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Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) RTs do not mean endorsements. No political party or religious affiliation. Email: [email protected] #DisabledPeopleDemand
Joined September 2010
#Austerity Rise in state pension age for women 2011 Lowering of benefit cap in 2016 Cuts to Housing Benefit Austerity cuts likely caused spending in disability benefits to rise https://t.co/KIOCn9k0BK
mirror.co.uk
Making a rough estimate of the effect of all non-disability cuts to benefits and tax changes between 2010 and 2019, the IFS found it increased disability benefit spending by £900 million
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#HostileEnvironment Tories join Labour in renewed attack on disabled claimants https://t.co/IKEUguAaYr
benefitsandwork.co.uk
Get the benefits you're entitled to: help with personal independence payment (PIP), universal credit (UC), employment and support allowance (ESA),disability living allowance (DLA). Claims, assessme...
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#DWP MPs demand answers on Timms review and WCA abolition
benefitsandwork.co.uk
Get the benefits you're entitled to: help with personal independence payment (PIP), universal credit (UC), employment and support allowance (ESA),disability living allowance (DLA). Claims, assessme...
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disabilityrightsuk.org
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Lenders can more easily work with state and local agencies to find grants and programs that may help borrowers afford a home thanks to our streamlined resources. Learn how.
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#UKDisabilityHistoryMonth2025 📢Fighting Back - Disabled People’s History of Resistance 📢Panel Discussion 📢Hosted @OxfordDPAC 📢Sunday 7th December 2025 📢2.30-4.30pm 📢43 St Giles Oxford OX1 3LW Speaker @EllenClifford1 Book your place here https://t.co/WE457ybf6A
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#PIP The onus is always on the disabled person to supply medical evidence, make sure everything photocopied, keep proof you posted it DWP are notorious for losing paperwork & stopping claims saying you didn’t post it back Additional money we have to find Stress don’t need
#PIP Helping a friend with PIP Review The additional costs to complete review drs charge for a letter - locally £40 Photocopying form & medical evidence & getting typed additional pages printed off £25 Posting form special delivery £11 @1kilroywashere
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#Unity Please support @UKTogetherAll Sir Lenny Henry and Paloma Faith lead celebs backing anti far-right campaign - The Mirror new umbrella alliance for fighting back against the far right
mirror.co.uk
TOGETHER, an alliance of campaigners, unions and civil society groups, is being launched to counter the rise of Reform and street protests led by far-right agitator Tommy Robinson
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In London again today for the launch of a new PCS Union pamphlet: Social Security - There is an Alternative. I think I was invited to add a bit of glamour to the proceedings, but I might be wrong 😉 Speakers include: @FranHeathcote - PCS general secretary Angela Grant - PCS DWP
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@Dis_PPL_Protest are part of this new alliance called Together Against The Far Right We support @UKTogetherAll Disabled people know what it’s like to be oppressed, marginalised and targeted. It’s important we have unity over division to fight back against the far right
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#Budget2025
#Motability
@RachelReevesMP motability taxes are devastating, punitive and baffling and will add hundreds of pounds to upfront payments
Budget’s Motability taxes ‘are devastating, punitive and baffling’ and will add hundreds to upfront payments #Motability #Budget2025
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The Conservative government failed to ensure that vital information was provided to Deaf and disabled people in an accessible format in the early stages of the pandemic, the Covid inquiry has concluded. #Covid #CovidInquiry
https://t.co/yXcnuUha1a
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With public transport still inaccessible for so many disabled people, Motability vehicles are an essential lifeline. Today the Government introduced a maze of complex charges, putting the cars we rely on out of reach for many. Read our statement: https://t.co/SWhqzhY2wd
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Ep. 3 of Nationwide Amplified: Tai McNeely, co-founder of His & Her Money, shows how purpose + determination turn obstacles into opportunities—and inspire community along the way.
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#EducateDontSegregate Join @ALLFIEUK for the rally for inclusive education 📢Wednesday 10th December 2025 📢6.30-7.30pm It’s on zoom with BSL Details below. Check it out ⬇️
Educate, Don’t Segregate! Join the Rally for Inclusive Education Date: Wednesday, 10 December 2025 Time: 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Location: Zoom Access: BSL interpreters Defend the right to Inclusive Education for everyone and book now: https://t.co/dnWKklv62r
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#SocialHousing Local councils must ensure deaf and disabled residents get information in accessible formats which they are failing on Housing should be accessible for all
Access needs aren’t optional. Local councils must ensure Deaf and Disabled residents get information in truly accessible formats. Housing should be fair and accessible for all. #Harrow #AccessibleHousing @harrow_council
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People need to judge advocates of assisted dying by their words. Here's the sponsor of the AD Bill in the Lords admitting that people who want to die because they are poor ought to be able to access medically-assisted suicide. Goodbye social security, hello social murder. #WakeUp
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#AssistedDyingBill Three disabled peers have called on House of Lords to make it harder for disabled people to be coerced or subjected to undue influence before requesting an assisted suicide
Three disabled peers have called on the House of Lords to make it harder for disabled people to be “coerced” or subjected to “undue influence” before requesting an assisted suicide, through measures in a controversial bill. #AssistedSuicide #AssistedDeath
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16,499 Canadians died by euthanasia in 2024. To put this in context: Canada and California have roughly the same population. The increase in the number of euthanasia deaths in Canada from 2023 to 2024 (1,073) is more than the *total* number of deaths in California in 2024.
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#Budget2025 removing bigger motability cars with immediate effect will have a horrendous impact on disabled people. Rachel Reeves warned against ‘dire’ cuts to Motability in Budget by over 40 disability charities | The Independent
independent.co.uk
Exclusive: Reeves told that cuts would ‘betray disabled people and steal our independence’
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#Budget2025
@RachelReevesMP looking at increasing the scope for benefit fraud & extending UC Reviews Claimants are treated like criminals in the benefit system Fraud is at very low levels Go after rich tax avoiders and corporations who avoid paying tax Make the rich pay
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Want to be more? The journey begins in the mind. Capable. Confident. Anytime, anywhere.
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#Budget Freezing prescription charges is not enough. In England prescription costs per item are £9.90 each. Pre payment prescription costs when you can’t afford to heat or eat many are going without medications as can’t afford it Prescription charges should be abolished
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