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And yet the govt wants the disabled back at work - despite the country's infrastructure clearly not in place for that to happen. Oddly very few seem to think of those of us with mobility impairment yet not in a wheelchair. Adding lifts to Tottenham Court Road don't help if you have to walk twice as far to get to them! Likewise, step free access to buildings where you have to walk a quarter of a mile to reach them!

Can I make a suggestion for @TfL @TfLAccess? At major stations, why not out up signs showing how far a certain platform is to walk to. For example, Elizabeth Line at Liverpool Street. It must be half a mile's walk. The lifts are great, but if you're mobility impaired but not in a wheelchair, as I am, walking that distance is horrendous, and you would never head for that line if you know in advance. Not everyone who is disabled is in a wheelchair. #disability #disabled #tfl

A NHS Prescription Prepayment Certificate (PPC) in England costs £32.05 for 3 months or £114.50 for 12 months.

Hannah Spencer, "In Gorton and Denton we have to pay full price for a pint, but here for some reason it's cheaper, and some MPs drink before voting" *groans from other MPs as if they've been asked to leave a pub at closing time* "That really shocked me when I came to parliament because it is our workplace" "Does the prime minister agree with his own MPs who defend their right to drink cheap alcohol at work?" "Or does he agree with me that MPs shouldn't be drinking on the job, given that we vote on huge things, like the climate crisis, disabled people's rights, housing, child poverty" Keir Starmer, "Um, can I first welcome her to her place as this is her first PMQs" "Look there are going to be different views on whether people should be able to enjoy a drink here or not"

NHS MANAGER TOLD HER WHISTLEBLOWERS GO MISSING OVERNIGHT Totally normal stuff from a world-class health service. Victoria Rixon @Victoria_Rixon spent six and a half years as an NHS midwife. She watched labour wards run on two members of staff. She watched colleagues go 12.5 hour shifts without food, water, or a toilet break, each responsible for up to 20 patients at once. She watched a woman labour alone for ten hours behind a curtain with no care whatsoever. The baby needed emergency resuscitation. She reported what she saw. Because that is literally what the @NHS told her to do during induction. What happened next is a classic in how Britain's most trusted institution handles inconvenient truths. She was falsely accused of being responsible for the death of a baby. Her employer sent a cease and desist letter after her exit interview. And a member of NHS management delivered her a friendly warning: 'whistleblowers go missing overnight' An NHS manager. Said that. Out loud. To a midwife who raised patient safety concerns. On 9 April 2024, Victoria handed back her Nursing and Midwifery Council @nmcnews registration and walked away from the career she had trained four years for and loved every day of. Because she says the institution she worked for was actively harming the women and babies in its care and punishing anyone who said so. She is still speaking publicly. She is still being harassed. The NMC @nmcnews, NHS England @NHSEngland, and the Royal College of Midwives @MidwivesRCM have had inquiry after inquiry, report after report, and the wards are still dangerously short staffed. But sure. The system is fine. It just needs another review. Sources: Victoria Rixon personal testimony @Victoria_Rixon | @CartlandDavid Substack | The Dozen with Liam Tuffs podcast,

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When disabled claimants mistakenly go over a confusing threshold by a penny, are too unwell to answer the phone, miss a form, or are misunderstood by an assessor, sanctions come fast. But when the DWP f*cks up an entire scheme…

Right now every large scale business in the land utilising low paid workers, is analysing the cost to automate and payback cycle. The short sighted drum banging on low pay isn't going unnoticed. Adopting first is always the hardest step, but once one company goes, they go en masse. When lots of companies automate, the tech becomes cheaper and the mid size companies follow suit. In 5 years we won't be concerned with low pay, but mass unemployment.

Supermarkets are happy enough for taxpayers to subsidise their low-paid workforce with in-work benefits so they can pay their bosses seven-figure salaries. But ask them even to consider voluntary price caps on basic foods and they'll slam the idea as 'preposterous'.

@DawnButlerBrent So you think it's okay that you're doing the same? I don't get the logic here. Labour seems to be moving patients off lists and cancelling some appointments and operations to keep numbers down. That is a 'now' problem. Why do you insist on talking about a 'then' problem?

@DawnButlerBrent Get Labour to bring back claimants being allowed to study for under 21 hours without losing their benefits. Give them a chance to work towards a better future without the worry of money coming in.

@DawnButlerBrent Or people were just sick or disabled. Why do politicans always assume people are as snidy and dishonest as they are. The vast majority of people claiming are doing so because they are not fit for work by disability or illness.

@DawnButlerBrent Forgive me Dawn, but didnt your party cut the health element of ESA & UC by 48% for disabled/sick new claimants. Those deemed already too sick to work, the most vulnerable .A worse cut in a generation & on top the existing Tory cuts? Cuts that Labour admit would increase poverty

@DawnButlerBrent Labour has abandoned + betrayed disabled people + carers after seeming to stand with in opposition Inadequate support of every type, combined with high poverty rates can + are as limiting for disability But labour repeats same antibenefits bs! & cuts= false economy long term

Can't raise minimum wage because it will kill jobs. Can't raise taxes on the bourgeoisie class because it will kill jobs. Can't ditch oil because it will kill jobs. But when these companies replace 50% of their workforce with AI, it's "sorry, that's just the way it goes."

In a year, an owl can eat over 1,000 rodents. If you poison mice, you poison owls too. Trap and release mice so that the owls can do their work.

🚨🇬🇧 Scott Margerison, aka E.Dobbin, who believes there's no such thing as bad publicity, claims the young woman in his video is 20 years old. However, you don't need to know her age to know what this is. A grown man approaches a young woman with her mother in public. She says no. He follows her. He asks for her contact details anyway. He gestures at her - "Look at that" - then tells her, "You need a warning sign on you." He filmed it himself. He posted it himself. Margerison says anyone who thinks he's done something illegal should call the police. Here's the law. Since 1 April, harassing a person in public because of their sex has been a specific criminal offence in England and Wales. Maximum two years in prison. He recorded the conduct and published it under his own name. This is a man who followed a woman after she told him no, and filmed it for an audience. He says he's the one protecting them.

15m Britons not saving enough for retirement. Result of low wages, inequitable distribution of income/wealth. State pension will be the only/main income for millions of retirees. It is less than 50% of minimum wage. Neoliberals want to cut it. theguardian.com/money/2026/may…