TakingThePIP
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Disabled voices united for justice and a fair society. Join our fight against ALL proposed disability benefit cuts and tell the government to stop #TakingThePIP
Joined May 2025
We are a campaign led by disabled people in the public eye joining together to tell @Keir_Starmer and @leicesterliz to scrap the inhumane disability benefits cuts. Join us and tell the government to stop #TakingThePIP
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Join the #TakingThePIP campaign and stand against government cuts to disability benefits. Read the open letter, share your story, write to your MP, and help protect disabled people’s rights and...
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RT @Shrink_at_Large: The DWP and media are deliberately refusing to absorb the facts we keep repeating — that most of the increase in Unive….
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RT @Phil_Free_: Minister’s comments add fuel to Access to Work concerns - @johnpringdns.
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Comments by the disability minister have fuelled concerns that the government is planning changes that will cut the amount of workplace support disabled people can receive through the Access to Wor…
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RT @TheCanaryUK: A secret DWP report on disabled claimant suicides has finally been released. Thank God for @johnpringdns and its persevera….
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Thank God for Disability News Service and its perseverance in uncovering this suppressed DWP report. It exemplifies rigorous journalism.
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RT @leith1076: And then you became the Telford MP, wrote a letter to Kendall demanding far bigger cuts for sick and disabled people and t….
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RT @DrFrancesRyan: I wonder if Helen and the Tories would also like to criminalise tax cutting advice that runs every spring in the broadsh….
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RT @ChronicallyVex: Hey @CrossCountryUK I really don't appreciate your train staff blaming those with mobility issues for your train depart….
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On 21st July, DR was one of several organisations/activists (represented by DPO Forum) who attended the APPG on Disability meeting via Zoom. Stephen Timms later published this letter. It presents itself as an update on the Government’s efforts to *support* disabled people -
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RT @areyoflight: Can I ask what @UKLabour are going to do about the hate speech and abuse of disabled people - that they’ve instigated - in….
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RT @DRDisabilityReb: On today’s Hall of Shame, we have Debbie Abrahams, Labour MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth. She raised strong obje….
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RT @Shrink_at_Large: Every disability rights fight starts the same way:."Perhaps you've misunderstood" ."They wouldn’t really do that, woul….
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RT @DRDisabilityReb: On today’s Hall of Shame (non-politician edition) is Reem Ibrahim - a commentator who regularly appears in the media a….
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RT @RoseUnwin: Thrilled to be doing this talk with the brilliant @RachelCDailey at the lovely @ConwayHall on October 15th. Would love to s….
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For much of history, people with learning disabilities have been regarded as unworthy of interest - often seen as a threat to the social order and sometimes dismissed as barely human. While recent...
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RT @RachelCDailey: DWP cuts were pushed through parliament in less time than Universal Credit claimants get paid. My @TheCanaryUK column ht….
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Huge DWP changes are seemingly inconsequential to MPs and Lords - as the welfare bill passed quicker than disabled people get paid
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Make no mistake, this is not us celebrating. The uc bill will still affect the most vulnerable. But we also hope that every single one of you made a small difference.
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RT @cheryleehouston: I’m so honoured and proper chuffed that I get to chat to this incredible woman and find out more about disability righ….
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While it's devastating that the UC Bill has passed through the lords, its important to highlight just how much the incredible work of activists made the government strip it back. This is the power of disabled people when we come together. They will never take that away from us.
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RT @LurgeeLife: Lord Rook (Labour) in HoL on #UCBill thinks bill will motivate young people to find a place in the workplace. He doesn't se….
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RT @TheCanaryUK: DWP shame for Keir Starmer as a Labour MP exposed him over cuts to Universal Credit. Starmer was forced to answer for the….
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Starmer was forced to answer for the mess that was the recent DWP Universal Credit Bill - and Debbie Abrahams did not hold back
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“My Lords, I am concerned that the debate has increased hate against disabled people”. - House of Lords.#TakingThePIP.
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RT @Shrink_at_Large: I’ve worked in mental health for 25 years—known it personally even longer. When I say the ‘substantial risk’ safeguar….
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