Lucy Webster
@Lucy_Webster_
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Journalist | Disability advocate | @guardian @thetimes etc | @cbgbooks @JLASpeakers | THE VIEW FROM DOWN HERE, memoir of ableism and sexism, out now 👩🦼🏳️🌈
London, England
Joined May 2011
It's publication day! I'm so proud of this book. Everything I have and everything I've experienced as a disabled woman is in these pages I hope you love her https://t.co/JLQp5S0P7i
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The Motability scheme has lost all credibility. It needs a complete overhaul to ensure that only those with a genuine mobility need qualify, and any avenues which leave the scheme open to fraud are cut off. Until the scheme is fully redesigned, taxpayers' money will continue
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are you kidding me
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6. Falconer claimed Clause 5 requires doctors to make “sure all options are made available”. This is wholly misleading: There is absolutely no requirement to make other options available. Leadbeater rejected an amendment to guarantee a meeting with a palliative care specialist.
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Hatred towards disabled people is the worst I've ever seen it And it's, astonishingly, the Labour government's fault
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How exactly they think disabled people are going to get jobs over the abled when even working 100s of hours for free isn't enough to get you a job , I don't know.
'My autistic son deserved better from Waitrose'
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guarantee that they’re the same people who yell at disabled people to ‘just get a job’ and want to cancel benefits too 🤦♀️
There's a surprising people in my mentions today arguing that disabled people do not deserve the minimum wage.
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“Social care in this country is in crisis,” says Luke Geoghegan of the British Association of Social Workers. “If you’re not getting the care services and support services which you’re entitled to, an assisted death may be something which you wouldn’t have considered otherwise.”
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this is horrific
Learning disabilities? Autistic? Downs Syndrome? Don't worry you too can have an assisted death according to Lord Falconer
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He's at it again...
Falconer says Clause 5 requires doctors to make “sure all options are made available”. This is wholly misleading. There is absolutely no requirement to make other options available. Kim Leadbeater rejected an amendment to guarantee a meeting with a palliative care specialist.
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I'll be talking about this on @LBC at 11:30 Live from my bed because contrary to popular opinion disabled people actually work hard and take our jobs seriously https://t.co/vvwhI1FEnx
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Tom Boyd, who has autism, was a volunteer at a Waitrose in Cheadle Hulme for four years but when his mum Frances asked if he could have paid work he was told he could not continue
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I know I should but I cannot bring myself to watch Johnson at the Covid inquiry
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Delighted to see the great attention we're receiving as the Toronto Blue Jays, our first MLB team, are representing the American League in the World Series! It's also fantastic that our company is getting so much focus in Canada. We've been offering our innovative AIR-powered
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The media focuses on cars leased by Motability but it also leases wheelchairs and scooters (for money! not free!) Are you against that too? Hmm?
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If you work in politics, don’t let anyone (no matter how experienced) tell you ‘online campaigns don’t work’ The online right solely drove the anti-motability movement, then the media & thinktanks caught on, and now it is government policy You can’t leaflet your way out of this
🚨 NEW: Rachel Reeves is set to target the Motability scheme - Remove tax breaks at the Budget to save around £1bn - Examining options to restrict eligibility and remove luxury vehicles, like BMWs [@Smyth_Chris]
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Every woman has been spoken to like this and hated it. Can we finally stop describing this plonker as a man of the people?
If you’re a woman, you’ve just been shown how Reform will treat your dignity and rights: Mishal Hussain repeatedly addressed by Farage as “love”as he squirms during questioning around the Reform/Russia scandal. He isn’t fit to lead and our country.
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I'm very aware that they don't actually want more of us to work, but if they're going to pretend they do, they could at least pretend *well*
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LIFT Daily Prayer: The Lord Is High Above All Nations | October 27, 2025 Today’s Verse: Psalm 113:4 (NKJV) “The Lord is high above all nations, His glory above the heavens.” God alone reigns above every ruler, government, and power. His authority is unmatched, His glory beyond
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Public transport systems are often physically inaccessible and attitudinally hostile to disabled people. If labour and its right wing cronies really want more disabled people to work, taking away their cars is not the way to achieve it
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Imagine being this ignorant and this hateful and not being embarrassed
Widely assumed in Westminster tonight that this was leaked in order to kill the reforms. To give time to campaigners to fight it. There are some people close to power desperate to maintain the status quo of handing brand new BMWs tax-free to people who claim they have anxiety.
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Oh & to all the Motability haters, my wheelchair cost £6500 & my power attachment cost £6500. How much government input in that amount? £0. But hey make me pay VAT on that amount too, just so I can move around.
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This man is a hero. I am in awe of how hard Ceri is fighting for other families. I just wish Starmer would give Ceri a tenth of the time he gave Esther Rantzen…
A Dad has walked over 100kms carrying his late 6 year old son’s shoes from the hospital where his little boy died to the doors of Downing Street. Ceri Menai-Davis lost his 6-year-old son, Hugh, to cancer in 2021. This week, he completed an emotional journey to deliver a letter
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The Vinyl Institute supports ending the government shutdown so that manufacturers can have a reliable regulatory environment in which to operate. A clean CR will provide Congressional leaders the time and opportunity to work out policy differences while providing businesses with
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This is the reality of disabled people working. This young man was an invaluable part of the team — praised, included, and admired — until his family asked he be paid just a little for years of hard work. Shame on you, @waitrose. This treatment as worth less gets internalised.
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