Kate Belgrave
@katebelgrave.bsky.social
Journalist. Problem with authority that I'm too old to have. Blogger, housing and benefits activist. Interview-based podcast with people with housing and benefits problems. Non tribal politically. Dislike them all. https://whovotedforthis.buzzsprout.com/
Just LOVE it when govt MPs like #LizKendall say they'll always make sure that #disabled people who are "really"disabled are looked after. That is manure. They go after people who are most in need because they're easy targets. whovotedforthis.buzzsprout.com/2414550/epis...
Liz Kendall will NOT protect profoundly disabled people from benefit cuts - Who voted for this
In this episode, we return to deeply unpleasant DWP secretary of state Liz Kendall and her plans to cut disability benefits. Liz Kendall claims that disabled people who are most in need (whatever...
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June 22, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Just LOVE it when govt MPs like #LizKendall say they'll always make sure that #disabled people who are "really"disabled are looked after. That is manure. They go after people who are most in need because they're easy targets. whovotedforthis.buzzsprout.com/2414550/epis...
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🚨 Welfare Reform Bill First Reading Online Protest
👉 Disability Rebellion will be doing an online protest on all our platforms on 18th June from 12pm onwards to coincide with the first reading of the Welfare Reform Bill.
👉 Disability Rebellion will be doing an online protest on all our platforms on 18th June from 12pm onwards to coincide with the first reading of the Welfare Reform Bill.
June 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
🚨 Welfare Reform Bill First Reading Online Protest
👉 Disability Rebellion will be doing an online protest on all our platforms on 18th June from 12pm onwards to coincide with the first reading of the Welfare Reform Bill.
👉 Disability Rebellion will be doing an online protest on all our platforms on 18th June from 12pm onwards to coincide with the first reading of the Welfare Reform Bill.
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This week, MPs will vote on whether to decriminalise abortion in England and Wales.
As the police issue guidance to search women’s homes for abortion drugs and seize phones to inspect menstrual tracker apps, I wrote about why reform is more vital now than ever. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As the police issue guidance to search women’s homes for abortion drugs and seize phones to inspect menstrual tracker apps, I wrote about why reform is more vital now than ever. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
British women are being jailed under archaic abortion laws. MPs can act to end that this week | Frances Ryan
Women will really have the right to choose if politicians vote to revoke this Victorian-era legislation, writes Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
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June 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This week, MPs will vote on whether to decriminalise abortion in England and Wales.
As the police issue guidance to search women’s homes for abortion drugs and seize phones to inspect menstrual tracker apps, I wrote about why reform is more vital now than ever. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As the police issue guidance to search women’s homes for abortion drugs and seize phones to inspect menstrual tracker apps, I wrote about why reform is more vital now than ever. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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As MPs vote on whether to decriminalise abortion after more than 150 years, here’s this week’s column setting out why it should be a “yes.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
British women are being jailed under archaic abortion laws. MPs can act to end that this week | Frances Ryan
Women will really have the right to choose if politicians vote to revoke this Victorian-era legislation, writes Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
www.theguardian.com
June 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
As MPs vote on whether to decriminalise abortion after more than 150 years, here’s this week’s column setting out why it should be a “yes.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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#WelfareNotWarfare
Join @peoplesassembly.bsky.social
📢Saturday 7th June 2025
📢12 noon
📢BBC Portland Place London
“Disabled People are now in a fight to prove our very existence in society and to access all services
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Join @peoplesassembly.bsky.social
📢Saturday 7th June 2025
📢12 noon
📢BBC Portland Place London
“Disabled People are now in a fight to prove our very existence in society and to access all services
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June 2, 2025 at 6:47 PM
#WelfareNotWarfare
Join @peoplesassembly.bsky.social
📢Saturday 7th June 2025
📢12 noon
📢BBC Portland Place London
“Disabled People are now in a fight to prove our very existence in society and to access all services
@paulapeters19.bsky.social
Join @peoplesassembly.bsky.social
📢Saturday 7th June 2025
📢12 noon
📢BBC Portland Place London
“Disabled People are now in a fight to prove our very existence in society and to access all services
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Ok #lizkendall. Time to get real about benefit cuts. I recently interviewed a #UniversalCredit support worker who said #sick, #disabled & #homeless people should just get it together & model themselves on #ElonMusk. That's the state of #DWP thinking whovotedforthis.buzzsprout.com/2414550/epis...
The benefits heist: how sick and disabled people have paid the price for the anti-welfare craze - Who voted for this
In this episode, we take a look at: Political attacks on sick and disabled people in the last 10 yearsClaims that benefit money is easy to get when it is categorically notLiz Kendall's stunning l...
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June 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Ok #lizkendall. Time to get real about benefit cuts. I recently interviewed a #UniversalCredit support worker who said #sick, #disabled & #homeless people should just get it together & model themselves on #ElonMusk. That's the state of #DWP thinking whovotedforthis.buzzsprout.com/2414550/epis...
Here's my latest podcast, inspired by the vile #LizKendall.
We look at political attacks on #disabled people, Kendall's stunning lack of imagination & her claims that benefits are easy to get when they absolutely are not. #benefitcuts #PIP
www.katebelgrave.com/2025/06/the-...
We look at political attacks on #disabled people, Kendall's stunning lack of imagination & her claims that benefits are easy to get when they absolutely are not. #benefitcuts #PIP
www.katebelgrave.com/2025/06/the-...
The benefits heist: how sick and disabled people have paid the price for the anti-welfare craze | Kate Belgrave
www.katebelgrave.com
June 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Here's my latest podcast, inspired by the vile #LizKendall.
We look at political attacks on #disabled people, Kendall's stunning lack of imagination & her claims that benefits are easy to get when they absolutely are not. #benefitcuts #PIP
www.katebelgrave.com/2025/06/the-...
We look at political attacks on #disabled people, Kendall's stunning lack of imagination & her claims that benefits are easy to get when they absolutely are not. #benefitcuts #PIP
www.katebelgrave.com/2025/06/the-...
Does Liz Kendall not realise that the job of destroying #disability benefits and #disabled people has already been TOTALLY done?
It is already VERY hard to get #PIP and disability benefits, thanks Liz. How about you try it. www.katebelgrave.com/2025/05/disa... #universalcredit #uklabour
It is already VERY hard to get #PIP and disability benefits, thanks Liz. How about you try it. www.katebelgrave.com/2025/05/disa... #universalcredit #uklabour
#Disability benefits have already been destroyed, Liz friggn Kendall | Kate Belgrave
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May 8, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Does Liz Kendall not realise that the job of destroying #disability benefits and #disabled people has already been TOTALLY done?
It is already VERY hard to get #PIP and disability benefits, thanks Liz. How about you try it. www.katebelgrave.com/2025/05/disa... #universalcredit #uklabour
It is already VERY hard to get #PIP and disability benefits, thanks Liz. How about you try it. www.katebelgrave.com/2025/05/disa... #universalcredit #uklabour
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They fled for their lives. Now they’re stuck in an unsuitable hostel, with no real help.
Hear Anna’s story - a mother of two SEND children, failed by the system. @hackneycouncil.bsky.social
New episode by @katebelgrave.bsky.social
#SEND #housingcrisis
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Hear Anna’s story - a mother of two SEND children, failed by the system. @hackneycouncil.bsky.social
New episode by @katebelgrave.bsky.social
#SEND #housingcrisis
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When your council does not help you escape violence - Who voted for this
Anna tells her story in this episode.It's the story of how Anna, her partner and their 2 sons had to leave their council flat because their neighbour, who likes to wield a knife, was threatening to ki...
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May 6, 2025 at 10:50 AM
They fled for their lives. Now they’re stuck in an unsuitable hostel, with no real help.
Hear Anna’s story - a mother of two SEND children, failed by the system. @hackneycouncil.bsky.social
New episode by @katebelgrave.bsky.social
#SEND #housingcrisis
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Hear Anna’s story - a mother of two SEND children, failed by the system. @hackneycouncil.bsky.social
New episode by @katebelgrave.bsky.social
#SEND #housingcrisis
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“It is unacceptable that a policy change this big – effectively wiping out the standard category of PIP daily living – is being implemented without consultation. This is not a minor ‘technical’ change'" said Julia Modern of Inclusion London.
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April 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
“It is unacceptable that a policy change this big – effectively wiping out the standard category of PIP daily living – is being implemented without consultation. This is not a minor ‘technical’ change'" said Julia Modern of Inclusion London.
Read the full article via Big Issue: buff.ly/pqwn113
Read the full article via Big Issue: buff.ly/pqwn113
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“These figures show how absurd it is to exclude the changes to the PIP assessment from the government’s consultation on the green paper proposals,” said Julia Modern of @inclusionlondon.bsky.social. "We are deeply disappointed that Labour is repeating past mistakes"
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1.3 million ill people could lose PIP under Labour's disability benefit cuts
Labour's benefit reforms could see thousands of people with cancer and more than 200,000 people with arthritis lose their PIP payments.
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April 17, 2025 at 3:18 PM
“These figures show how absurd it is to exclude the changes to the PIP assessment from the government’s consultation on the green paper proposals,” said Julia Modern of @inclusionlondon.bsky.social. "We are deeply disappointed that Labour is repeating past mistakes"
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DAMN Borders. End Barriers!
Disability and Migration Justice Conference. 28th June 2025 London.
Disability and Migration Network (DAMN) and DPAC Crip tank. @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social
#DAMNborders #DisabilityAndMigration
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Disability and Migration Justice Conference. 28th June 2025 London.
Disability and Migration Network (DAMN) and DPAC Crip tank. @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social
#DAMNborders #DisabilityAndMigration
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/disability...
April 22, 2025 at 7:30 AM
DAMN Borders. End Barriers!
Disability and Migration Justice Conference. 28th June 2025 London.
Disability and Migration Network (DAMN) and DPAC Crip tank. @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social
#DAMNborders #DisabilityAndMigration
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/disability...
Disability and Migration Justice Conference. 28th June 2025 London.
Disability and Migration Network (DAMN) and DPAC Crip tank. @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social
#DAMNborders #DisabilityAndMigration
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/disability...
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Now we need your help.
The more of us who sign this petition, the more the Mayor will listen:
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Sign it. Share it. Let’s make London accessible for all. #DisabilityEqualityChampion #AccessibleLondon 🎬 (7/7)
The more of us who sign this petition, the more the Mayor will listen:
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Sign it. Share it. Let’s make London accessible for all. #DisabilityEqualityChampion #AccessibleLondon 🎬 (7/7)
April 22, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Now we need your help.
The more of us who sign this petition, the more the Mayor will listen:
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Sign it. Share it. Let’s make London accessible for all. #DisabilityEqualityChampion #AccessibleLondon 🎬 (7/7)
The more of us who sign this petition, the more the Mayor will listen:
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Sign it. Share it. Let’s make London accessible for all. #DisabilityEqualityChampion #AccessibleLondon 🎬 (7/7)
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They say letting agents must accept tenants on benefits — far from the truth. ‘No DSS’ is alive and well. Disclose you’re on benefits (even non-means tested) and you’re out. Not even a guarantor can save you. @katebelgrave.bsky.social #nodss #lettingagents #benefitdiscrimination
April 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
They say letting agents must accept tenants on benefits — far from the truth. ‘No DSS’ is alive and well. Disclose you’re on benefits (even non-means tested) and you’re out. Not even a guarantor can save you. @katebelgrave.bsky.social #nodss #lettingagents #benefitdiscrimination
One thing about #housing - the people with serious housing problems I interview put all their energy into trying to get a council house rather than a private sector place coz they feel their chances of a getting council place are better, even if they have to wait 20 years #homeless #housingcrisis
April 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
One thing about #housing - the people with serious housing problems I interview put all their energy into trying to get a council house rather than a private sector place coz they feel their chances of a getting council place are better, even if they have to wait 20 years #homeless #housingcrisis
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Here's an example of a very serious #databreach - #Hackney council sending very personal info to the wrong person entirely - names of children, fostering details, abuse, the works. Public sector data protection is an utter shambles. #autism #disability
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A really serious breach of very personal data - Who voted for this
In this episode, Megi talks about Hackney council forwarding another family's very personal information to her husband's email address. Megi has an autistic daughter. She talked about the family'...
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April 14, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Here's an example of a very serious #databreach - #Hackney council sending very personal info to the wrong person entirely - names of children, fostering details, abuse, the works. Public sector data protection is an utter shambles. #autism #disability
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#WelfareNotWarfare
📢Local Action Annoucenent📢
Saturday 19th April 2025
12 noon to 2pm
Ipswich Town Hall
Corn Hill Ipswich 1P1 1DH
📢Local Action Annoucenent📢
Saturday 19th April 2025
12 noon to 2pm
Ipswich Town Hall
Corn Hill Ipswich 1P1 1DH
April 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
#WelfareNotWarfare
📢Local Action Annoucenent📢
Saturday 19th April 2025
12 noon to 2pm
Ipswich Town Hall
Corn Hill Ipswich 1P1 1DH
📢Local Action Annoucenent📢
Saturday 19th April 2025
12 noon to 2pm
Ipswich Town Hall
Corn Hill Ipswich 1P1 1DH
@chrisdillow.bsky.social How are you? Sun is out here and I am mostly thinking about chasing Starmer around a pub with a loudspeaker and a speech pertaining to his abject failure to tax major corporates to pay for public services.
April 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
@chrisdillow.bsky.social How are you? Sun is out here and I am mostly thinking about chasing Starmer around a pub with a loudspeaker and a speech pertaining to his abject failure to tax major corporates to pay for public services.
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True, Trump's a fool. But as I wrote here, politics is not merely a matter of asserting one's intellectual superiority. It requires an analysis of capitalist politics: why did this fool acquire power? stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_an...
April 11, 2025 at 8:07 AM
True, Trump's a fool. But as I wrote here, politics is not merely a matter of asserting one's intellectual superiority. It requires an analysis of capitalist politics: why did this fool acquire power? stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_an...
Hello bluesky. I'm a journalist - been writing interview based articles on #benefit cuts and #housing problems for 20 years. Present fantasy involves kicking Keir #Starmer around for not taxing corporates to pay for public services. Are you joking mate #homelessness whovotedforthis.buzzsprout.com
Who voted for this
Interviews with people dealing with housing problems and welfare cuts. Dislike for those who let it all happen.Kate Belgrave Journalist and bloggerContact: kate@katebelgrave.comHomepage phot...
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April 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Hello bluesky. I'm a journalist - been writing interview based articles on #benefit cuts and #housing problems for 20 years. Present fantasy involves kicking Keir #Starmer around for not taxing corporates to pay for public services. Are you joking mate #homelessness whovotedforthis.buzzsprout.com
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Neda Tehrani, @neda_teh, who did such a brilliant job editing The Department, is now available for freelance work. I can't recommend her highly enough. She's one of the main reasons we've been able to use the book to hold #DWP to account so effectively over the last eight months.
April 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Neda Tehrani, @neda_teh, who did such a brilliant job editing The Department, is now available for freelance work. I can't recommend her highly enough. She's one of the main reasons we've been able to use the book to hold #DWP to account so effectively over the last eight months.
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Really enjoying Ramping Up Rights by the remarkable talent that is @RachelCDailey. A modern history of UK disability activism, it couldn't be more timely, with disabled people and our rights being attacked from all sides. Out in July, but pre-order here:
Ramping Up Rights | Hurst Publishers
A 100-year history of enraging injustices and inspiring campaigns: the fight for British disability rights isn’t over.
www.hurstpublishers.com
April 11, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Really enjoying Ramping Up Rights by the remarkable talent that is @RachelCDailey. A modern history of UK disability activism, it couldn't be more timely, with disabled people and our rights being attacked from all sides. Out in July, but pre-order here:
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Department for Work and Pensions staff are making tens of thousands of potentially fatal errors every month when dealing with disabled people’s universal credit claims, just as the department prepares to increase its level of interaction with claimants.
DWP make tens of thousands of life-threatening errors, while planning more interaction with disabled claimants
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) staff are making tens of thousands of potentially fatal errors every month when dealing with disabled people’s universal credit claims, just as the department…
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March 30, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Department for Work and Pensions staff are making tens of thousands of potentially fatal errors every month when dealing with disabled people’s universal credit claims, just as the department prepares to increase its level of interaction with claimants.
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An online education provider has been accused of “blatant discrimination” after charging disabled students thousands of pounds more a year than non-disabled students for the same qualifications.
Online provider charges disabled students thousands more for same qualification in ‘blatant discrimination’
An online education provider has been accused of “blatant discrimination” after charging disabled students thousands of pounds more a year than non-disabled students for the same qualifications. Th…
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March 29, 2025 at 8:21 AM
An online education provider has been accused of “blatant discrimination” after charging disabled students thousands of pounds more a year than non-disabled students for the same qualifications.