Dr Sally Witcher
@SalWitcher
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Former Chair @TheSCoSS, Chair of UK Govt's Disability Employment Advisory Committee, DWP senior official (briefly!). Founder @InclusiveNew. Disabled, #Masketeer
Edinburgh, Scotland
Joined March 2015
Many thanks for the support & ideas in response to my ideas on a #InclusiveNewNormal. This summarises the strategic framework & key messages. I hope it’s a helpful contribution– far from the last word. It’ll need everyone’s commitment, creativity, determination – and coproduction.
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RT @albertoortegana: @Yash25571056 Every year there are a couple of similar omicron subvariants, with greater immune escape but without cau….
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Petition: Transparency and Review of the free zones and ports impacts
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I'm genuinely sorry, genuinely very disappointed, to say that in your case it certainly has, with no discernible sign of struggle😢. May I suggest you now turn your attention to reviving 'l'entente cordiale' with your disabled constituents, that your actions have destroyed 🙏.
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As I said in my blog, I know that everyone going into politics with such good intentions will likely confront the clash between integrity & ambition, self-interest & the interests of constituents. It quickly becomes clear which has the upper hand.
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Chris, I so wanted to believe you when you told me you came into Parliament to make life better for ordinary & disadvantaged people. I welcomed your willingness to engage, & I’ve engaged with you in good faith.
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Do you understand why it feels like a slap in the face? A 2-fingered gesture of contempt towards your disabled constituents? I guess there must be a junior Minister role awaiting you in the next reshuffle. What’s it to be 🤔. Foreign Office?.
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‘Vive l’entente cordiale’ has long been my motto when engaging with politicians. I want to engage & be constructive. But can you see, Chris, why posting about your wee jolly as disabled people fear for their lives doesn’t feel very ‘cordiale’?.
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Than he was off to the British Museum for a nice afternoon hanging out with the big boys and girls (mostly boys), before dashing back to the Commons to vote for disabled people already in dire poverty to be made even poorer.
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While Parliament debated whether to remove the benefit lifelines that keep disabled people from starvation, I see he was out enjoying a ‘terrific lunch’
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Since I published this blog on Wednesday, begging (again) my MP @ChrisMurrayMP to vote against the disastrous Universal Credit & Personal Independence Payment Bill, I've found out how he chose to spend his day 🧵.
Blog - letter to my MP, @ChrisMurrayMP urging him to vote against the Bill and explaining why he should.
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It's clear where it's leading! Unless you find it easy to trust people who're tipping you over a precipice. An offer to co-produce how you’d like to be tipped is all this ever was. And you can’t eat ‘commitment to the principles of co-production’ or heat your home with them.
"Sir Stephen’s failure to listen to his own disabled advisers raises fresh concerns over his pledge to co-produce the review of PIP he will be leading, which is expected to report in autumn 2026.". via @johnpringdns.
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RT @snowleopardess: This goes for many of your constituents @vickyfoxcroft. After everything you said, you voted FOR the #WelfareReformBill….
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What on earth. ? Surely @ChrisMurrayMP can't be swanning about on a wee jolly outing as MPs debate major cuts to essential benefit support that chronically ill/ disabled people need to live? What an insult, if so. Chris, I can't believe it. Please clarify 🙏 @edinburghpaper.
I'd have thought that my MP would be in parliament speaking up for his constituents, including the amazing Dr. Sally Witcher (@SalWitcher) and me, who have provided him with reams of evidence that the current bill before parliament is flawed.
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RT @Dis_PPL_Protest: #BinUCBill . 📢London Protest! . 📢Protect Future Claimants! .📢Bin Universal Credit Bill.📢Wednesday 9th July 2025.📢4pm….
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Blog - letter to my MP, @ChrisMurrayMP urging him to vote against the Bill and explaining why he should.
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My earlier thread on how UK disability (& carers) benefit cuts will drive a coach and horses through the far better Scottish system.
I honeslty don't think the public & many politicians in Scotland/ Scottish MPs realise just how devastating this could be for people in Scotland & (any) @scotgov 's ability to exercise devolved power to diverge from Westminster. 🧵.
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Thank you @ScotNational @C_Fitz_. The consequences look even messier for carers getting Scottish carers benefit via ADP who claim UC carers element, ADP review likely to propose change/ improved coverage, big unexpected funding cuts, & fiscal framework constraints. Link to🧵below.
EXCLUSIVE: The UK Government 'could trample all over' the 'hard work' of Social Security Scotland with its plans to cut disability benefits, an expert has told The National.
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RT @SophieP25397: The UK spends 10.8% of GDP on welfare while France spends 23.8% and Finland spends 25.7%.Just remember that when you see….
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RT @SalWitcher: Good news @Keir_Starmer @RachelReevesMP! You can raise more than £5bn without implementing #PathwaysToPoverty [autocorrect….
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