@benjamesjamin.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... The most recent figures I had from 2022 said unpaid carers provided £163 billion in donated labour to the country.
This article reveals a more recent figure from 2024 to be £184 billion. A rise of £19 billion in two years.
Something is about to happen.
This article reveals a more recent figure from 2024 to be £184 billion. A rise of £19 billion in two years.
Something is about to happen.
Labour is gaslighting disabled people – and that should terrify us all | Zoe Williams
The messaging that suggests poverty is caused by low aspiration and that disability is a choice could have come straight from the Conservatives’ playbook, writes Zoe Williams
www.theguardian.com
March 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... The most recent figures I had from 2022 said unpaid carers provided £163 billion in donated labour to the country.
This article reveals a more recent figure from 2024 to be £184 billion. A rise of £19 billion in two years.
Something is about to happen.
This article reveals a more recent figure from 2024 to be £184 billion. A rise of £19 billion in two years.
Something is about to happen.
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Labour is gaslighting disabled people – and that should terrify us all - Zoe Williams
'The messaging that suggests poverty is caused by low aspiration and that disability is a choice could have come straight from the Conservatives’ playbook'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
'The messaging that suggests poverty is caused by low aspiration and that disability is a choice could have come straight from the Conservatives’ playbook'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour is gaslighting disabled people – and that should terrify us all | Zoe Williams
The messaging that suggests poverty is caused by low aspiration and that disability is a choice could have come straight from the Conservatives’ playbook, writes Zoe Williams
www.theguardian.com
March 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Labour is gaslighting disabled people – and that should terrify us all - Zoe Williams
'The messaging that suggests poverty is caused by low aspiration and that disability is a choice could have come straight from the Conservatives’ playbook'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
'The messaging that suggests poverty is caused by low aspiration and that disability is a choice could have come straight from the Conservatives’ playbook'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Brilliant article. Disability can happen to anyone
Labour is gaslighting disabled people – and that should terrify us all - Zoe Williams
'The messaging that suggests poverty is caused by low aspiration and that disability is a choice could have come straight from the Conservatives’ playbook'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
'The messaging that suggests poverty is caused by low aspiration and that disability is a choice could have come straight from the Conservatives’ playbook'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour is gaslighting disabled people – and that should terrify us all | Zoe Williams
The messaging that suggests poverty is caused by low aspiration and that disability is a choice could have come straight from the Conservatives’ playbook, writes Zoe Williams
www.theguardian.com
March 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Brilliant article. Disability can happen to anyone
Hi Owen, please let people know this: www.carersuk.org/press-releas... This is research updating work by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation over a decade ago. It was utterly ignored but shows that any policy decision impacting carers and those they care for can never be a net saving.
Unpaid care in England and Wales valued at £445 million per day | Carers UK
www.carersuk.org
March 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Hoops The Labour Party Will Put Disabled People Through To Avoid Poverty and Death
#DWP #PIPs #UC #AssistUsToLive #DisabilityBenefits #Welfare #Disability #Disabled #DisabledLife #AssistedDying
#DWP #PIPs #UC #AssistUsToLive #DisabilityBenefits #Welfare #Disability #Disabled #DisabledLife #AssistedDying
March 13, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Hoops The Labour Party Will Put Disabled People Through To Avoid Poverty and Death
#DWP #PIPs #UC #AssistUsToLive #DisabilityBenefits #Welfare #Disability #Disabled #DisabledLife #AssistedDying
#DWP #PIPs #UC #AssistUsToLive #DisabilityBenefits #Welfare #Disability #Disabled #DisabledLife #AssistedDying
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Well if we needed an example of how badly the media 'get' #BenefitCuts, what do you think this article means by 'work'?
Does it work for the claimants?
What effect does it have on them?
Sorry, it doesn't even consider those part of the question.
Does it work for the claimants?
What effect does it have on them?
Sorry, it doesn't even consider those part of the question.
Does cutting benefits work?
The government is to set out details of how it will save billions of pounds from the working welfare bill.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 14, 2025 at 11:42 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Well if we needed an example of how badly the media 'get' #BenefitCuts, what do you think this article means by 'work'?
Does it work for the claimants?
What effect does it have on them?
Sorry, it doesn't even consider those part of the question.
Does it work for the claimants?
What effect does it have on them?
Sorry, it doesn't even consider those part of the question.
A thread about #DisabilityBenefits which Starmer's government are trying to cut, using contradictory, vague and outright untruthful reasons.
First, their only concrete reason is cost. This is not a moral reason, so they have to attempt to give some, which fall apart on their own terms.
First, their only concrete reason is cost. This is not a moral reason, so they have to attempt to give some, which fall apart on their own terms.
March 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
A thread about #DisabilityBenefits which Starmer's government are trying to cut, using contradictory, vague and outright untruthful reasons.
First, their only concrete reason is cost. This is not a moral reason, so they have to attempt to give some, which fall apart on their own terms.
First, their only concrete reason is cost. This is not a moral reason, so they have to attempt to give some, which fall apart on their own terms.