@vicilou

Chief Executive @disabilitynorth co chair @nlandpcf passionate about personalised support & inclusion. Mum to 3 one living with DMD

 Newcastle
Joined July 2009
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Every Disabled organisation is against this bill. Slashing the Universal Credit health element in half, pushing more Disabled people is unconscionable - especially when the Government could easily tax the rich. ❌MPs must vote against the bill today! #BinUCBill
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🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨 UN criticises Starmer's benefit cuts, warning that measures will 'increase poverty rates' As MPs go to vote for the final time later today, the bill is receiving international criticism from the United Nations news.sky.com/story/un-critic…

UN criticises Starmer's welfare reforms and warns measures will 'increase poverty rates'

Last week, the government won a vote on its benefits bill by 75 votes, but only after offering last-minute concessions to Labour rebels.

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Mary Kelly Foy MP
@marykfoy9 Jul 2025
Today, the UC & PIP Bill returns to the House of Commons for the third reading. I’ve made my opposition to this legislation being railroaded through clear from the outset. Continues 👇🏻
Mary holding a sign which states I’m voting NO to disability benefit cuts

ALT Mary holding a sign which states I’m voting NO to disability benefit cuts

Despite various concessions being made by the Government, I remain deeply concerned about many aspects of the bill, particularly with respect to the impact it will have on disabled people and those with fluctuating conditions - a sentiment also echoed by the United Nations. It is regrettable that MPs have been put in this position, particularly those of us who have listened to our constituents who will be impacted and the evidence of experts - I have been left with no choice but to continue to vote against the bill today.

ALT Despite various concessions being made by the Government, I remain deeply concerned about many aspects of the bill, particularly with respect to the impact it will have on disabled people and those with fluctuating conditions - a sentiment also echoed by the United Nations. It is regrettable that MPs have been put in this position, particularly those of us who have listened to our constituents who will be impacted and the evidence of experts - I have been left with no choice but to continue to vote against the bill today.

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🚨PLEASE SHARE WIDELY🚨 Today, MPs will vote on cutting £3,000 a year from 750,000 low-income sick and disabled people deemed too ill to work. That’s a £2 BILLION cut. This has had hardly any media coverage. And the Government snuck out the Impact Assessment only last night.
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The Government’s passing of their benefit cuts agenda shows the deep disdain for Disabled people. Despite attempts to silence us, through our collective campaigning, we made them drop billions of cuts, and we will continue to resist this disastrous bill.
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Spot on from @IanLaveryMP: 'This is outrageous, man, this bill isn't fit for purpose... Withdraw the bill.' #TakingThePIP #WelfareNotWarfare
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I doubt very much there is one. We are all fighting against this
lan Byrne MP
@IanByrneMP30 Jun 2025
I just asked the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to name a single disabled people’s organisation that supports the Government’s “reforms”. She couldn’t name one. The Government should scrap this awful Bill, but if it doesn’t I will vote against it.
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#pullthebill I hope every single #NorthEast Mp will #voteNO. The NorthEast is one of the top 3 regions disproportionately affected by the bill which is being rushed through. How can those responsible for legislation Vote 4 a #hotchpotchbill @IanLaveryMP thank you 4 standing up
Richard Burgon MP
@RichardBurgon1 Jul 2025
Whatever promises of changes have been made to MPs, two things remain: 1) When MPs vote tonight, the 4-point PIP rule is still in the Bill 2) Over 700,000 low-paid sick & disabled new claimants will lose their UC health payments - £3,000 on average. That's £2 BILLION of cuts.
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Couldn’t agree more
Inclusion London@InclusionLondon1 Jul 2025
Chaotic, rushed-through concessions drawn up on the back of a napkin are no way to make policy that will affect millions of people. MPs must vote NO on benefit cuts, and work with Disabled people to coproduce reforms to welfare that help Disabled people instead of punishing us.
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Kirsty Blackman
@KirstySNP1 Jul 2025
Removing Clause 5 still leaves Schedule 2 in… which applies the 4 points PIP eligibility changes to Northern Ireland. It’s almost as if they haven’t thought this through…
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Big Issue
@BigIssue1 Jul 2025
“If we can afford not to have a wealth tax, not to equalise capital gains, or draw on the excess profits of corporate greed; then we can afford PIP for a disabled person.” Labour MP Rachael Maskell gave a passionate and emotive speech at the welfare bill debate in commons this afternoon. Watch the clip 🎬
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Andy Burnham
@andyburnham1 Jul 2025
Whatever people’s views about the concessions, surely everyone can see the process here is ALL wrong? Third Reading in eight days? A timetable like that diminishes the role of MPs in getting this legislation right, shuts out disabled people and puts too many at risk.
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I’ve been watching the welfare bill debate .. my faith slowly restored by these passionate MPs speaking up and voting NO. Surely there’s no option but to #pullthebill #wewillremember #voteno
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We want real consultation - not concessions which lead to a discriminatory two tier system! #voteno
Disability Rights UK@DisRightsUK27 Jun 2025
🚨 Joint statement: Unacceptable “concessions” on the disability cuts MUST be rejected. It is not a concession for future generations to receive even less support than Disabled people today. Read it in full on our website👇 disabilityrightsuk.org/news/…
As disability rights organisations and grassroots campaigns, we are voicing our united and absolute opposition to the apparent concessions offered by the government on their proposed disability cuts. We know that for many, including the MPs who took a principled stand by supporting the reasoned amendment that would have killed this bill, the government's offer looks like a win. But we have been dealing with the benefits system for years and we know the potentially lethal effects the concessions being reported will have. As Disabled people, we will not accept a Bill that condemns future generations of Disabled people to devastating cuts in their vital support in order to avoid that fate ourselves. Rather than fixing this Bill's dangerous attack on Disabled people, these concessions will introduce a new and cruel inequality into our communities. They will condemn young Disabled people, and those yet to be Disabled, to a future of poverty, hardship and worsening health. Full on website

ALT As disability rights organisations and grassroots campaigns, we are voicing our united and absolute opposition to the apparent concessions offered by the government on their proposed disability cuts. We know that for many, including the MPs who took a principled stand by supporting the reasoned amendment that would have killed this bill, the government's offer looks like a win. But we have been dealing with the benefits system for years and we know the potentially lethal effects the concessions being reported will have. As Disabled people, we will not accept a Bill that condemns future generations of Disabled people to devastating cuts in their vital support in order to avoid that fate ourselves. Rather than fixing this Bill's dangerous attack on Disabled people, these concessions will introduce a new and cruel inequality into our communities. They will condemn young Disabled people, and those yet to be Disabled, to a future of poverty, hardship and worsening health. Full on website

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Following the launch of our report 'The Impact of Welfare Cuts on Disabled People and Access to Physical Activity', we were in Parliament yesterday speaking to MPs about the importance of resisting these benefit cuts. 📊Read our full report here: getyourselfactive.org/impact…
Image of MPs and GYA team members standing in a committee room with the GYA report in their hands

ALT Image of MPs and GYA team members standing in a committee room with the GYA report in their hands

Image of GYA members and Parliamentarians sitting around the committee table in discussion

ALT Image of GYA members and Parliamentarians sitting around the committee table in discussion

‘The Impact of Welfare Cuts on Disabled People and Access to Physical Activity’ A get yourself active response to the welfare reform green paper - front page of our report on the table in parliament

ALT ‘The Impact of Welfare Cuts on Disabled People and Access to Physical Activity’ A get yourself active response to the welfare reform green paper - front page of our report on the table in parliament

Image of Diane Abbott in Parliament holding the report

ALT Image of Diane Abbott in Parliament holding the report

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Another weekend another comp and another achievement ! Well done my little pocket rocket representing @NCEA_Bishops!
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This is long overdue! This was the limit 12 years ago when the adaptations for my son were done. It didn’t cover it then!
Disability Rights UK@DisRightsUK7 Nov 2024
🚨NEWS🚨 Government to consider increasing £30k limit for Disabled Facilities Grant following a claim for judicial review from a 6-year-old Disabled child and his family irwinmitchell.com/news-and-i…
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🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨 DR UK, alongside other Disability and Anti-Poverty Groups, Calls on New Government To Scrap Tories' Proposed WCA Reforms Read our open letter to @leicesterliz calling for Disabled people to be put at the heart of future policymaking disabilityrightsuk.org/news/…

Scrap Tories Proposed WCA Reforms: Open Letter From DR UK And Allies

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