Anita Bellows
@AnitaBellows12
Revealed: Scrapping two-child benefit limit will make 'no difference at all' to 140,000 children in poverty bigissue.com/news/social-ju…
The importance of PIP for disabled people has never been clearer bigissue.com/opinion/pip-be…
Can anyone think of any reasons that Fraser Nelson might not be the most reliable source of information on disability and benefits? (There are many reasons, but this one's probably the most pungent.) 10/16
That's how the Overton window gets moved. It's not the first time Nelson and the British right wing press have normalised far right populists. It just gets more and more obvious where they stand now.
Ed Vaizey: Reform are effectively getting into bed with a far right group.. incredibly dangerous? Fraser Nelson(Times): "I'm going to defend Nigel Farage & Reform... Farage is not the face of extremism in Britain... he's a buffer between us & the genuine extremists..."
The DWP admitted 25 cases in one year where their own errors caused serious harm or death—missed suicide warnings, ignored calls for help, unsafe decisions. They said it after the vote. Will you listen on ‘substantial risk’ now? It’s about to get worse. tinyurl.com/3xwjmmw9
Government quietly releases multiple disability research reports on the same day… eight days too late for MPs disabilitynewsservice.com/government-qui… via @johnpringdns
Motability finally hits back at ‘hostile, harmful and inaccurate’ media coverage disabilitynewsservice.com/motability-fin… via @johnpringdns
@Feargal_Sharkey The Ministerial Code by which all government ministers must comply can make interesting reading. #TheNolanPrinciples @premnsikka @paulapeters2 @SusanChubb1 @CounsellingSam @DPACSheffield @AnitaBellows12 @vamroses @BadPutty @RITB_ @irisstylosa
The Ministerial Code by which all government ministers must comply can make interesting reading. "It is of paramount importance that ministers give accurate and truthful information to Parliament, correcting any inadvertent error at the earliest opportunity. Ministers who…
Or in other words, can we afford old or disabled people, while making sure that they live a decent life? It seems that the answer is No
The pension age remit is a smoke screen. The real purpose of the review is to look at the affordability of the state pension. In other words - can we afford the triple lock? The review has been brought forward three years so she will report in plenty of time before the next…
22/7/2025 'Social Security Benefits: Stephen Timms DWP at #TheyWorkForYou theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2025… @paulapeters2 @johnpringdns @DPACSheffield @AnitaBellows12 @RITB_ @BENEFITS_NEWS @vamroses @WheelieFUMS @CounsellingSam @BadPutty @SusanChubb1 @Shrink_at_Large
Sorry to say that's it. The universal credit bill has been passed. Not a great advert for the #Lords this evening, despite a small number of good speeches by those opposed. Full report by DNS on Thursday. Not feeling thrilled about democracy this evening. #UniversalCreditBill
'Teenager to run Reform-led county council with multimillion-pound budget msn.com/en-gb/news/oth… @paulapeters2 @WheelieFUMS @premnsikka @DPACSheffield @AnitaBellows12 @SusanChubb1 @BENEFITS_NEWS @vamroses @CounsellingSam @BadPutty
Universal Credit Bill Joint briefing ahead of Lords stages ucpipbill.co.uk
The House of Lords will debate the Universal Credit Bill later this afternoon. Serious questions remain unanswered. We’ve joined 12 other leading anti-poverty and disability charities to set out our remaining concerns about the bill. ucpipbill.co.uk
UK grocery inflation jumps to 5.2% in four weeks to July 13, Worldpanel says msn.com/en-gb/news/oth… @paulapeters2 @WheelieFUMS @premnsikka @DPACSheffield @AnitaBellows12 @SusanChubb1 @BENEFITS_NEWS @vamroses @CounsellingSam @BadPutty
'85% said they worry a cashless society could exclude vulnerable groups, 71% see cash as vital for personal freedom. enfieldindependent.co.uk/news/national/… @paulapeters2 @WheelieFUMS @premnsikka @DPACSheffield @AnitaBellows12 @SusanChubb1 @BENEFITS_NEWS @vamroses @CounsellingSam @BadPutty
The Government tried to BLOCK a study which revealed the true scale of care home deaths during the pandemic. Shocking evidence from Alasdair Donaldson at the @covidinquiryuk today.
Suspicion by design An essential read to understand DWP use of algorithms in machine learning models to detect fraud, riddled with bias and risks to individual data rights, with the potential to negatively impact huge number of people. bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/wp-content/upl… @BigBrotherWatch
Again and again, we are shocked by the treatment of learning-disabled people. Yet we never learn from the past theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
