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Frankie306
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Socialist ex Labour, vegan.
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Keir Starmer is appointing a former Sun editor to a top government comms role, while watering down the Hillsborough Law.

Bootlicking the Murdoch press, betraying the people of Liverpool and insulting every campaigner for justice.

Justice For The 97.
July 26, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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We’ve reached 230,000 sign ups! That’s more than Reform’s membership.

Nigel Farage, Zia Yusuf, Richard Tice, Lee Anderson, ̶J̶a̶m̶e̶s̶ ̶M̶c̶M̶u̶r̶d̶o̶c̶k̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶R̶u̶p̶e̶r̶t̶ ̶L̶o̶w̶e̶.̶

Your boys are taking one hell of a beating.

Labour, you’re next: yourparty.uk
July 25, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Transform has been working from its inception towards this day. We will play an enthusiastic part in building this new party.

Let's get this party started!
www.yourparty.uk
July 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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I received hundreds of emails from those affected or fearing #UniversalCredit cuts, collective testament to the fact that disabled people are not feeling, as Sir Keir Starmer said he wanted, "secure and supported", but the opposite

nataliebennett.org/latest/my-re...
My Regret Motion to the Universal Credit Bill
Disabled people in our society are not feeling how Sir Keir Starmer told the Liaison Committee yesterday that he wants them to feel, they are not feeling secure and supported; they are feeling the opp...
nataliebennett.org
July 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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It's time for a new kind of political party - one that belongs to you.

Sign up at yourparty.uk.
July 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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🔴‘MPs and the Media Cast Benefit-Claimants as Freeloaders – This Discrimination Is What Keeps Them Out of Work’

The media has gone on the attack after the welfare U-Turn, but they’re not telling the real story, argues Mathilda Mallinson

bylinetimes.com/2025/07/14/w...
'MPs and the Media Cast Benefit-Claimants as Freeloaders - This Discrimination Is What Keeps Them Out of Work'
The media has gone on the attack after the welfare U-Turn, but they're not telling the real story, argues Mathilda Mallinson
bylinetimes.com
July 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Liz Kendall, the work and pensions secretary, says the culture of work in Britain must change as spending on disability benefits soars
Bosses ‘must offer flexibility’ to keep old and sick staff in work
Liz Kendall, the work and pensions secretary, says the culture of work in Britain must change as spending on disability benefits soars
www.thetimes.com
July 16, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Why the new disability benefits concessions don’t make sense, and why the Bill must still be opposed, explained in under 90 seconds:
June 27, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

One of my son- in- laws is disabled (due to a 🚘 accident) and has had to retire early. Fortunately he has a good pension, so they should survive (otherwise the family -3 kids- would be in peril)
He said he is DISGUSTED at what Labour are doing to disabled ppl.
Labour's historic attack on disabled people is already wrecking lives. Just ask Kevin | John Harris
The anxiety and horror of these sweeping cuts are a matter of deliberate policy. How did the party of Bevan come to this, asks Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
March 30, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Raids on workplaces? Forcing employers to act as immigration officials?

Theresa May's hostile environment never went away, and Labour are every bit as bad as, or worse than the Tories
March 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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UK Govt to cut benefit spending by more than £5bn a year by 2029/30. Poor/Disabled hit.

Silence on corporate welfare, ending tax perks of the rich.

Aligning tax on dividends and capital gains with wages, and charging national insurance on the same can create £20bn surplus.

Why hurt the poor?
Liz Kendall promises to fix 'broken' benefits system
Measures including restricting eligibility for disability payments are expected to save £50bn by 2030.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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“Some of the decisions that have been made, if you closed your eyes, you would not think it was a Labour government making them.”
‘The rhetoric’s turned people’s stomachs’: MPs demand lessons learned as Kendall unveils welfare reforms - LabourList
Labour MPs have expressed their outrage and dismay at the messaging around welfare reform, especially the proposed (now ditched) freeze in personal independence payments (PIP) for people with disabili...
labourlist.org
March 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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🔴‘No-One Voted for These Cruel Cuts – We Need a Wealth Tax Instead’

Keir Starmer must change course from this performative cruelty towards the sick and disabled, argues Neal Lawson

bylinetimes.com/2025/03/19/n...
'No-One Voted for These Cruel Cuts - We Need a Wealth Tax Instead'
Keir Starmer must change course from this performative cruelty towards the sick and disabled, argues Neal Lawson
bylinetimes.com
March 19, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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I have helped a number of friends & family apply for PIP

Initially everyone had their application declined. On appeal I managed to get everyone some component payment

Not one achieved maximum benefit even though I felt some qualified

Getting PIP is not easy despite what Kendall claims
March 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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What do you call a sudden change of principles when you actually get into a position to change something?
March 17, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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“The majority of people who are forced to come to our food banks are disabled.. there is an incredible level of hardship out there & we are appalled the government looks at that situation & appears to be deciding to make huge cuts to the support people get"

Helen Barnard @trusselluk.bsky.social
March 13, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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UK Chancellor urged not to make PIP cuts that could plunge 700,000 households into poverty.

It is war on the poor, not causes of poverty.

Median annual pre-tax wage £29,604.
38% of Universal credit claimants are in work.
16m live in poverty.
Lack of healthcare, disabling many
Chancellor warned against PIP cuts that could plunge 700,000 households into poverty
Leading charities have issued the Chancellor a stark warning
www.independent.co.uk
March 11, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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MPs will have blood on their hands if the proposals are like anything that we are hearing. When disabled organisations, benefits claimants, carers and health professionals are ALL warning you this would increase death and disadvantage, listen. Change cannot mean worse
March 11, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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When someone becomes disabled or chronically ill, people will twist themselves into knots finding a way to blame them. They need to find fault so they don’t have to face the randomness of life.

The truth is, anyone can become disabled at any time.

Good health is not a guarantee.
March 11, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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Prime Minister backs disability benefit cuts bit.ly/3XGUkOZ as Labour discovers that taking money off millions on low incomes is easier than taking it from the better off.
Starmer decries ‘worst of all worlds’ benefits system ahead of deep cuts
PM expected to announce billions in savings from personal independence payment, the main disability benefit
bit.ly
March 11, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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Neoliberal achievements.

Higher homelessness, food insecurity, malnutrition, lack of good food/housing, fuel poverty, sewage in rivers, crumbling schools.

Underfunded NHS can't provide timely care.

Corporations making record profits. Rich got richer in a corrupt political system.
The UN's damning verdict on UK poverty must inspire us to force change
The United Nations criticised UK poverty rates and called for the DWP to scrap the two-child limit and benefit cap.
www.bigissue.com
March 10, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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The language of being 'economically inactive' used by Labour belies where the real 'inaction' resides, which is is for Reeves and Starmer to stop their bullshit and tax the fucking wealth hoarders.
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There is a shameful tradition of demonising disabled people. Why is Labour reigniting it? | Frances Ryan
Ministers run away from a wealth tax and then concoct a punitive benefits system. They have made that choice and it’s immoral, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
www.theguardian.com
March 11, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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Green ambitions.

UK govt planning to cut funding for GB Energy, the state-owned company set to drive renewable energy.

Cut from £28bn to £15bn to £8.3bn to ??

Another win for fossil fuel companies. Manifesto pledge??

How long will Ed Miliband remain in the cabinet?
UK Treasury ‘plans funding cuts at GB Energy’ in blow to Ed Miliband
Government considering such a move over state-owned firm set up by Labour in June’s spending review, say reports
www.theguardian.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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James Schneider on #GMB: "I think you're viewers are quite right, money can always be found for war and weapons when we're told there's no money for things which are going to make life easier for us and our families and our communities"
March 5, 2025 at 7:42 AM