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A brief 🧵about how good @UKLabour are for #workingpeople. 10 months ago my OH wrecked his back at work. Whilst undergoing rehab, he received 6 months of SSP at £116.75pwk. His rent is £400 pcm. At the end of the 6 months, the first thing he knew about there being a limit to 1/5

Labour HQ can mock “Your Party” but it is an enormous failure that the Left has felt it necessary to set up an alternative. Even Blair managed to keep Labour a broad church. “Your Party” isn’t just a new party - it’s an indictment of Starmer’s immoral policies and dire leadership

This vile, hateful ghoul says people aren’t saving enough for retirement then votes to cut the income of working people with disabilities. They can’t afford to save so she makes it worse. Then blames them. Pure evil.

#UCBill DPAC wants to say a huge thank you to all of you who campaigned really hard against the cuts to Universal Credit however you were involved online or on the street you fought tirelessly. The vote on the regret motion was voted down We fight on , please don’t give up

On today’s #WatchYourSeats, we have Taiwo Owatemi, Labour MP for Coventry North West. She wrote to a disabled constituent claiming she understood their fears, but then backed up the government on their cruel cuts. She clearly hasn’t listened to her constituents. We are coming…

That's been our concern for months, hence all the FOIs. With M.E, the term 'expert' or 'speciallist' often comes with concerns.

#UCBill You went and voted for the Universal Credit cuts Debbie Abrahams and that shame is on you. We are angry, let down and disappointed by an MP who used to be an ally Senior Labour MP tells Starmer planned welfare cuts left her ‘ashamed’ independent.co.uk/tv/news/debbie…

Are you going to re-write the delivery plan correctly, giving the actual value of awarded funding rather than using patient funding (PRIME) and covering it up as goverment funding? Not that it matters. The online training is appalling, there’s nothing for severe @wesstreeting

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

The UK state pension, worst in the world.

I’ve spent 3 years photographing people with #MECFS, a condition I’ve lived with since 1987. 50 people. Invisible & incurable illness. The work shows at Oxo Tower in September. Updates & book info here: tinyurl.com/58khuv8z #InvisibleIllness #PhotographyForChange

Today I handed in my petition for a wealth tax, backed by over 80,000 people, to Downing Street. The campaign for a wealth tax is growing from strength to strength. Together, we will win this!

I'm all for celebrating ME patients' creative accomplishments but during Severe ME Week I'd really like to see advocacy focusing on the extreme suffering faced by people with severe ME and the premature deaths - by starvation or suicide or other means - which sometimes results.

“My Lords, I am concerned that the debate has increased hate against disabled people”. - House of Lords #TakingThePIP

The infected blood scandal shows why we need the Hillsborough Law. The Prime Minister promised he would swiftly introduce this, but he still hasn't. I asked if the Government realises this pledge must be fulfilled before Labour returns to Liverpool for Labour conference.

However @Debbie_abrahams lacked the common decency to vote against the bill, so she obviously didn’t feel that ashamed!! Actions not words!! Wall of shame time I think! @areyoflight @Shrink_at_Large @CounsellingSam

‘A plan without any actual plan’ ⁦@TimesONeill⁩ Thank you for precisely summing up today’s DHSC Delivery Plan for #ME. thetimes.com/article/e4a603…

Tonight, ask this: Why did the DWP wait until after MPs voted to cut disability benefits to reveal deaths under Universal Credit were rising? And why are they still hiding key reports from 2020? #DWP #UniversalCredit #DisabilityJustice voxpoliticalonline.com/?p=99182

It would be great if you/anyone looked into the reasons #pwME are treated so appallingly, I firmly believe change will never occur until the underlying issues are fully exposed and dealt with.

"Yes, there are warm words aplenty. However, this delivery plan is sorely lacking in detail on how change will be delivered. It is a plan without any actual plan." To no one's surprise, the Delivery Plan fails to deliver. #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #MECFS