealth fairly.
None of this is necessary. All of it is happening because Labour refuses to tax wealth fairly.
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Disability benefits: soothing words, frightening numbers
New column attempting to cut through the spin www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pol...
New column attempting to cut through the spin www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pol...
The devastating reality of disability benefit cuts
The government must face the consequences of taking support from the poorest, and try to find a better way
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
March 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Disability benefits: soothing words, frightening numbers
New column attempting to cut through the spin www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pol...
New column attempting to cut through the spin www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pol...
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The Guardian view of Labour’s cruellest trick: selling welfare cuts as compassion | Editorial
The Guardian view of Labour’s cruellest trick: selling welfare cuts as compassion | Editorial
Editorial: By defining itself as the party of work, Labour casts those unable to be economically productive – through disability or ill health – as burdens, not individuals with rights
www.theguardian.com
March 18, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The Guardian view of Labour’s cruellest trick: selling welfare cuts as compassion | Editorial
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“Every time you see a headline on “the cost of the benefits bill”, what you are really reading is “the cost of disabled people”.
My col. on Labour’s reported benefit cuts and the toxic narrative of the “moral” virtue of work. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My col. on Labour’s reported benefit cuts and the toxic narrative of the “moral” virtue of work. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There is a shameful tradition of demonising disabled people. Why is Labour reigniting it? | Frances Ryan
Ministers run away from a wealth tax and then concoct a punitive benefits system. They have made that choice and it’s immoral, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
www.theguardian.com
March 11, 2025 at 8:34 AM
“Every time you see a headline on “the cost of the benefits bill”, what you are really reading is “the cost of disabled people”.
My col. on Labour’s reported benefit cuts and the toxic narrative of the “moral” virtue of work. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My col. on Labour’s reported benefit cuts and the toxic narrative of the “moral” virtue of work. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Cutting benefits payments *specifically* for people deemed unable to work due to illness or disability is a genuinely shocking choice from Labour.
Aside from the incredibly obvious moral horror of it, it shows how our economy is set up all wrong. #r4today
Aside from the incredibly obvious moral horror of it, it shows how our economy is set up all wrong. #r4today
March 8, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Cutting benefits payments *specifically* for people deemed unable to work due to illness or disability is a genuinely shocking choice from Labour.
Aside from the incredibly obvious moral horror of it, it shows how our economy is set up all wrong. #r4today
Aside from the incredibly obvious moral horror of it, it shows how our economy is set up all wrong. #r4today
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NEW: Labour has given its strongest signal yet that it will *keep* the Tories' planned disability benefit cuts, as it said it would re-run the consultation that was earlier today judged to have been held unlawfully
The cuts would hit c450,000 disabled people by 2029 www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
The cuts would hit c450,000 disabled people by 2029 www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
Labour doubles down on slashing billions from DWP's disability benefits bill
Labour has indicated it will still cut disability benefits after the High Court ruled the Tories' consultation into the plans was unlawful.
www.bigissue.com
January 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
NEW: Labour has given its strongest signal yet that it will *keep* the Tories' planned disability benefit cuts, as it said it would re-run the consultation that was earlier today judged to have been held unlawfully
The cuts would hit c450,000 disabled people by 2029 www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
The cuts would hit c450,000 disabled people by 2029 www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
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This is absolutely huge from the Scottish Parliament. Combined with the Scottish Child Payment it means a family with 3 children on Universal Credit will be *£7k* per year better off than if they lived in England. And we know that will make a massive difference www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politic...
John Swinney to lift two child benefit cap in Budget announcement
The Scottish Government will move to scrap a policy critics say pushes families into poverty.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk
December 4, 2024 at 6:06 PM
This is absolutely huge from the Scottish Parliament. Combined with the Scottish Child Payment it means a family with 3 children on Universal Credit will be *£7k* per year better off than if they lived in England. And we know that will make a massive difference www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politic...