@carolinejmiles.bsky.social
community care law, disability, access, social care, flowers & gardens, arts & crafts, wheelchair using crip - the order varies. Views my own.
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Do I know anyone (or anyone who knows anyone) who has had any joy in enforcement of the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018?
The Equality Advisory Advice Service (EASS) who formally accept breach reports seem to be useless. Pls boost.
The Equality Advisory Advice Service (EASS) who formally accept breach reports seem to be useless. Pls boost.
October 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Do I know anyone (or anyone who knows anyone) who has had any joy in enforcement of the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018?
The Equality Advisory Advice Service (EASS) who formally accept breach reports seem to be useless. Pls boost.
The Equality Advisory Advice Service (EASS) who formally accept breach reports seem to be useless. Pls boost.
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*** Do not use this app ***
March 24, 2025 at 10:48 AM
*** Do not use this app ***
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Q: What assessment has been made of the implications, for health and social care services, of cutting £6 billion from disability benefits?
A: < cut & paste answer to a different question >
@johnpring.bsky.social
A: < cut & paste answer to a different question >
@johnpring.bsky.social
A question on #SocialSecurityBenefits #Disability tabled by Lisa Smart on 18-03-2025 has been answered by Sir Stephen Timms. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-03-18/39155
March 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Q: What assessment has been made of the implications, for health and social care services, of cutting £6 billion from disability benefits?
A: < cut & paste answer to a different question >
@johnpring.bsky.social
A: < cut & paste answer to a different question >
@johnpring.bsky.social
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📣 High Court quashes ‘irrational’ post-16 home-to-school transport package following successful judicial review 📣
Ollie Persey (@olliepersey.bsky.social) & Alex Temple of the Garden Court Chambers #EducationLaw Team, acted for the Claimant.
Read on here 🔽
gardencourtchambers.co.uk/high-court-q...
Ollie Persey (@olliepersey.bsky.social) & Alex Temple of the Garden Court Chambers #EducationLaw Team, acted for the Claimant.
Read on here 🔽
gardencourtchambers.co.uk/high-court-q...
March 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
📣 High Court quashes ‘irrational’ post-16 home-to-school transport package following successful judicial review 📣
Ollie Persey (@olliepersey.bsky.social) & Alex Temple of the Garden Court Chambers #EducationLaw Team, acted for the Claimant.
Read on here 🔽
gardencourtchambers.co.uk/high-court-q...
Ollie Persey (@olliepersey.bsky.social) & Alex Temple of the Garden Court Chambers #EducationLaw Team, acted for the Claimant.
Read on here 🔽
gardencourtchambers.co.uk/high-court-q...
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Things you can do re #DisabilityBenefits cuts:
1. Write to / visit your MP. If you did this before Kendall’s speech you can do it again if you did before, ditto after impact asst this coming week.
2. Go to or amplify protests. There are ones all across the country today and Wednesday (links below).
1. Write to / visit your MP. If you did this before Kendall’s speech you can do it again if you did before, ditto after impact asst this coming week.
2. Go to or amplify protests. There are ones all across the country today and Wednesday (links below).
March 22, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Things you can do re #DisabilityBenefits cuts:
1. Write to / visit your MP. If you did this before Kendall’s speech you can do it again if you did before, ditto after impact asst this coming week.
2. Go to or amplify protests. There are ones all across the country today and Wednesday (links below).
1. Write to / visit your MP. If you did this before Kendall’s speech you can do it again if you did before, ditto after impact asst this coming week.
2. Go to or amplify protests. There are ones all across the country today and Wednesday (links below).
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Disabled campaigners have welcomed a “fabulous” and “validating” report by MPs that calls on the government and industry to “urgently” recognise that the “regularity and severity” of public transport access failures is a human rights issue.
MPs call for urgent action on transport discrimination, and tell industry: ‘Accessibility is a human rights issue’
Disabled campaigners have welcomed a “fabulous” and “validating” report by MPs that calls on the government and industry to “urgently” recognise that the “regularity and severity” of public transpo…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
March 21, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Disabled campaigners have welcomed a “fabulous” and “validating” report by MPs that calls on the government and industry to “urgently” recognise that the “regularity and severity” of public transport access failures is a human rights issue.
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BBC News: Wethersfield asylum seekers housed 'unlawfully'. @EmilySoothill said:
"We urge [current Home Secretary] Yvette Cooper to reflect on this judgment, end the use of large sites and close Wethersfield once and for all”. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"We urge [current Home Secretary] Yvette Cooper to reflect on this judgment, end the use of large sites and close Wethersfield once and for all”. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Wethersfield asylum seekers housed 'unlawfully' at air base
Three men took the government to court over what they described as
www.bbc.co.uk
March 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
BBC News: Wethersfield asylum seekers housed 'unlawfully'. @EmilySoothill said:
"We urge [current Home Secretary] Yvette Cooper to reflect on this judgment, end the use of large sites and close Wethersfield once and for all”. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"We urge [current Home Secretary] Yvette Cooper to reflect on this judgment, end the use of large sites and close Wethersfield once and for all”. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Many thanks to BBC Breakfast for giving me the chance to discuss why rumoured huge cuts to disability support would be cruel & counterproductive. The system urgently needs reform - but these cuts will do nothing but increase hunger & hardship and derail plans to boost employment.
March 12, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Many thanks to BBC Breakfast for giving me the chance to discuss why rumoured huge cuts to disability support would be cruel & counterproductive. The system urgently needs reform - but these cuts will do nothing but increase hunger & hardship and derail plans to boost employment.
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New: Labour plans to cut disability benefits instead of imposing a wealth tax. Ben Jennings’ cartoon nails it.
A government that fines disabled people while letting the rich park wherever they want—both literally and politically.
A government that fines disabled people while letting the rich park wherever they want—both literally and politically.
March 12, 2025 at 8:48 PM
New: Labour plans to cut disability benefits instead of imposing a wealth tax. Ben Jennings’ cartoon nails it.
A government that fines disabled people while letting the rich park wherever they want—both literally and politically.
A government that fines disabled people while letting the rich park wherever they want—both literally and politically.
It’s a real honour to be working with Carol Storer & a stellar line up of speakers for this Community Care Lawyers Group event. Aimed at claimant Comm Care lawyers, focussing on Legal Aid; public law/ JR work, & the devt of a supportive Community of Practice. Do join us! lapg.co.uk/wp-content/u...
lapg.co.uk
March 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
It’s a real honour to be working with Carol Storer & a stellar line up of speakers for this Community Care Lawyers Group event. Aimed at claimant Comm Care lawyers, focussing on Legal Aid; public law/ JR work, & the devt of a supportive Community of Practice. Do join us! lapg.co.uk/wp-content/u...
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Concerns about UK gov:
Austerity & privatisation of services
Human rights, climate change, education, mental & physical health, housing & welfare
Discrimination & rights of asylum-seekers, children, disabled people, faith communities, LGBTQ people, refugees, Roma & Traveller people, women, unions
Austerity & privatisation of services
Human rights, climate change, education, mental & physical health, housing & welfare
Discrimination & rights of asylum-seekers, children, disabled people, faith communities, LGBTQ people, refugees, Roma & Traveller people, women, unions
The United Nations just called out the UK’s #disability benefits system. PIP & ESA don’t cover basic costs. Disabled people are being pushed into poverty by welfare cuts. The government must fix this and stop treating disabled people as morally suspicious: tinyurl.com/2fxmr3cn
tinyurl.com
March 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Concerns about UK gov:
Austerity & privatisation of services
Human rights, climate change, education, mental & physical health, housing & welfare
Discrimination & rights of asylum-seekers, children, disabled people, faith communities, LGBTQ people, refugees, Roma & Traveller people, women, unions
Austerity & privatisation of services
Human rights, climate change, education, mental & physical health, housing & welfare
Discrimination & rights of asylum-seekers, children, disabled people, faith communities, LGBTQ people, refugees, Roma & Traveller people, women, unions
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The scandal of claiming benefits designed to support people with genuine illness or disability,” Keir Starmer? What scandal? Why talk that into a thing—with huge, potentially deadly effects—just because you lack a vision. This from @thetimes.com today. Reminder: the PIP Fraud rate is 0.2%.
February 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The scandal of claiming benefits designed to support people with genuine illness or disability,” Keir Starmer? What scandal? Why talk that into a thing—with huge, potentially deadly effects—just because you lack a vision. This from @thetimes.com today. Reminder: the PIP Fraud rate is 0.2%.
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This week's real DWP scandal, as set out by Parliament's Public Accounts Committee:
• Benefit claimants received £4bn less than they were entitled to in 23-24.
• Underpayments have increased by half a billion in the past 12 months.
• PAC warns the DWP to be less defensive
• Benefit claimants received £4bn less than they were entitled to in 23-24.
• Underpayments have increased by half a billion in the past 12 months.
• PAC warns the DWP to be less defensive
February 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This week's real DWP scandal, as set out by Parliament's Public Accounts Committee:
• Benefit claimants received £4bn less than they were entitled to in 23-24.
• Underpayments have increased by half a billion in the past 12 months.
• PAC warns the DWP to be less defensive
• Benefit claimants received £4bn less than they were entitled to in 23-24.
• Underpayments have increased by half a billion in the past 12 months.
• PAC warns the DWP to be less defensive
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Asylum legal aid in the South West: needs unmet?
PLP's @josephsummers.bsky.social for @legalactiongroup.bsky.social on how the Government's offering of remote advice has created a capacity mirage in the South West, as PLP's research recently uncovered 👇
www.lag.org.uk/article/2164...
PLP's @josephsummers.bsky.social for @legalactiongroup.bsky.social on how the Government's offering of remote advice has created a capacity mirage in the South West, as PLP's research recently uncovered 👇
www.lag.org.uk/article/2164...
Asylum legal aid in the South West: needs unmet
The Ministry of Justice is trying to connect asylum-seekers in the South West with remote providers but few have been able to help, Joseph Summers says.
www.lag.org.uk
February 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Asylum legal aid in the South West: needs unmet?
PLP's @josephsummers.bsky.social for @legalactiongroup.bsky.social on how the Government's offering of remote advice has created a capacity mirage in the South West, as PLP's research recently uncovered 👇
www.lag.org.uk/article/2164...
PLP's @josephsummers.bsky.social for @legalactiongroup.bsky.social on how the Government's offering of remote advice has created a capacity mirage in the South West, as PLP's research recently uncovered 👇
www.lag.org.uk/article/2164...
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This column has been the second most read on the whole Guardian site today and it’s all credit to Rosy who literally used her last voice to speak out about this country’s care crisis.
Please do continue to read and share. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Please do continue to read and share. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A reader with a terminal illness emailed in despair. What she told me should shock us all | Frances Ryan
Rosy is unable to move, breathe or eat unassisted. Yet NHS assessors think it’s fine to leave her alone for hours at a time, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
This column has been the second most read on the whole Guardian site today and it’s all credit to Rosy who literally used her last voice to speak out about this country’s care crisis.
Please do continue to read and share. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Please do continue to read and share. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Do you want to challenge discrimination and unfairness in the immigration system?
Join our online seminar series next month from February 25 - 27, presented with @ilpaimmigration.bsky.social
publiclawproject.org.uk/events/chall...
Join our online seminar series next month from February 25 - 27, presented with @ilpaimmigration.bsky.social
publiclawproject.org.uk/events/chall...
Challenging unfairness in the immigration system - Public Law Project
For those seeking to challenge discrimination and unfairness in the immigration system, using strategic legal, research and policy work.
publiclawproject.org.uk
January 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Do you want to challenge discrimination and unfairness in the immigration system?
Join our online seminar series next month from February 25 - 27, presented with @ilpaimmigration.bsky.social
publiclawproject.org.uk/events/chall...
Join our online seminar series next month from February 25 - 27, presented with @ilpaimmigration.bsky.social
publiclawproject.org.uk/events/chall...
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Activist’s ‘genius’ two-year plan opens door to more generous compensation for disabled rail passengers. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/activists-ge...
Activist’s ‘genius’ two-year plan opens door to more generous compensation for disabled rail passengers
A disabled activist has won praise for a successful two-year plan that has exposed the “ridiculously-low” awards handed out by the Rail Ombudsman to disabled passengers. Doug Paulley’s efforts have…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
January 16, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Activist’s ‘genius’ two-year plan opens door to more generous compensation for disabled rail passengers. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/activists-ge...
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Last year 18 young disabled people made art for our 1st zine The Department for Wonder & Play (the other DWP) brilliantly held by our Solidarity Coordinator Katie & designed by Zoë Thompson from sweet-thang zine: www.touretteshero.com/2024/12/01/t... Tomorrow we start recruiting for our 2025 artists
The Department for Wonder and Play Zine: Volume 1
At the start of the year, we transformed our Young Artists Development Programme (YADP) into a zine. Zines are small booklets like magazines, which have been used by lots of different communities to c...
www.touretteshero.com
January 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Last year 18 young disabled people made art for our 1st zine The Department for Wonder & Play (the other DWP) brilliantly held by our Solidarity Coordinator Katie & designed by Zoë Thompson from sweet-thang zine: www.touretteshero.com/2024/12/01/t... Tomorrow we start recruiting for our 2025 artists
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🚨 BREAKING: We are delighted to share that our client
@ellenclifford.bsky.social has won her case against the DWP over an unlawful consultation held on reforms tightening the #WorkCapabilityAssessment.
These reforms would lead to over 400,000 people being worse off by at least £416 a month.
@ellenclifford.bsky.social has won her case against the DWP over an unlawful consultation held on reforms tightening the #WorkCapabilityAssessment.
These reforms would lead to over 400,000 people being worse off by at least £416 a month.
January 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
🚨 BREAKING: We are delighted to share that our client
@ellenclifford.bsky.social has won her case against the DWP over an unlawful consultation held on reforms tightening the #WorkCapabilityAssessment.
These reforms would lead to over 400,000 people being worse off by at least £416 a month.
@ellenclifford.bsky.social has won her case against the DWP over an unlawful consultation held on reforms tightening the #WorkCapabilityAssessment.
These reforms would lead to over 400,000 people being worse off by at least £416 a month.
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Hear Kate Garraway’s voice on #socialcare costs - £16K a month - 2 unheard appeals for funding
“Now I've got excessive, unpayable debt because of it, & if I'm in that position, what are other people going to be? People can't afford four more years of this?"
tinyurl.com/mer8x3th
“Now I've got excessive, unpayable debt because of it, & if I'm in that position, what are other people going to be? People can't afford four more years of this?"
tinyurl.com/mer8x3th
Kate Garraway confronts Wes Streeting over husband Derek's 'unpayable' care costs
On the anniversary of her husband’s death, Kate Garraway said she had been left with ‘excessive, unpayable debt’ over his £16,000-a-month care costs
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January 5, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Hear Kate Garraway’s voice on #socialcare costs - £16K a month - 2 unheard appeals for funding
“Now I've got excessive, unpayable debt because of it, & if I'm in that position, what are other people going to be? People can't afford four more years of this?"
tinyurl.com/mer8x3th
“Now I've got excessive, unpayable debt because of it, & if I'm in that position, what are other people going to be? People can't afford four more years of this?"
tinyurl.com/mer8x3th
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This paper by @nisreenalwan.bsky.social and colleagues outlines the work required to live with long-term conditions. There are strong parallels with our ‘pathway to inequality’ which shows the impact of trying to manage when chronic illness is disbelieved. Read more here: tinyurl.com/3rd3hjxy
December 19, 2024 at 9:48 AM
This paper by @nisreenalwan.bsky.social and colleagues outlines the work required to live with long-term conditions. There are strong parallels with our ‘pathway to inequality’ which shows the impact of trying to manage when chronic illness is disbelieved. Read more here: tinyurl.com/3rd3hjxy
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If you’re applying for PIP, the charity Turn2Us has launched The PIP Tool: a free guide to navigate the benefits process.
Their goal “is to make sure you know your rights and can afford what you need to enjoy life fully.”
Share widely! pip.turn2us.org.uk
Their goal “is to make sure you know your rights and can afford what you need to enjoy life fully.”
Share widely! pip.turn2us.org.uk
Turn2us PIP Helper
Use the Turn2us PIP Helper to learn how to manage each stage of your PIP (personal independence payment) application process.
pip.turn2us.org.uk
December 9, 2024 at 10:10 AM
If you’re applying for PIP, the charity Turn2Us has launched The PIP Tool: a free guide to navigate the benefits process.
Their goal “is to make sure you know your rights and can afford what you need to enjoy life fully.”
Share widely! pip.turn2us.org.uk
Their goal “is to make sure you know your rights and can afford what you need to enjoy life fully.”
Share widely! pip.turn2us.org.uk
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This is what I was concerned about, and which was somewhat inevitable. Syrian refugees will still need asylum. There is no justification for freezing claims at this time, and deportations are liable to actively put people's lives at risk.
December 9, 2024 at 3:28 PM
This is what I was concerned about, and which was somewhat inevitable. Syrian refugees will still need asylum. There is no justification for freezing claims at this time, and deportations are liable to actively put people's lives at risk.
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This is going to be worth listening to
“Giving someone else control of your finances and decisions – through Lasting Power of Attorney – is meant to come with a guarantee that they always act in your best interest. But that doesn’t always happen…”
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
“Giving someone else control of your finances and decisions – through Lasting Power of Attorney – is meant to come with a guarantee that they always act in your best interest. But that doesn’t always happen…”
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
BBC Sounds - Shadow World - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of Shadow World on BBC Sounds.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 9, 2024 at 6:55 AM
This is going to be worth listening to
“Giving someone else control of your finances and decisions – through Lasting Power of Attorney – is meant to come with a guarantee that they always act in your best interest. But that doesn’t always happen…”
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
“Giving someone else control of your finances and decisions – through Lasting Power of Attorney – is meant to come with a guarantee that they always act in your best interest. But that doesn’t always happen…”
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
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Says it all really…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/just-16-mps-...
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/just-16-mps-...
Just 16 MPs attend debate on disability rights, days after hundreds vote for assisted suicide
Just a handful of MPs attended a debate to mark the international day of disabled people, four days after the House of Commons voted in favour of a bill that would legalise assisted suicide. More t…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
December 6, 2024 at 9:55 AM
Says it all really…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/just-16-mps-...
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/just-16-mps-...