Garry Lemon
@gazlemon.bsky.social
Anti-Poverty campaigner, active travel, Walthamstow
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Garry Lemon
@gazlemon.bsky.social
· Feb 1
Enjoying Bluesky very much so far. Will get around to posting properly eventually but just as a holding position will post a picture of my cat:
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NEW: Today's DWP data on 23/24 is shocking:
❌Food insecurity up: 7.2m to 7.5m ppl
❌Food bank use up: 2.3m to 2.8m ppl
❌3m disabled ppl facing hunger, 1.2m at food banks
Is this really the time to cut disabled ppl's lifelines? We cannot push ppl deeper into hunger and hardship
❌Food insecurity up: 7.2m to 7.5m ppl
❌Food bank use up: 2.3m to 2.8m ppl
❌3m disabled ppl facing hunger, 1.2m at food banks
Is this really the time to cut disabled ppl's lifelines? We cannot push ppl deeper into hunger and hardship
🚨 NEWS: The government’s own survey shows 4.7m people in disabled households are facing hunger, including 1.6m children.
Yet just yesterday, the UK government chose to slash disability payments.
This is appalling.
Yet just yesterday, the UK government chose to slash disability payments.
This is appalling.
March 27, 2025 at 10:48 AM
NEW: Today's DWP data on 23/24 is shocking:
❌Food insecurity up: 7.2m to 7.5m ppl
❌Food bank use up: 2.3m to 2.8m ppl
❌3m disabled ppl facing hunger, 1.2m at food banks
Is this really the time to cut disabled ppl's lifelines? We cannot push ppl deeper into hunger and hardship
❌Food insecurity up: 7.2m to 7.5m ppl
❌Food bank use up: 2.3m to 2.8m ppl
❌3m disabled ppl facing hunger, 1.2m at food banks
Is this really the time to cut disabled ppl's lifelines? We cannot push ppl deeper into hunger and hardship
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❗ 77% of people claiming Universal Credit and disability benefits have gone without essentials in the last 6 months.
Cuts to disability support risk pushing even more people deeper into poverty.
We cannot let this happen. Email your MP now 👉 bit.ly/4kFR5Bj
Cuts to disability support risk pushing even more people deeper into poverty.
We cannot let this happen. Email your MP now 👉 bit.ly/4kFR5Bj
March 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
❗ 77% of people claiming Universal Credit and disability benefits have gone without essentials in the last 6 months.
Cuts to disability support risk pushing even more people deeper into poverty.
We cannot let this happen. Email your MP now 👉 bit.ly/4kFR5Bj
Cuts to disability support risk pushing even more people deeper into poverty.
We cannot let this happen. Email your MP now 👉 bit.ly/4kFR5Bj
Good to hear @pollardtom.bsky.social on the politics weekly podcast explaining mooted upcoming social security cuts - they're going to be devastating, particularly for disabled people, who are already grossly overrepresented in food banks:
pca.st/podcast/59f5...
pca.st/podcast/59f5...
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March 13, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Good to hear @pollardtom.bsky.social on the politics weekly podcast explaining mooted upcoming social security cuts - they're going to be devastating, particularly for disabled people, who are already grossly overrepresented in food banks:
pca.st/podcast/59f5...
pca.st/podcast/59f5...
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📢 The UK government is talking about making HUGE cuts to disabled people’s social security.
Disabled people are already three times more likely to face hunger, and these cuts risk pushing even more people to food banks.
Disabled people are already three times more likely to face hunger, and these cuts risk pushing even more people to food banks.
March 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
📢 The UK government is talking about making HUGE cuts to disabled people’s social security.
Disabled people are already three times more likely to face hunger, and these cuts risk pushing even more people to food banks.
Disabled people are already three times more likely to face hunger, and these cuts risk pushing even more people to food banks.
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Disability benefits are already not enough to live on- any cuts will devastate lives & push more people into poverty. @trusselluk.bsky.social
www.trussell.org.uk/news-and-res...
www.trussell.org.uk/news-and-res...
Almost one in five people receiving Universal Credit and disability benefits used a food bank in the last month | Trussell
Hunger and hardship are already at record levels. Welfare and disability benefit cuts risk pushing even more people to the doors of food banks.
www.trussell.org.uk
March 11, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Disability benefits are already not enough to live on- any cuts will devastate lives & push more people into poverty. @trusselluk.bsky.social
www.trussell.org.uk/news-and-res...
www.trussell.org.uk/news-and-res...
Enjoying Bluesky very much so far. Will get around to posting properly eventually but just as a holding position will post a picture of my cat:
February 1, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Enjoying Bluesky very much so far. Will get around to posting properly eventually but just as a holding position will post a picture of my cat: