Recovery in the Bin
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A critical theorist and activist collective of survivors, service users, disabled people.
A critical theorist and activist collective of survivors, service users, disabled people.
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ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 15, 2026 at 1:51 AM
ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.
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A local authority has admitted discriminating against a disabled couple who were left with a significant new council tax bill after they were forced to move onto universal credit.
#UniversalCredit #CouncilTax #DWP
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/council-admi...
#UniversalCredit #CouncilTax #DWP
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/council-admi...
Council admits discrimination after DWP ‘migration’ left disabled couple with £1,500 tax bill
A local authority has admitted discriminating against a disabled couple who were left with a significant new council tax bill after they were forced to move onto universal credit. The legal victory…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:00 AM
A local authority has admitted discriminating against a disabled couple who were left with a significant new council tax bill after they were forced to move onto universal credit.
#UniversalCredit #CouncilTax #DWP
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/council-admi...
#UniversalCredit #CouncilTax #DWP
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/council-admi...
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One in five staff employed by contractors who carry out disability benefit assessments on the government’s behalf have not had vital safeguarding training, MPs have been told, despite years of deaths and serious harm linked to the tests.
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/one-in-five-...
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/one-in-five-...
One in five assessors have not had vital safeguarding training, despite years of DWP deaths
One in five staff employed by contractors who carry out disability benefit assessments on the government’s behalf have not had vital safeguarding training, MPs have been told, despite years of deat…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:15 AM
One in five staff employed by contractors who carry out disability benefit assessments on the government’s behalf have not had vital safeguarding training, MPs have been told, despite years of deaths and serious harm linked to the tests.
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/one-in-five-...
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/one-in-five-...
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DWP slammed by MPs for demonising claimants as 'fraudsters'
A committee of MPs has laid into the DWP over its propaganda around benefit fraud - when it's the department that's the problem
A committee of MPs has laid into the DWP over its propaganda around benefit fraud - when it's the department that's the problem
DWP slammed by MPs for demonising claimants as 'fraudsters'
A committee of MPs has laid into the DWP over its propaganda around benefit fraud - when it's the department that's the problem
www.thecanary.co
February 14, 2026 at 12:30 AM
DWP slammed by MPs for demonising claimants as 'fraudsters'
A committee of MPs has laid into the DWP over its propaganda around benefit fraud - when it's the department that's the problem
A committee of MPs has laid into the DWP over its propaganda around benefit fraud - when it's the department that's the problem
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The DWP shared figures that show the WCA will still be going strong in 2031 - despite previously claiming it'll be abolished by 2029. This once again shows how much of a farce the Timms Review is
Me for @thecanaryuk.bsky.social www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Me for @thecanaryuk.bsky.social www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
DWP says WCA will still be going strong in 2031, despite previously saying otherwise
DWP figures reveal the Work Capability Assessment won’t disappear after all, despite pledges to abolish it. So what changed — and why?
www.thecanary.co
February 12, 2026 at 6:57 PM
The DWP shared figures that show the WCA will still be going strong in 2031 - despite previously claiming it'll be abolished by 2029. This once again shows how much of a farce the Timms Review is
Me for @thecanaryuk.bsky.social www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Me for @thecanaryuk.bsky.social www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
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On the Hall of Shame today we have Nimbus Disability - They claim to have neurodiverse team members yet they and the companies they work with are openely discriminating against people with invisible disabilities.
February 8, 2026 at 5:01 PM
On the Hall of Shame today we have Nimbus Disability - They claim to have neurodiverse team members yet they and the companies they work with are openely discriminating against people with invisible disabilities.
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On the Hall of Fame today we have @RachelCDailey_
for being an amazing person all round and a fantastic disability rights advocate
for being an amazing person all round and a fantastic disability rights advocate
February 7, 2026 at 5:00 PM
On the Hall of Fame today we have @RachelCDailey_
for being an amazing person all round and a fantastic disability rights advocate
for being an amazing person all round and a fantastic disability rights advocate
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DWP considers chatbot work coaches as AI-fueled job losses loom
DWP considers chatbot work coaches as AI-fueled job losses loom
Benefits system trials automation amid growing interest in universal basic income
AI-pocalypse Britain's welfare system is experimenting with AI to manage Universal Credit claimants – even as evidence piles up that artificial intelligence may soon be pushing more people onto benefits in the first place.…
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February 6, 2026 at 11:00 AM
DWP considers chatbot work coaches as AI-fueled job losses loom
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A further £609 million, 31%, will come from increasing the number of WCA reassessments. This saving presumably comes from removing the UC health element (LCWRA) from more claimants.
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/wca-sti...
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/wca-sti...
WCA still going in 2031, over half of welfare savings not from claimants
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.
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 4:54 PM
A further £609 million, 31%, will come from increasing the number of WCA reassessments. This saving presumably comes from removing the UC health element (LCWRA) from more claimants.
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/wca-sti...
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/wca-sti...
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🚨Opinion: The Government Intentionally Left Disabled People to Suffer Financially During the Pandemic
Ewura-Ama Quarshie shares her perspective on how Module 9 of the Covid Inquiry exposed hard truths about Disabled people’s financial situation 👇
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/opinion...
Ewura-Ama Quarshie shares her perspective on how Module 9 of the Covid Inquiry exposed hard truths about Disabled people’s financial situation 👇
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/opinion...
Opinion: The Government Intentionally Left Disabled People to Suffer
www.disabilityrightsuk.org
February 6, 2026 at 1:13 PM
🚨Opinion: The Government Intentionally Left Disabled People to Suffer Financially During the Pandemic
Ewura-Ama Quarshie shares her perspective on how Module 9 of the Covid Inquiry exposed hard truths about Disabled people’s financial situation 👇
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/opinion...
Ewura-Ama Quarshie shares her perspective on how Module 9 of the Covid Inquiry exposed hard truths about Disabled people’s financial situation 👇
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/opinion...
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Examples still coming in of dodgy ways people are getting bumped off NHS waiting lists to make Wes look good - all variations on “here’s a difficult hoop you need to jump through simply to stay on the waiting list you’ve been on a few months”
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Me. Minor issue and routine referral. Appt in June. Text out of the blue on 30th Dec. No other communication. Weblink required either a user id and pw for that Trust (i don’t have one) or NHS login the pw for which I found after much scrabbling about
January 16, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Examples still coming in of dodgy ways people are getting bumped off NHS waiting lists to make Wes look good - all variations on “here’s a difficult hoop you need to jump through simply to stay on the waiting list you’ve been on a few months”
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Hunger in the UK isn’t a personal failure. Its a systemic failure - one that is entirely fixable.
February 5, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Hunger in the UK isn’t a personal failure. Its a systemic failure - one that is entirely fixable.
“The government’s most senior welfare official has been accused of presiding over a “culture of complacency” that led to thousands of unpaid carers inadvertently running up huge benefit debts”
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
DWP chief accused of overseeing ‘culture of complacency’ that led to carer’s allowance scandal
Commons committee chair says DWP repeatedly failed to prioritise the vulnerable and was slow to fix errors
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:51 PM
“The government’s most senior welfare official has been accused of presiding over a “culture of complacency” that led to thousands of unpaid carers inadvertently running up huge benefit debts”
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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so hang on a minute, the UK (significantly, erm, “represented“ in negotiations by Mandelson) has just signed a trade deal with the US that gives into their demands for NHS to pay way more for medicines…. & yet Streeting won’t even tell us the barest details? 🤯
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Pressure grows on ministers to end secrecy over UK medicines deal with Trump
Critics say government hiding true cost of agreement ‘despite being forced to admit financial burden will grow year on year’
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:48 PM
so hang on a minute, the UK (significantly, erm, “represented“ in negotiations by Mandelson) has just signed a trade deal with the US that gives into their demands for NHS to pay way more for medicines…. & yet Streeting won’t even tell us the barest details? 🤯
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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“Creepy, unsafe and spying”
This report is written to accompany our complaint to Oxford Health. We are asking questions as to whether personal connections and vested interests may have influenced decisions pertaining to the technology
stopoxevision.wordpress.com/2026/02/03/c...
This report is written to accompany our complaint to Oxford Health. We are asking questions as to whether personal connections and vested interests may have influenced decisions pertaining to the technology
stopoxevision.wordpress.com/2026/02/03/c...
“Creepy, unsafe and spying”: The installation of Oxevision by Oxford Health NHS Trust part one
Image from Oxford Health Oxevision pilot. The Oxevision box here does not have the black screen designed to hide the camera as with the current model On 14th January 2026, Stop Oxevision submitted …
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February 3, 2026 at 11:41 AM
“Creepy, unsafe and spying”
This report is written to accompany our complaint to Oxford Health. We are asking questions as to whether personal connections and vested interests may have influenced decisions pertaining to the technology
stopoxevision.wordpress.com/2026/02/03/c...
This report is written to accompany our complaint to Oxford Health. We are asking questions as to whether personal connections and vested interests may have influenced decisions pertaining to the technology
stopoxevision.wordpress.com/2026/02/03/c...
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You couldn’t make this stuff up. Robert Jenrick and Suella Braverman accidentally voted with Labour to abolish the two-child benefit cap tonight after entering the wrong lobby!
February 3, 2026 at 10:23 PM
You couldn’t make this stuff up. Robert Jenrick and Suella Braverman accidentally voted with Labour to abolish the two-child benefit cap tonight after entering the wrong lobby!
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DWP insults disabled people with steering group for Timms Review www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
DWP insults disabled people with steering group for Timms Review
Disabled people and groups have been ringing alarm bells over the DWP review of PIP - enter a right-wing ghoul to the steering group
www.thecanary.co
February 3, 2026 at 6:08 PM
DWP insults disabled people with steering group for Timms Review www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
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My full PhD thesis on disabled people's encounters with strangers in accessible #BlueBadge parking spaces is now publicly available: etheses.bham.ac.uk/id/eprint/17...
TLDR?
Here's the summary report instead: drive.google.com/file/d/1wmfK...
#DisabilitySky #DisabilityStudies
TLDR?
Here's the summary report instead: drive.google.com/file/d/1wmfK...
#DisabilitySky #DisabilityStudies
February 1, 2026 at 10:17 PM
My full PhD thesis on disabled people's encounters with strangers in accessible #BlueBadge parking spaces is now publicly available: etheses.bham.ac.uk/id/eprint/17...
TLDR?
Here's the summary report instead: drive.google.com/file/d/1wmfK...
#DisabilitySky #DisabilityStudies
TLDR?
Here's the summary report instead: drive.google.com/file/d/1wmfK...
#DisabilitySky #DisabilityStudies
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NEW: What’s happening in the US is TECHNOFASCISM.
It’s fascism + surveillance technologies. Palantir is playing a central role. And the UK is next in line.
My latest for @thenerve.news
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www.thenerve.news/p/technofasc...
It’s fascism + surveillance technologies. Palantir is playing a central role. And the UK is next in line.
My latest for @thenerve.news
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www.thenerve.news/p/technofasc...
What’s happening in America is technofascism. It could happen here
Peter Thiel's data surveillance company Palantir is powering Trump's ICE operation in the US. Carole Cadwalladr argues that the UK will be next
www.thenerve.news
February 1, 2026 at 2:44 PM
NEW: What’s happening in the US is TECHNOFASCISM.
It’s fascism + surveillance technologies. Palantir is playing a central role. And the UK is next in line.
My latest for @thenerve.news
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www.thenerve.news/p/technofasc...
It’s fascism + surveillance technologies. Palantir is playing a central role. And the UK is next in line.
My latest for @thenerve.news
1/
www.thenerve.news/p/technofasc...
Fancy applying for and getting a job as an absolute bastard and then leaving because you feel despised 😭
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Over half of DWP disability assessors quit in a year over feeling ‘despised’
Department for Work and Pensions reveals that health professions are leaving profession in droves
www.independent.co.uk
January 31, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Fancy applying for and getting a job as an absolute bastard and then leaving because you feel despised 😭
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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I wrote last year about the growing movement against empathy from both the Christian nationalist right and the Elon Musk/techno-pseudoscientific right
I called it an attack on “our capacity to recognize and respond to suffering” and “a flashing red light warning of fascist intent”
I called it an attack on “our capacity to recognize and respond to suffering” and “a flashing red light warning of fascist intent”
Loathe thy neighbor: Elon Musk and the Christian right are waging war on empathy
Trump’s actions are irreconcilable with Christian compassion. But an unholy alliance seeks to cast empathy as a parasitic plague
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:16 PM
I wrote last year about the growing movement against empathy from both the Christian nationalist right and the Elon Musk/techno-pseudoscientific right
I called it an attack on “our capacity to recognize and respond to suffering” and “a flashing red light warning of fascist intent”
I called it an attack on “our capacity to recognize and respond to suffering” and “a flashing red light warning of fascist intent”