Charlotte Hughes
@charlottehughes.bsky.social
Blogger at www.thepoorsideof.life
Likes taking photos and writing.
Working class and proud of it.
Likes taking photos and writing.
Working class and proud of it.
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Hidden Injustice. How Changes to PIP and Universal Credit Threaten Disabled People’s Livelihoods And Lifes
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Hidden Injustice. How Changes to PIP and Universal Credit Threaten Disabled People’s Livelihoods And Lifes
Hidden Injustice. How Changes to PIP and Universal Credit Threaten Disabled People’s Livelihoods And Lifes
Recent proposed changes to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Universal Credit (UC) eligibility are quite rightly raising serious concern. The proposed adjustments would disproportionately imp…
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May 31, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Hidden Injustice. How Changes to PIP and Universal Credit Threaten Disabled People’s Livelihoods And Lifes
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Hidden Injustice. How Changes to PIP and Universal Credit Threaten Disabled People’s Livelihoods And Lifes
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British vets could face price caps on medicines, prescriptions and other services like cremations, the regulator has indicated, as it outlined changes it is considering to the way the UK's £2bn veterinary sector operates.
British vets could face price caps on medicines, prescriptions and other services like cremations, the regulator has indicated, as it outlined changes it is considering to the way the UK's £2bn veterinary sector operates.
Vets may face caps on charges for prescriptions and cremations
The regulator is considering a range of measures to limit vets bills including price caps.
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May 1, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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British vets could face price caps on medicines, prescriptions and other services like cremations, the regulator has indicated, as it outlined changes it is considering to the way the UK's £2bn veterinary sector operates.
British vets could face price caps on medicines, prescriptions and other services like cremations, the regulator has indicated, as it outlined changes it is considering to the way the UK's £2bn veterinary sector operates.
An Irish woman who has been living legally in the United States for decades has been taken into detention by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after a trip to Ireland to visit her sick father.
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Irish woman living legally in US for decades detained after returning from visit to Ireland to see her father
Cliona Ward (54) lives in California but is being held in a large immigration prison in Washington state
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April 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
An Irish woman who has been living legally in the United States for decades has been taken into detention by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after a trip to Ireland to visit her sick father.
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‘Disability, Illness and Impairment are the Norms of Human History – Living Through This Labour Government’s Benefits Cuts Is Brutal’ – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2025/04/18/d...
‘Disability, Illness and Impairment are the Norms of Human History – Living Through This Labour Government’s Benefits Cuts Is Brutal’ – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2025/04/18/d...
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‘Disability, Illness and Impairment are the Norms of Human History – Living Through This Labour Government’s Benefits Cuts Is Brutal’ – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2025/04/18/d...
‘Disability, Illness and Impairment are the Norms of Human History – Living Through This Labour Government’s Benefits Cuts Is Brutal’ – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2025/04/18/d...
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@charlottehughes.bsky.social @paulapeters19.bsky.social @vamroses.bsky.social ‘No significant progress’ made on rights of disabled, says UN. Exactly one year later, and with a ‘Labour’ government, there’s STILL no progress! morningstaronline.co.uk/article/no-s...
‘No significant progress’ made on rights of disabled, says UN | Morning Star
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April 25, 2025 at 2:25 PM
@charlottehughes.bsky.social @paulapeters19.bsky.social @vamroses.bsky.social ‘No significant progress’ made on rights of disabled, says UN. Exactly one year later, and with a ‘Labour’ government, there’s STILL no progress! morningstaronline.co.uk/article/no-s...
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A clean slate thephilosophicalmuse.blog/2025/04/27/a...
A clean slate thephilosophicalmuse.blog/2025/04/27/a...
A clean slate
I’ve been taking some time lately to do other things, both online and offline, not as much I should. If I take a break from my regular work I have emails piling up that need to be gone through. I s…
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April 27, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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MPs have quietly been handed a pay rise while the rest of us suffer a cost of living crisis. But every MP has the option to refuse to take it, or donate it to charity.
We call on every MP to turn down the pay rise. Sign the petition: r.ippl.es/mps-pay-2024/
We call on every MP to turn down the pay rise. Sign the petition: r.ippl.es/mps-pay-2024/
April 27, 2025 at 12:20 PM
MPs have quietly been handed a pay rise while the rest of us suffer a cost of living crisis. But every MP has the option to refuse to take it, or donate it to charity.
We call on every MP to turn down the pay rise. Sign the petition: r.ippl.es/mps-pay-2024/
We call on every MP to turn down the pay rise. Sign the petition: r.ippl.es/mps-pay-2024/
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The Price of Parenthood. Why the Two Child Benefit Cap Is Failing Families
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The Price of Parenthood. Why the Two Child Benefit Cap Is Failing Families
The Price of Parenthood. Why the Two Child Benefit Cap Is Failing Families
The two-child limit is a harsh policy that unfairly pushes many families into poverty. This limit means that parents with more than two children receive no additional financial help for their third…
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April 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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The Price of Parenthood. Why the Two Child Benefit Cap Is Failing Families
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The Price of Parenthood. Why the Two Child Benefit Cap Is Failing Families
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Political Time Bomb. Proposed Welfare Cuts Threaten Labour’s Strongholds
Political Time Bomb. Proposed Welfare Cuts Threaten Labour’s Strongholds
Political Time Bomb. Proposed Welfare Cuts Threaten Labour’s Strongholds
As discussed in previous blog posts the proposed PIP cuts threaten the political stability of the Labour Party. At the time of writing approximately 80 Labour MPs could face the daunting possibilit…
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April 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Political Time Bomb. Proposed Welfare Cuts Threaten Labour’s Strongholds
Political Time Bomb. Proposed Welfare Cuts Threaten Labour’s Strongholds
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Invisible No More. The Catastrophic Impact of Pip Benefit Cuts on Disabled Individuals
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Invisible No More. The Catastrophic Impact of Pip Benefit Cuts on Disabled Individuals
Invisible No More. The Catastrophic Impact of Pip Benefit Cuts on Disabled Individuals
The UK government’s recent decision to cut £5 billion from disability benefits signals a very worrying shift in how we support our most vulnerable citizens. Experts that have spoken out warn that t…
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April 10, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Invisible No More. The Catastrophic Impact of Pip Benefit Cuts on Disabled Individuals
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Invisible No More. The Catastrophic Impact of Pip Benefit Cuts on Disabled Individuals
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Bob Dylan & Bruce Springsteen - "Forever Young" | Concert for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame youtu.be/QmCeWhUGXlo?...
Bob Dylan & Bruce Springsteen - "Forever Young" | Concert for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame youtu.be/QmCeWhUGXlo?...
April 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Bob Dylan & Bruce Springsteen - "Forever Young" | Concert for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame youtu.be/QmCeWhUGXlo?...
Bob Dylan & Bruce Springsteen - "Forever Young" | Concert for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame youtu.be/QmCeWhUGXlo?...
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Proposed PIP Changes Could Threaten the Dignity and Survival of Disabled Individuals thepoorsideof.life/2025/03/14/p... via @charlottehughes.bsky.social
Proposed PIP Changes Could Threaten the Dignity and Survival of Disabled Individuals
The government is reportedly considering a drastic overhaul of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) system, raising alarm about severe consequences for disabled people. This transformation could…
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March 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Exposing the Department for Work and Pensions' Lack of Accountability thepoorsideof.life/2025/03/14/e... via @charlottehughes.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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The Future of Poundland in Jeopardy: What It Means for Shoppers and High Streets.
Poundland has found themselves to be , facing an uncertain future as its parent company, Pepco is considering selling the chain. Pepco, which acquired Poundland in 2016, is now exploring this sal…
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March 17, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Unlawful Benefit Deductions Are Hurting Universal Credit Recipients thepoorsideof.life/2025/02/27/u... via @charlottehughes.bsky.social
February 27, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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Unlawful Benefit Deductions Are Hurting Universal Credit Recipients
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have been using a process deemed in the high court as “unlawful and unfair” to deduct money from people’s Universal Credit (UC). This ha…
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February 27, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Unemployed Doesn’t Mean Untrustworthy. The Wrongful Assault on Benefit Claimants
February 25, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Unemployed Doesn’t Mean Untrustworthy. The Wrongful Assault on Benefit Claimants
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A society cannot call itself as being just and fair if it prioritizes punishing the poor over holding the affluent accountable.
A society cannot call itself as being just and fair if it prioritizes punishing the poor over holding the affluent accountable.
The Sanction Scandal: Why Punishing Claimants is Unjust. Shocking New Sanction Data Revealed
Well it appears that we’ve gone full cycle back to where this blog started reporting about benefit sanctions. We’ve known for many years that the practice of imposing sanctions on benef…
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February 24, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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A society cannot call itself as being just and fair if it prioritizes punishing the poor over holding the affluent accountable.
A society cannot call itself as being just and fair if it prioritizes punishing the poor over holding the affluent accountable.
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Unmasking Predudiced Myths.The Struggle for Mental Health Benefits thepoorsideof.life/2025/02/12/u... via @charlottehughes.bsky.social
February 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Unmasking Predudiced Myths.The Struggle for Mental Health Benefits thepoorsideof.life/2025/02/12/u... via @charlottehughes.bsky.social
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The Sanction Scandal: Why Punishing Claimants is Unjust. Shocking New Sanction Data Revealed thepoorsideof.life/2025/02/24/t... via @charlottehughes.bsky.social
February 24, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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Hit by the household benefit cap: Forcing people to live on less than they need
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Hit by the household benefit cap: Forcing people to live on less than they need
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February 19, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Hit by the household benefit cap: Forcing people to live on less than they need
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Hit by the household benefit cap: Forcing people to live on less than they need
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"If a woman fancies that she looks better or feels better in men's clothes, there is no reason why she may not indulge in so harmless a fancy."
The illustrated book of manners: a manual of good behavior and polite accomplishments by R. De Valcourt, 1866.
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The illustrated book of manners: a manual of good behavior and polite accomplishments by R. De Valcourt, 1866.
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January 8, 2025 at 11:32 PM
"If a woman fancies that she looks better or feels better in men's clothes, there is no reason why she may not indulge in so harmless a fancy."
The illustrated book of manners: a manual of good behavior and polite accomplishments by R. De Valcourt, 1866.
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The illustrated book of manners: a manual of good behavior and polite accomplishments by R. De Valcourt, 1866.
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