York Disability Week

#Oliverscampaign I can't get my head around the fact that a man with Down Syndrome is living on the streets This my friends is England Mr Tolley’s mother died 3 years ago & he has been in between temporary accommodation & sleeping on the streets since readingchronicle.co.uk/news/26101439.…

The UK's Tax Gap stands at £46.8 billion (difference between what should be paid to HMRC & what is paid) Contrast that with the total fraud amount in welfare system: £9.9 billion Yet there's disproportionate coverage of the latter by both media & politicians Can't think why 🙃

What is proposed are NOT reforms. You know that, I know that, everyone including the Government know that. What is being implemented is driven by financial designs. It's not to make massive improvements to the lives of the vulnerable - it can't be because we've seen the suggestions. It won't place tens of thousands of chronically ill people in jobs which are tailored to their needs - the job coaches audit proved that to be unachievable. What it does do is misinform the electorate that support such as PIP is easily obtained. In fact the myth of applicants being lavished with thousands because they have tennis elbow or are a bit fed up is peddled readily.

Oh please! Those viral “£71k on benefits” claims are always based on very rare, very specific London-rent scenarios, multiple children, disability elements, carers, or temporary housing costs. That is not the same as someone casually “earning” £71k.

York University lecturer denied knee surgery until she loses 7st itv.com/news/calendar/…

@Doug_Paulley @Christiane Completely unacceptable and injurious. They'll have good luck defending that...

Remember the Charing Cross incident? Where the train was in, staff told me to wait for the ramp at the platform, I positioned myself next to the door and then they dispatched the train? SouthEastern have sent this offensive communique.

Lady Casey, who is leading an independent review of adult social care, criticised a system that “still behaves as if we are living in 1948 and not 2026” by relying on Unpaid carers to plug gaps in services. #NeededInScotlandToo theguardian.com/society/2026/m…

@Helen_Whately No more taking tax payers money for your house.... theguardian.com/politics/2021/…

@Helen_Whately Seen as Helen doesn’t post the truth about how mobility points are gained, I will, off gov website, section 2.4 activities 11 and 12. You may notice it doesn’t cover tennis elbow or acne! Try showing integrity Helen, it’s expected as an MP! gov.uk/government/pub…

@MikScarlet @YorkDisability @York_Minster If the Colisseum can put in a lift, there’s no excuse for ‘old’ buildings being inaccessible.

@Keir_Starmer @AndyBurnhamGM @LordBlunkett @LordChrisHolmes .@Keir_Starmer @AndyBurnhamGM to board & alight the bus. All along there has been a British Standard on this issue, published in 2018 which everyone seems to have ignored or not been told about… x.com/NFBUK/status/1…

The UK government’s latest grab for patient data is happening at the worst possible time. A single patient record is a good end goal. But the timing sets it up to be an expensive—and potentially toxic—mistake, writes @rebeccacoombes bmj.com/content/393/bm…

Can someone please explain to me why anyone is homeless or in poverty in this country if you can apparently get 72k a year in benefits by not working? Why, the UK must be the most equal country in the world! Something doesn't quite add up here. 🤔

Labour MPs massively out of step with public on cost of living 82% of Labour MPs feel the government is doing well to address the cost of living, compared with 80% survey respondents that think the government is doing badly on combating rising costs. independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

Half of food bank users are Disabled people & with prices rising, the Disability Poverty Campaign Group has launched a Food Poverty Survey. It aims to understand Disabled people’s experiences of food poverty. surveymonkey.com/r/3LTWP8L surveymonkey.com/r/75SQ2QN Easy read.

Disabled people just want to boldly go where everyone is going (thank to @MikScarlet for that one!) . The biggest barrier to accessibility is places just not considering it. @York_Minster is showing exactly what can be done with a bit of thought!

@YorkDisability @York_Minster I was really impressed with the Minster when I was up. Another case that proves access can be done in listed buildings, & done well.

British Gas to pay a £20m into Ofgem’s Voluntary Redress Fund to settle force-fitting of prepayment meters probe. Will write off up to £70m of vulnerable customers' energy debt. Will BG pass the cost to customers in higher bills? Execs not fined bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…