FND, Seizures, Falls, ME, FMS, U-Colitis, Arthritis, MH Issues, CPTSD, Panic Attacks - Cutting my PIP won't make any of it better or magically allow me to work!
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AKA The Raspberry retweeted
Labour MPs are right to be concerned.
More tinkering and hiring
right wing US consultants won’t solve the disastrous cost of living crisis for households and businesses.
Andy Burnham said he'd end neoliberalism but there seems to be no plan or resolve to do it.
EXC: Labour MPs are starting to sound the alarm over the 10-year-plan, asking who is in charge and if it will be radical enough.
One described the involvement of Boston Consulting Group as a “tragic joke”.
theguardian.com/politics/202…
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🚨BREAKING: Thames Water's 'best & final offer' to Ofwat includes a demand to waive some penalties in return for a cash payment.
REALLY?? Offering money to be let off illegal sewage dumping??
@Andyburnham it's time to end this farce. Take Thames Water into Special Administration, then public ownership.
AKA The Raspberry retweeted
"The whole world is appalled and disgusted at what's now happening in Gaza, where people are dying because of lack of aid and the terrible flood."
—Jeremy Corbyn challenges Burnham to send aid directly & hold an inquiry into British complicity in Gaza.
AKA The Raspberry retweeted
Disabled people tried to warn you.
We said they were going to treat us like “useless eaters”.
Force us to produce or go without medical care.
That’s exactly what has happened.
Healthcare should be a basic human right.
This is eugenics.
There are about to be many more stories like this.
"McCreary, 64, was told that his benefits now required that he have a job. "I don't understand what job I can get," McCreary said. "I can't walk. I can hardly breathe. What job am I going to get?"
npr.org/2026/11/09/nx-s1-603…
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🔴 EXCLUSIVE 🔴
In Plain Sight: The Picture the Palace Probe Missed
In 2020, Simon Case was tasked to investigate payments from Dan Wootton and The Sun to the partner of a royal press officer. @TomLatchem and @danevanswrites can shed new light...
bylinetimes.com/2023/12/09/i…
AKA The Raspberry retweeted
This one statement says it all. This is possibly the most profound commentary on society that I’ve seen in my lifetime.
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How private equity works, they borrow money then pile the debt onto the company acquired- results in staff cuts, high prices or closure
Freeports/zones, Veterinary practices, Nurseries, Morrisons, Asda, AA, RAC are owned by PE & unless the gov't stops it there will be many more
Poundland's private equity owners extracted £18.3m in 17 months, bought for £1.
£8.6m interest, £3.8m store closure fees, £2.6m debt arrangement plus other fees.
PE has £22.5m secured loan, will get paid first. HMRC owed £97m. Trade creditors owed £127m.
news.sky.com/story/revealed-…
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I have urged the government to rethink the SEND reforms because of vast evidence of routine law breaking by local authorities. I am working with Measure what Matters to collect testimonies from SEND families who have reported their council to the police for Misconduct in Public Office.
independent.co.uk/news/uk/po…
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🚨Burnham Promised Public Control of Water — Private US Hedge Funds Are About to Take Formal Control of Thames
US hedge fund creditors are close to a final deal that would give them formal control of Thames Water, the supplier for 16 million people.
The package reportedly trades cash and equity for softer pollution rules and waived penalties — a payoff for the same lenders who have overseen mounting debt and sewage spills. A near-identical proposal was rejected in June by the then Environment Secretary as inadequate. One hundred and twelve MPs have demanded special administration instead.
Burnham vowed to put life’s essentials under public control and reverse the privatisation failures that left rivers fouled and bills soaring.
Letting private US hedge funds seize formal control now would turn that promise into a spectacular, unforgivable betrayal.
AKA The Raspberry retweeted
We all know at least one MP who lies & absolutely shouldn't. They're on our social media feeds, in our newspapers & on our TV screens every single day.
These same politicians claim expenses at significant cost to the taxpayer. 1st class travel, meals, alcohol, expensive 2nd homes, council tax, utilities, streaming services, children, &, in some cases, attempts to charge holiday costs to the public purse.
Meanwhile, @theconservatives keep pushing these lies about disabled people, portraying them as fraudsters, a burden on society, or somehow undeserving of support. These claims are repeated despite benefit fraud among disability claimants being a tiny fraction of costs.
Instead of tackling the real problems in society they #punchdown
They want disabled people to pay the price for being disabled.
#disabilityrights #AktionT4 #liar #benefitcheats #ChallengeTheNarrative
Most of us know someone on welfare who probably shouldn't be. A friend of a friend. A distant cousin. The chap a few doors down.
For too many, welfare has become a top-up for the cost of living, even "holiday money".
Only @Conservatives will tell the uncomfortable truth and defuse this financial time bomb.
AKA The Raspberry retweeted
BREAKING:
78% of Britons believe Israel is a serious threat to world peace, according to a new survey.
AKA The Raspberry retweeted
You claimed £39,000 a year in taxpayer-funded London rent, more than the entire benefit cap allows any family in the country, while living 50 miles from Westminster in a multi-million pound farmhouse.
That’s not “standing up for people who work.”
That’s Benefits Street with a bigger budget and better PR.
Taxpayers have had enough of you.
Labour is governing for Benefits Street - more welfare, higher taxes, a bigger state.
We can’t afford it, and taxpayers have had enough.
Conservatives will stand up for people who work, do the hard yards - and bear the brunt of the bill.
Read about our plan in the @Telegraph👇
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Like Labour, the Tories planned to scrap the WCA & use PIP as sole gateway in 2023
IFS analysis:
520,000 would no longer qualify
Majority are in poorest income bracket
In absence of an assessment, unsuitable work requirements could be set by non-medically trained Work Coaches
ALT https://ifs.org.uk/publications/effects-reforms-work-capability-assessment-incapacity-benefits The effects of reforms to the Work Capability Assessment for incapacity benefits The Institute for Fiscal Studies, Oct 2023 Main potential losers...are those currently receiving the health element of UC...but not receiving PIP This would be the case for approximately 520,000 individuals, saving up to £2.4 billion per year Generally, affected families are in bottom half of income distribution...UC-health represents a substantial fraction of income for many of those set to be affected by the reform Scrapping the WCA would substantially increase demands on work coaches...the reform would need them to set specific work requirements...made difficult by the absence of any assessment of capability for work...& work coaches are not medically trained Unsuitable work requirements could result in individuals losing out on benefit income because they cannot carry out the activities asked of them
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Some 13 million adults won't have enough money this Christmas to pay even essential bills mirror.co.uk/money/energy-fo…
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Are you or any of your loved ones receiving disability benefits? If so, the Tories and Reform have made it clear that, if they were in power, that support could become a thing of the past!
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Sign the petition to stop the privatisation of the British Library.
At a time when public spaces are being fenced off for corporate interests, any attempt to privatise the British Library represents an attack on the public's right to accessible, free and communal spaces. vist.ly/5savt
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Dear Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's, Lid, Aldi, Waitrose, Morrisons, and all other stores that have self checkout.
You are heading towards almost exclusively self-checkout now.
The lady checking receipts at the exit was stopping
everyone.
I didn't choose to participate in that nonsense, I had already
🛒 filled my cart
🛒 emptied my cart
🛒 scanned the items
🛒refilled my cart
and so I just skipped the exit line and left.
I heard her saying "umm - Excuse me " as I kept walking and raised the receipt above my head, leaving the store.
You can either trust me to do self-checkout, or you can put your cashiers back in place like it used to be.
I'm not interested in proving that I did your job for you.
• If you want me to be a cashier with no training then that's vour problem not mine.
• Keep employing young people and give them job opportunities.
YOU DON'T PAY ME TO SCAN MY OWN SHOPPING.
YOU DON'T GIVE ME STAFF DISCOUNT FOR WORKING FOR YOU.
Signed ....All of us
These are jobs that are needed to have for young and old
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🚨UK Lawmakers Demand Spyware on Every UK Phone
Conservative peer John Nash and Labour MP Jess Phillips are leading a cross-party push to force scanning software onto every phone and tablet in Britain—including those already owned, via mandatory updates.
The tools would inspect every photo, video and livestream for child sexual abuse material, including AI-generated images, then block or blur matches.
Officials insist this protects children and can be done without privacy damage because nothing leaves the device. Detecting the illegal content still requires examining everything else first.
Even if it catches some abusers, it still plants a permanent state examiner inside the private camera roll on the phone you own.
