@PassitonParents

We are carers of children with additional needs & part of the FamilyAdvice&Support Team @skillsforpeople https://xitter.cf/t.co/ta9LtHjoHH…

 Newcastle upon Tyne UK
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Dr Jay Watts@Shrink_at_Large17 Oct 2025
The persecution continues. The Motability scheme isn’t some luxury add-on or “extra help”: it’s simply a different way of receiving the disability benefits that people are already legally entitled to. It’s not a perk that means a free Beamer FFS. #TakingThePIP
news article screenshot from The Times with the headline “Rachel Reeves takes aim at Motability scheme to save £1bn in budget.” It reports that the Chancellor is considering reforms including scrapping tax breaks on cars for disabled people using the scheme, as part of plans to save over £1 billion. A photo at the top shows a woman with light brown hair wearing a navy jacket and red top, identified as Rachel Reeves.

ALT news article screenshot from The Times with the headline “Rachel Reeves takes aim at Motability scheme to save £1bn in budget.” It reports that the Chancellor is considering reforms including scrapping tax breaks on cars for disabled people using the scheme, as part of plans to save over £1 billion. A photo at the top shows a woman with light brown hair wearing a navy jacket and red top, identified as Rachel Reeves.

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Emma Mitchell 💙
@silverpebble16 Jul 2025
If you have a disability or chronic illness or both & are struggling to move or feeling really low PLEASE try to be kind to yourself today rather than being your own inner bully. I’m saying this to myself too x🌿
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Carlsberg.@Carlynotcarley24 Jul 2025
Public service announcement: STOP HARASSING BLUE BADGE HOLDERS! You cannot see disability Blue badge does NOT = motability vehicle and can be used in whatever vehicle the holder is travelling in. It's appalling that it is 2025 and this has to be said.
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BENEFITS NEWS@BENEFITS_NEWS14 Jul 2025
Thomas Lawson, CEO, Turn2us said: “MPs voted to reduce support for people unable to work by over £200 a month. Halving the health element of Universal Credit for anyone who becomes sick from April 2026 .... dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/…

DWP confirms four major changes to Universal Credit starting from next April

Nearly 4 million households will see an annual income boost estimated to be worth £725 under new reforms.

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Frances Ryan@DrFrancesRyan15 Jul 2025
“When the political and media class wish to leave disabled people hungry and dirty, the disabled community must explain why we should be allowed to eat and be clean.” Today’s col. reflects on a tough month and what it all means for disability in the U.K. theguardian.com/commentisfre…

Disabled people want to live a full life. Instead, we’re forced to scrap over our right to food and...

Britain’s political and media class advocate policies that leave disabled people hungry and dirty. Why are we expected to settle for this, asks Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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Well done to @CarrieGrant1 for her article in The Mirror against ditching EHCPs in mainstream: SEND parents are treated like 'fleas' as she blasts Labour #SaveOurChildrensRights mirror.co.uk/news/health/car…
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Trussell
@TrussellUK15 Jul 2025
Something’s not right when 1 in 5 people receiving Universal Credit and disability support have needed a food bank in the last month… Our social security system should provide just that - security. 💚
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Trussell
@TrussellUK9 Jul 2025
🚨 We’re shocked and disappointed. The UK government has pushed through HUGE cuts to Universal Credit for disabled people applying in the future. These cuts will be devastating. They risk pushing even more disabled people to food banks.
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Trussell
@TrussellUK10 Jul 2025
❗ BREAKING: Almost 40,000 more children are at risk of not having enough food or a warm home because of the 2-child limit, compared to last year. Our social security system is failing to protect children from hunger.
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Thomas H. 💙@THemingford10 Jul 2025
Will you ever vote Labour again? Please share for larger sample response. #WelfareReformBill #DisabilityBenefits #LCWRA #PIP #TakingThePIP #UC #DisabilityRebellion #WelfareNotWarfare
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Paula McGowan OBE@PaulaMc0079 Jul 2025
#Oliverscampaign Your Narrative is so WRONG EHCP plans do NOT fail #SEND children The organisations who are meant to uphold them fail these children by not following & supporting the plans in turn breaking the law Removing EHCPs is not the answer
Steve Chalke@SteveChalke8 Jul 2025
There is no SEND rebellion threatening Labour over Education Health Care Plans. We all know that the EHCP system fails countless children & that a better, faster & more caring approach is long overdue. Until last week everyone was frustrated by what now some are sticking up for!!
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Jeremy Corbyn
@jeremycorbyn9 Jul 2025
Today, I voted against the government’s disgraceful cuts to disability support. Moments before, I joined disability rights campaigners outside Parliament to say: this isn’t over. We will not give up until we have built a society that cares for each other, and cares for all!
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Lucy Webster@Lucy_Webster_9 Jul 2025
Labour spent 14 years opposing austerity only to get power and cut support for the poorest and sickest disabled people Literally what are you in power for?
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The final Commons stages of the UC & PIP bill are tomorrow. We told @DrFrancesRyan @guardian that we have real fears that many disabled people with lifelong conditions that severely impact their daily lives will not in fact be protected from the cuts. theguardian.com/society/2025…

Benefit cuts will hit severely disabled people despite ministers’ claims, say charities

Exclusive: Charities say planned universal credit changes fail to account for progressive or fluctuating conditions

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Richard Burgon MP
@RichardBurgon8 Jul 2025
This Wednesday, MPs will again vote on the disability benefits Bill. A huge £2 BILLION cut to disability support is still in the Bill. 750,000 low income sick and disabled people will lose £3,000 a year. My new article on why MPs must vote this down. labourlist.org/2025/07/news-…
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Petition: Protect Disabled people who cannot work from planned cuts to benefits petition.parliament.uk/petit…
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TakingThePIP@TakingThePIP17 Jul 2025
On Wednesday 9th July, MPs are voting on the Universal Credit Bill. We need YOU to tell your MP to vote against these cruel cuts It's easy to do with just a couple of clicks here takingthepip.co.uk/write-to-… #BinUCBill #TakingThePIP #WelfareNotWarfare #Disabilityrebellion
white text on a black background #TakingThePIP Everyone! We need to go again! We need YOU to tell your MP to vote against the welfare bill again on Wednesday. These cuts will hit those the most unable to work and in need of support Click the link below to generate a letter to your MP

ALT white text on a black background #TakingThePIP Everyone! We need to go again! We need YOU to tell your MP to vote against the welfare bill again on Wednesday. These cuts will hit those the most unable to work and in need of support Click the link below to generate a letter to your MP

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