richard cann 💙♿☮️
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heathen, socialist, medically retired teacher. Living with fibromyalgia and ME sucks. Grew up in West London now live in East Cornwall #DisabledNOTDisposable
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Food Banks 20 years ago you didn't see any, now they are everywhere But why? Because all donations made to Food Banks are tax deductible for the supermarkets, and of course if your staff/benefit claimants rely on Food Banks you can pay less So they have spread like the plague
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Outside Parliament: If an MP makes public statements (e.g., on social media, at rallies, in interviews) that amount to a criminal offence, police could investigate. So .@metpoliceuk if an MP is continually hating on disabled people, what are you going to do about it?
Taxpayers are funding Motability cars for people on benefits which they can't even afford themselves. In the past, being in the ECHR stopped us fixing this. Under @KemiBadenoch @Conservatives would leave the ECHR and get a grip of Motability.
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No it doesn't. But it does uphold the rights of those most vulnerable members of society. Leaving the ECHR was always about attacking vulnerable UK citizens, and now it's in the open.
@Helen_Whately @KemiBadenoch @Conservatives What utter codswallop is this? Motability has nothing to do with the ECHR.
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It's not 'embarrasing'. It shows exactly why Tories & Reform want to leave the ECHR. So they can attack disabled people and remove their support, along with attacking other vulnerable groups.
@Helen_Whately @KemiBadenoch @Conservatives That’s embarrassing. Conflating ECHR with motability funding. #sadjoke
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For 15 year's disabled people, and sick were fraudulently wrecking the economy they kept saying look, look over there as welfare Headline news all today on #bbclaurak etc. But £134 billion taxpayer's money lost to bank's From printing money to losing billions: The QE hangover
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The Bank of England held rates at 4% today, warning the UK is not yet "out of the woods" on inflation.
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none of this is true
Pat McFadden, "Under the Tory system we inherited, people got double the money for declaring themselves unfit for work" "Labour have cut that difference in half"
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NHS GP £169/pts/yr 58million people in 🏴 Cost: ~£10 billion What about a private system? 383.8 million GP apts/yr £80/apt (not including referral fees & extra tests) Cost: ~£30 billion You could double GP spending & still save ~30% what you would in a private system
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Disabled people pay for their cars They use those car to work ! To get to hospital appointments No one gets a car unless they get highest rate mobility component of PIP You have to go through a rigorous, humiliating, assessment process Provide mountains of evidence #bbclaurak
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Covid fraud under the Tories cost UK public £10.9bn. VIP lane, crony contracts. Lack of anti-fraud controls Money given for non-existent workers Newly formed companies got money No competitive tenders Poor checks on quality What would be recovered? https://t.co/lmODiayDWJ
mirror.co.uk
The counter-fraud and error measures during the pandemic under the Conservative Government were accused of being 'so lax they may as well have left the door wide open'
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Had a great time watching some of the downhill mountain bike racing at Tamar Trails this morning. Bowie wasn't phased in the slightest by the spectators or racers! It was wonderful seeing kids and adults taking part and having a fantastic time!
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💼 Employment and Economic Barriers: Disabled Adults in the UK Setting the Scene Work is more than income, it provides identity, independence, and social connection. Yet disabled adults in the UK face persistent barriers to employment and economic security, leaving many excluded
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I've really noticed that Reform MPs and their online cheerleaders don't like my call for a: ▪️Cap on individual donations to *any* political party ▪️Ban on all MPs’ second jobs I wonder why that is? Our democracy should not be for sale!
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Good afternoon everyone! Over the last few days, quite a few of you have commented saying, “With all this rain, surely the reservoirs must be overflowing by now?” Well… you’d think so, wouldn’t you? With the amount of rain we’ve had lately, it feels like Cornwall has been
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🎓 Education and SEND Provision: Disabled Children in the UK Setting the Scene Education is meant to be the great equaliser, but for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) in the UK, the system often falls short. Despite legal entitlements, many families
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RT @EuropeanPowell: I write about the dangers of deregulated free zones, I trace their histories which has its roots in 'empire-building' a…
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This is so important. AI's thirst for energy will destroy the planet.
AI “Superpower” or Corporate Water Heist? How Keir Starmer’s Tech Utopia Is Being Built on Your Rivers, Your Bills, and a Dying Thames Water Monopoly. They told you the giant hole near Abingdon was a “strategic reservoir” to protect the South-East from drought. They told you the
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It is a madness... We work for the war machine. We work, to fund their wars, wars that kill the innocent. Manufacture weapons...the jobless shall work. Buy stuff you don't need with money you don't have... save our beloved economy. Is this the life you really want?
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🚨NEW - the DWP won't stop banging on about getting disabled people into work - so why the FUCK are they rejecting so many Access to Work applications? By @RachelCDailey
https://t.co/DrlqUFjzlM
thecanary.co
The DWP won't stop banging on about getting disabled people into work - so why the fuck are they rejecting so many Access to Work applications?
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