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Charlotte Hughes
@charlottehughes.bsky.social
Blogger at www.thepoorsideof.life
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
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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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.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 1, 2025 at 7:17 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.

www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
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
www.irishtimes.com
April 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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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...
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April 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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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
morningstaronline.co.uk
April 25, 2025 at 2:25 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/
April 27, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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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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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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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
Unemployed Doesn’t Mean Untrustworthy. The Wrongful Assault on Benefit Claimants
February 25, 2025 at 10:46 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.
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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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
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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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February 19, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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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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January 8, 2025 at 11:32 PM