Albert Toth

@alb_toth

Audience reporter @independent | Welfare, housing, cost of living | Here for work | Get in touch: [email protected] http://alb-toth.bsky.social

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Albert Toth@alb_toth · Jun 28

MPs will vote on Tuesday on whether to make PIP harder to claim for a future generation of disabled people. For @Independent I spoke to claimants, experts and a former assessor about the uphill battle many already face to get what they're entitled to. independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

alb_toth's tweet card. More than half of disabled people who attend a health benefit assessment say they feel humiliated by the process

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Alex Croft@alxcroft · Jun 6

🚨Exc: Son of 70-yo Irish woman in Israeli detention has pleaded for her release. Susanne Björk, also detained in West Bank, says they had to "fight" to be allowed to go to the toilet during interrogation + calls Israeli claims false. Both live in the UK. independent.co.uk/news/world/mid…

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Chaminda Jayanetti@cjayanetti · Jun 3

Hi, I'm currently looking into the impact of the PIP cuts on carers for the Big Issue: I'm interested in speaking to anyone receives PIP *and* Carer's Allowance, and who is potentially at risk from the new "four point rule" please RT for circulation

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Albert Toth@alb_toth · Apr 4

Looking to speak to an economist / market expert about the impacts of Donald's Trump's tariffs on the stock market. ASAP ideally. For a story for @Independent

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Tom Pollard@PollardTom · Mar 27

Good to talk to @alb_toth for this piece. Cutting the incomes of ill & disabled people doesn't make them more able to return to work but OBR/HMT orthodoxy & risk aversion means only crude & blunt cuts are being 'scored' as likely savings for the government independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…

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Albert Toth@alb_toth · Mar 25

‘I’m terrified’: Disabled benefit claimants on the impact of Labour’s £5 billion cuts to welfare independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

alb_toth's tweet card. Welfare recipients tell The Independent what losing their health-related benefits would mean to them

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Albert Toth@alb_toth · Mar 25

And it was necessary to tackle the crouching man stealing what appears to be Twix bars to the ground because...?

MMetropolitan Police@metpoliceuk · Mar 25

After several reports of theft, Inspector Watson and his team set up a sting to catch one of Lambeth's most prolific shoplifters. But as they waited, another shoplifter walked in... Watch them bag two thieves for the price of one ⬇️

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Albert Toth@alb_toth · Mar 18

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions @leicesterliz's speech today laid out plans to cut disability and sickness benefits by billions. ❌No truly moral choice would leave disabled people without support designed to allow them to lead a dignified life, or facing hardship. 1/4

TThe Independent@Independent · Mar 18

LIVE | Minister lays out where Labour will cut billions from welfare bill trib.al/RXc7PwR

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Albert Toth@alb_toth · Mar 13

There's been a lot written about PIP over the past few days. For @Independent, I speak to the people who have real experience of the benefit: independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

alb_toth's tweet card. People with first-hand experience of the health benefit speak to The Independent

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