David Bruce
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David Bruce
@thetroof.bsky.social
Disabled with long term health conditions, former boilermaker ship worker, former shop steward as supported housing officer, Counsellor.
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LABOUR MINISTERS CONSIDERED MEANS - TESTING PIP, BUT LATER RULED IT OUT, WATCHDOG'S REPORT SHOWS.

DISABILITY BENEFIT CUTS ARE A LABOUR BETRAYAL AFTER STARMER SLAMMED TORIES FOR TAKING MONEY AWAY FROM DISABLED PEOPLE.

WE REMEMBER 😎

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Labour ministers considered means-testing PIP, but later ruled it out, watchdog’s report shows
Labour ministers considered the possibility of means-testing personal independence payment (PIP) last year, but then ruled out the option, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has admitted. A…
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December 21, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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GHOST JOBS, ROBOT GATEKEEPERS AND AI INTERVIEWERS.

😎 IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ABOVE MEANS, YOU HAVE LITTLE CHANCE OF FINDING A JOB, IT'S DEMORALISING JOB SEEKERS.

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Ghost jobs, robot gatekeepers and AI interviewers: let me tell you about the bleak new age of job hunting | Eleanor Margolis
In my six months of looking for work, I’ve found that from fake ads to AI screening software, the search is more soul-destroying than ever, says columnist for the i newspaper and Diva, Eleanor Margoli...
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December 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
COMING IN 2026

LABOUR GOV'T WILL TAKE AWAY DISABLED PEOPLE'S MONEY AND THEREFORE THEIR INDEPENDENCE AND HUMAN RIGHTS.

THEN TRY TO FORCE DISABLED PEOPLE WITH LONG TERM HEALTH CONDITIONS INTO JOBS WHICH THE MAJORITY OF COMPANIES ARE NOT PREPARED FOR OR TO EMPLOY.

"WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG ?"
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December 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
WHY IS THE "HEALTH ELEMENT" TO PIP (PERSONAL INDEPENDENCE PAYMENT) IN THE "MEANS TESTED" UNIVERSAL CREDIT.

SO PIP IS NOW PARTLY MEANS TESTED, SO HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DISABLED PEOPLE ARE BEING DENIED THEIR INDEPENDENCE WHICH IS THEIR HUMAN RIGHT.

RIGHT WING PRESS RHETORIC NOW LABOUR'S

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December 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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THE WORK AND PENSIONS SECRETARY HAS BRAGGED ABOUT CUTTING DISABLED PEOPLE'S SUPPORT, THREE DAYS AFTER LAUNCHING A CHILD POVERTY STRATEGY WHICH WARNED THAT MORE THAN A MILLION CHILDREN IN FAMILIES WHERE SOMEONE WAS DISABLED.....
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McFadden brags about cutting disability benefits, just as his own strategy warns of ‘deep material poverty’
The work and pensions secretary has bragged about cutting disabled people’s support, three days after launching a child poverty strategy which warned that more than a million children in families w…
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December 12, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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JUST 0.001% HOLD THREE TIMES THE WEALTH OF THE POOREST HALF OF HUMANITY, THE REPORT FINDS
DATA FROM WORLD INEQUALITY REPORT ALSO SHOWED TOP 10% OF INCOME EARNERS EARN MORE THAN THE OTHER 90%

😎 SO MUCH FOR EQUALITY
WORSE THAN EVER !
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Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
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December 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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COVID SCHEME'S FRAUD AND ERROR COST TAXPAYERS £11BN.

ANY HEADS ROLL, ANYONE ARRESTED

NO DIDN'T THINK SO

BIGGEST FRAUD IN THE WORLD

COULD'VE PAID FOR THE PENSIONERS AND DISABLED PEOPLE

AND WHO WAS IN CHARGE

CONSERVATIVES

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COVID schemes' fraud and error cost taxpayers £11bn
Fraud and error in pandemic support programmes like furlough and Eat Out to Help Out cost taxpayers enough to fund free school meals for 2.7 million eligible children for eight years.
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December 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... IT IS FAR MORE A STORY ABOUT HOW A MIX OF MISINFORMATION, PREJUDICE AND INSECURITY HAS REIGNITED AN ALL-TOO-FAMILIAR FIRE: WHEN LIVING STANDARDS ARE STALLING AND PUBLIC SERVICES FAILING, SOCIETY TURNS ON A MINORITY SAID TO BE HAVING IT EASY AT TAXPAYER EXPENSE
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Disabled people driving luxury cars on your dime? Just the latest rightwing lie peddled by Labour | Frances Ryan
Starmer’s ailing government is happy to pursue ideas like cutting Motability, but all ministers will do is damage lives and themselves, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
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December 9, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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"WHAT WE SEE ON THE GROUND IS CHAOS: PHONE CALLS GOING UNANSWERED, PEOPLE CUT OFF MID-CALL, EVIDENCE REPEATEDLY MISPLACED, AND APPLICANTS WAITING SO LONG FOR APPROVALS, CHANGE OF CIRCUMSTANCES OR RENEWALS, THAT WORK OPPORTUNITIES DISAPPEAR.

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‘Unacceptable’ new figures show rejections of Access to Work claims have shot up this year
Ministers have been forced to admit that the proportion of Access to Work claims they are rejecting has leapt by more than a fifth this year, with disabled campaigners describing the figures as “un…
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December 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM
JUST LISTENED TO THE CONSERVATIVE MP HELEN WHATLEY ON LAURA K THIS MORNING MENTION ABOUT A "FREE CAR" WHEN IT COMES TO BENEFITS.

EXAGGERATED STATISTICS AND DISINGENUOUS STATEMENT OF A FREE CAR.

MOBILITY CARS ARE NOT FREE CARS.

STOP DEMONISING DISABLED PEOPLE.

SUCH AN ABLEISM VIEWPOINT.
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December 7, 2025 at 9:57 AM
FALSE CLAIMS THAT SOCIAL SECURITY SPENDING IS SPIRALLING OUT OF CONTROL WOULD BE MISLEADING, IF NOT DEEPLY DISHONEST.

WHY WERE THE REAL FIGURES OMITTED FROM THE GOVERNMENT'S OBR REPORT.

IS THIS A CYNICAL ATTEMPT TO MISLEAD THE BRITISH PUBLIC.

A PARLIAMENT INQUIRY IS NEEDED TO CLARIFY.
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December 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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WATCHDOG'S SILENCE AFTER REMOVING FIGURES THAT SHOWED SOCIAL SECURITY SPENDING IS NOT SPIRALLING.

😎 THIS IS WHY THE BRITISH PUBLIC DOESN'T TRUST POLITICS WHEN BLATANT LIES ARE TOLD TO DECEIVE THEM.

COMPLETELY DISINGENUOUS.
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Watchdog’s silence after removing figures that showed social security spending is not ‘spiralling’
The government’s “independent” spending watchdog has refused to explain why it removed figures from its crucial budget forecast report that proved spending on social security is not spiralling out …
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December 6, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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DWP AND TREASURY'S SILENT OVER MYSTERY OF £2 BILLION CUTS TO DISABILITY BENEFITS.

😎 LACK OF TRANSPARENCY TO THE BRITISH PUBLIC.

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DWP and Treasury silent over mystery of £2 billion cuts to disability benefits
The government has refused to explain the impact that last week’s budget will have on disabled people who receive benefits, despite repeated requests for clarity over cuts of up to £580 million a y…
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December 5, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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"WHAT WE SEE ON THE GROUND IS CHAOS: PHONE CALLS GOING UNANSWERED, PEOPLE CUT OFF MID-CALL, EVIDENCE REPEATEDLY MISPLACED, AND APPLICANTS WAITING SO LONG FOR APPROVALS, CHANGE OF CIRCUMSTANCES OR RENEWALS, THAT WORK OPPORTUNITIES DISAPPEAR."
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‘Unacceptable’ new figures show rejections of Access to Work claims have shot up this year
Ministers have been forced to admit that the proportion of Access to Work claims they are rejecting has leapt by more than a fifth this year, with disabled campaigners describing the figures as “un…
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December 5, 2025 at 11:32 AM
THE GOVERNMENT HAS A "MORAL DUTY" TO CUT DISABILITY BENEFITS.

REALLY !

WHERE'S THE MORAL DUTY:

TO ADHERE TO THE RIGHTS OF DISABLED PEOPLE.

STOP DEMONISING THE DISABLED FOR THE ECONOMIC POSITION.

STOP BEING DISINGENUOUS WITH THE STATS.

STOP LYING TO THE BRITISH PUBLIC.

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December 2, 2025 at 8:29 AM
ALL WE KEEP GETTING FROM THIS GOV'T IS SCARE TACTICS
IT STARTED WITH THE TORIES. WHETHER IT'S ABOUT THE BUDGET, WELFARE.

IS THE RIGHT WING PRESS RUNNING THE GOV'T PRESS RELEASES. IT FEELS LIKE IT.

WHY THE SCARE STORIES !

GET A GRIP. THE PUBLIC'S GETTING IMPATIENT WITH THE NONSENSE.
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December 1, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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"DEVASTATING" AND "PUNITIVE" TAX CHANGES TO THE MOTABILITY SCHEME THAT WILL ADD HUNDREDS OF POUNDS TO UPFRONT PAYMENTS TO LEASE CARS ARE "BAFFLING" AND "UNJUST" AND THREATEN TO "LOCK DISABLED PEOPLE OUT OF DAILY LIFE," SAY CAMPAIGNERS.

😎 DISGRACEFUL
Budget’s Motability taxes ‘are devastating, punitive and baffling’ and will add hundreds to upfront payments
“Devastating” and “punitive” tax changes to the Motability scheme that will add hundreds of pounds to upfront payments to lease cars are “baffling” and “unjust” and threaten to “lock disabled peopl…
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November 29, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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HOW DO DISABLED PEOPLE FEEL, WHEN WE MAKE UP THREE-QUARTERS OF PEOPLE WHO USE FOOD BANKS? WHERE ARE THE ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT INVESTMENT IN SOCIAL CARE, EDUCATION, AND HOUSING THAT WE DESPERATELY NEED?

😎 THE TRUTH

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DR UK's Statement on Autumn Budget
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November 29, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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ARTICLES BEGAN TO SPRING UP IN THE TABLOID PRESS REPRODUCING SOCIAL MEDIA MEMES CALLING FOR MOTABILITY VEHICLES TO BE MADE MORE UGLY, AND THE FURORE SPREAD TO THE SPEECHES OF KEMI BADENOCH AND NIGEL FARAGE AND FINALLY, GRABBED THE ATTENTION OF THE TREASURY.
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How Motability cuts went from a rightwing online campaign to Rachel Reeves’s budget
Car lease scheme for people with mobility problems portrayed as ‘free’ but is funded by benefits and their own contributions
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November 29, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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PEOPLE ARE LOSING SUPPORT OVERNIGHT. AWARDS ARE BEING SLASHED OR REMOVED COMPLETELY.

MANY ARE STUCK IN BACKLOGS THAT RUN FOR A YEAR OR MORE WHILE BEING TOLD TO WORK WITHOUT THE ADJUSTMENTS THEY NEED.

THE CONSEQUENCES ARE SEVERE: PEOPLE LOSING JOBS..
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DWP failure to provide up-to-date figures on Access to Work cuts is ‘major warning sign’, say campaigners
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has claimed that “an issue” with data is preventing it releasing figures that would show just how many disabled people have been affected by cuts to the A…
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November 29, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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WITH THE UN’s INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES APPROACHING ON 3 DECEMBER, NEW FINDINGS SUGGEST THAT WHILE UK EMPLOYERS OVERWHELMINGLY WANT TO HIRE MORE DISABLED STAFF, MANY LACK THE CONFIDENCE, TOOLS OR UNDERSTANDING TO DO SO.

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Employers want to hire disabled staff - but many don’t know where to start
Ahead of the UN’s Disability Day, new research shows employers want to hire disabled staff but lack the confidence to act. Leading firms like Whitbread, Asda and M&S show how inclusive employment can ...
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November 29, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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DISABILITY CAMPAIGNERS HAVE SLAMMED "APPALLING" CHANGES MADE TO THE NOTABILITY SCHEME BY THE UK GOVERNMENT WHILE CALLING OUT MISINFORMATION BEING SPREAD BY CERTAIN CORNERS OF THE MEDIA.

😎 GOV'T SHOULD LISTEN TO DISABLED PEOPLE'S ORGANISATIONS.
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Disability campaigners call out misinformation over Motability 'luxury cars'
DISABILITY campaigners have slammed "appalling" changes made to the Motability scheme by the UK Government while calling out…
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November 28, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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CHANCELLOR RACHEL REEVES WAS BRANDED 'DELUDED' BY DISABILITY CAMPAIGNERS TODAY AFTER SUGGESTING AN EXTENSION TO HER BENEFIT FRAUD CRACKDOWN WILL HELP BALANCE THE BOOKS IN THE BUDGET.

0.4% BENEFIT FRAUD IN P.I.P.
SAYS IT ALL

DISINGENUOUS CHANCELLOR
Reeves branded 'deluded' by disability campaigners
CHANCELLOR Rachel Reeves was branded “deluded” by disability campaigners today after suggesting an extension to her benefit fraud crackdown will help balance the books in tomorrow’s Budget.The Labour ...
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November 27, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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MORE THAN 1.7 MILLION WORKERS WILL BE DRAGGED INTO EITHER PAYING TAX FOR THE FIRST TIME OR PUSHED INTO A HIGHER BAND BY AN ADDITIONAL THREE-YEAR FREEZE ON INCOME TAX AND NATIONAL INSURANCE.

😎 COMMON SENSE WOULD HAVE BEEN TO RAISE INCOME TAX !
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Income tax threshold freeze will hit poorer households harder, experts say
Move will have greater impact on living standards of taxpayers in bottom half of income scale, thinktanks say
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November 27, 2025 at 12:21 PM
PM SAYS HE IS UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE TWO CHILD CAP

PM IS NOT UNCOMFORTABLE TAKING MONEY OFF OF VULNERABLE DISABLED PEOPLE

DISABLED PEOPLE ARE NOT A PRIORITY TO THIS GOVERNMENT, BY THEIR ACTIONS IT IS OBVIOUS.

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November 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM