Cherylee Houston

Unacceptable concessions. They’re not concessions. They don’t look after all disabled people. Please write to your MP. #TakingThePIP #CripsAgainstCuts #DisabilityRebellion disabilityrightsuk.org/news/unaccepta… ALT Chez dressed as a traitor in a cloak holding a scroll

whoops the link for the event is socialrefuge.com/event-details/…

I’m so honoured and proper chuffed that I get to chat to this incredible woman and find out more about disability rights from her vast knowledge. Come on down!! It’s a fiver. Xx

I can’t convey just how important books like Rachel’s Ramping Up Rights are right now. If you’re in Manchester tomorrow, please consider stopping by and showing support for her & the ongoing work she does for our community! Details below!

MANCHESTER DISABLED PEOPLE I'll be bringing Ramping Up Rights to Queer Lit and Social Refuge in the Northern Quarter on 23rd and I'll be joined by the incredible @cheryleehouston Please come along and celebrate the fights we've won socialrefuge.com/event-details/…

Honestly, the way this wonderful, ethical woman—who’s put herself out there to fight for disabled rights—is being framed as a hard-left extremist says everything about Starmer and what Labour has become. Nothing about her. All about power and its misuse.

People don’t seem to realise the slope with assisted dying. Yes, it’s a noble idea. But, once that legislative line is crossed, laws like this don’t stay narrow. The 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘦 will become a 𝙙𝙪𝙩𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙞𝙚. ✍️ Me @CatholicHerald thecatholicherald.com/article/the-qu…

Yesterday, I challenged the Work & Pensions Secretary over the failure to consult disabled people before announcing the biggest benefit cuts in a decade. PIP is an in-work benefit—those most affected must be heard. Reform should start with inclusion, not exclusion.…

Thanks to Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle @natalieben who has tabled a 'Motion of Regret' on the #binUCbill It cannot stop it, but it allows Peers to show their opposition to this attack on disabled people. lordsbusiness.parliament.uk/ItemOfBusiness…

And the Universal Credit bill has passed. Some of the sickest people in the country will suffer needlessly more now. There is no justification, no excuse. Just ugly, cruel choices by ministers too cowardly to tax the wealthy rather than cut the poor. A shameful day for Labour.

#BinUCBill #TakingThePIP #CarelessvotescostLives

333 labour MPs just voted for a bill that will cut £2bn from the welfare state. Only 47 Labour MPs voted against. These were the 47⬇️

#DisabilityRebellion #DPAC #CripsAgainstCuts #TakingThePIP #BinUCBill #DeafDPAC @Dis_PPL_Protest @DisRightsUK @TakingThePIP1 @InclusionLondon @GMCDP

Nadia Whittome saying what we all feel when 'PIP fraud rates' are brought up...🤣 #BinUCBill @NadiaWhittomeMP

Today, the Government's welfare changes return to Parliament. After that, they are ‘expected to be certified as a Money Bill’. But what does that mean? In short: Money Bills face considerably less scrutiny. Today may be the last chance for amendments. publiclawproject.org.uk/blog/what-is-a…

"When you take away central support, you don't reduce costs, you shift them onto the NHS, local authorities, unpaid carers and working-class communities. Despite hard won concessions, this bill remains an assault on Disabled people" 🗣️@KimJohnsonMP

No matter what, a vote for the #UCandPIPBill today means: ❌ £2bn worth of cuts to disabled people's incomes ❌ 50,000 people being pushed into poverty ❌ 750,000 low-income sick and disabled people losing £3k per year I will vote against it.

So much focus on the increase in disability with no thought for the root causes: letting the pandemic run through our society, underfunding the NHS, pushing many into poverty, no affordable or accessible housing...

Deirdre Costigan claiming we are an international outlier, with a larger increase in sickness benefits than other countries. Perhaps it's because we are living through a pandemic that, through disastrous state handling, has led to the long-term disabling of thousands?