@SharynElizabeth

Aelod Bwrdd ADRA Board Member. Arweinydd Girlguiding Cymru Leader. Trydar Personol. Personal Tweets.

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Flick Williams
@flickhwilliamsOct 23
It’s that time of the year again where all the extra plinths get placed in front of shelving for Xmas, which coupled with general poor & thoughtless management of shop floor space means that unless you can shape shift you are royally #DisabledByTheSupermarkets
A cadburys plinth sits in front of shelving and on the other side of the aisle, a restocking trolley full of boxes blocks the aisle.

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The Government's Find-a-job website currently has 110,505 jobs available across GB. Of those 12,361 are Disability confident jobs. Stephen Timms has regularly told disabled people they can work from home. Currently there are 36 remote jobs available that are disability confident. Of those only 9 are part-time. 20-25% of the working age population are disabled.
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Larry the Cat
@Number10catSep 17
I've been leaked the shortlist to be next leader of Reform in Wales: Jack the Ripper Nasty Nick from Big Brother Joffrey Baratheon The Demon Headmaster The woman who put a cat in a wheelie bin
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Marty@martyuk26Sep 17
Everyone asks "how do we afford PIP?" Nobody asks "why does disability cost so much?" A grab rail: £8 at Screwfix. £85 through a mobility company. Adapted cutlery: £12 to manufacture. £35 in the catalogue. A shower seat: £15 plastic stool. £90 as a "shower aid." A postural chair: £200 to build. £800 with "disability" on the label. Disability costs more because the market CHARGES more. Not because it COSTS more. The word "adapted" on the box adds 300-500% to the price. PIP exists to cover the "extra cost of disability." But the extra cost is ARTIFICIAL. Created by manufacturers who know you NEED the product and price accordingly. Fix the price. Sell aids at cost. Remove the markup. Remove the VAT. Remove the glossy catalogue and the sales rep's commission. The "extra cost of disability" drops by 60-80%. PIP spending falls. Without cutting a single person's support. Helen Whately has posted thirteen times asking how to cut PIP. She has never once asked why disability products cost five times what they should. builduk.club disability charter. Fix the price. Not the person.

This is what the UK looks like in 2040

A costed, evidenced, ten-year plan to rebuild the UK. Built by a man in a caravan.

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Erin Ekins (she/her)@QueerlyAutisticSep 9
If your anti-fascism doesn't include disabled people, and if you aren't willing to get a little bit challenged and uncomfortable by listening to what disabled people are telling you, then your anti-fascism is built on nothing but hot air.
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Daniel Lismore
@daniellismoreAug 29
Billionaire gives Harry Potter money to sue The NHS and Human rights charities. Is it hard to separate the artist from the art? On 8 August, an NHS trust said trans women could continue using women-only spaces. JK Rowling replied publicly: “Then the lawsuits will keep coming. Should any female patient or member of staff require funding to fight this assault on their legal rights, apply to jkrwforg.” She is offering to bankroll lawsuits against the National Health Service. The NHS. The one with 7.4 million people on waiting lists. The one where people wait months for cancer diagnostics and cardiac care. The one being asked to defend itself in court, using money and time and legal resource that could go to patients, because a billionaire has decided which toilet a nurse uses is worth litigating. Every hour an NHS trust spends on legal defence is an hour not spent on treatment. Every pound is a pound not spent on care. In the same month, she threatened Amnesty International with legal action over a report that named her charity. A billionaire is using Harry Potter money to sue a human rights organisation and to fund lawsuits against the health service. That’s the legacy. That’s what it was all for. Separate the artist from the art if you can. She’s made it very difficult. edgemedianetwork.com/story/1…

JK Rowling Offers Legal Funding for Challenges to Trans-Inclusive NHS Spaces | EDGE United States

J.K. Rowling has offered to fund legal action by female NHS patients and staff challenging policies that allow transgender people to use some single-sex hospital and workplace facilities according to...

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Michael Thawe@Michael_ThaweAug 28
A reminder that @sainsburys uses the taxpayer funded @DWPgovuk universal credit payments to top up poverty wages for its employees of which the majority are part time or zero hours contracts. Workers deserve to be paid a full living wage.
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Cllr Martin Abrams
@Martin_AbramsAug 27
Prime Minister Andy Burnham came to Lambeth yesterday to promote Sainsbury's workfare scheme for 10,000 young people to work for free in their supermarkets. Sainsbury's cut 3000 jobs last year while simultaneously posting a £1 billion profit. Strangely the Leader of Lambeth Council was not invited. Lambeth's young people deserve better than this; quality apprenticeships and training that provide them with the skills, experience and pay to live and thrive in our borough. Andy Burnham promised to "end neoliberalism" but supporting a scheme to provide free labour for Billion pound companies will only serve to perpetuate it.
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I really need to address what has happened here, because it demonstrates exactly what disabled people are up against. A highly paid presenter, fronting a programme that carries his own name, was challenged by a community over rhetoric we believed was dangerous and harmful. Disabled people, sick people and carers held his feet to the fire and asked for accountability. And somehow, that has now been turned back on the very community that challenged it. That imbalance of power matters. This is what disabled people are dealing with every single day: rhetoric about benefits, sickness and disability being repeated by people with enormous platforms, while the people directly affected are expected to absorb the consequences, and then face criticism when we challenge it. And this is exactly why I started my petition. Before launching it, I went back and looked at how often benefits and sickness had been discussed on the programme since the beginning of the year. What I found shocked me: it was being raised virtually every day, and on some days more than once. That is not an occasional discussion about welfare policy. It creates a narrative. And when that narrative repeatedly focuses attention on sick and disabled people, we have every right to question the impact it has. This was never about attacking one presenter. It was about challenging a much bigger problem: the way disabled people are talked about in public life, the language that is normalised, and the consequences that can follow. When a community without anything like the same media power speaks up and holds powerful people accountable, the answer cannot be to make that community the problem. That is precisely why this petition matters. petition.parliament.uk/petit…

Petition: Create a National Disability Hate Strategy for the UK

Develop and fund a National Disability Hate Strategy, co-produced with Disabled People’s Organisations, to tackle disability hate crime, online abuse, discrimination, public stigma and improve...

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Disability Rights UK@DisRightsUKAug 26
As a new energy price cap lands, the energy industry calls on the Government to introduce a new social discount on energy bills for those with the greatest energy needs, including Disabled households. Read the story here: disabilityrightsuk.org/news/…

Energy suppliers call for the introduction of an energy social

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LurgeeLiz@LurgeeLifeAug 25
Despite yearly decreases in LCWRA Substantial Risk (33% in 2019 to 11% in 2025) Labour falsely claimed that numbers have increased & pledged to prioritise this group for reassessment People at serious risk of harm if they're subject to work search conditionality Lethal cruelty
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/pathways-to-work-reforming-benefits-and-support-to-get-britain-working-green-paper/spring-statement-2025-health-and-disability-benefit-reforms-equality-analysis Department for Work & Pensions Spring Statement 2025 health & disability benefit reforms - Equality Analysis Updated 30 October 2025 Measure 6 (Great Britain): Reassessments on WCA, with a particular focus on substantial risk & short-term conditions The proportion of people in the LCWRA group, particularly due to being assessed as such under the 'substantial risk' rules, has increased significantly over the years. WCA reassessments were effectively 'switched off' for a number of years under the previous government, leaving most customers without employment support & adding significantly to the welfare bill. This measure relates to switching reassessments back on, prioritising those awarded benefit under the 'substantial risk' rules and those with short-term conditions

ALT https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/pathways-to-work-reforming-benefits-and-support-to-get-britain-working-green-paper/spring-statement-2025-health-and-disability-benefit-reforms-equality-analysis Department for Work & Pensions Spring Statement 2025 health & disability benefit reforms - Equality Analysis Updated 30 October 2025 Measure 6 (Great Britain): Reassessments on WCA, with a particular focus on substantial risk & short-term conditions The proportion of people in the LCWRA group, particularly due to being assessed as such under the 'substantial risk' rules, has increased significantly over the years. WCA reassessments were effectively 'switched off' for a number of years under the previous government, leaving most customers without employment support & adding significantly to the welfare bill. This measure relates to switching reassessments back on, prioritising those awarded benefit under the 'substantial risk' rules and those with short-term conditions

LurgeeLiz@LurgeeLifeAug 25
Over last 7 yrs the % of people qualified as LCWRA Substantial Risk has dropped sharply from 33% to 11% These are people who would be at serious risk of harm if they are subject to work search conditionality The DWP aren't liberally supporting those with mental health problems
Sir Stephen Timms Labour, East Ham Answered on 10 June 2026 The available requested information for Universal Credit (UC) limited capability for work & work-related activity (LCWRA) Work Capability Assessment (WCA) decisions where claimants qualified for LCWRA due to 'substantial risk arising from work-related activity' is provided in the table below Financial Year Volume of UC LCWRA Substantial Risk decisions Total volume of UC LCWRA decisions Proportion 2019/20 81,240 246,040 33% 2020/21 52,990 186,250 28% 2021/22 55,780 273,180 20% 2022/23 48,870 327,230 15% 2023/24 56,130 357,190 16% 2024/25 53,670 397,370 14% 2025/26 (to Nov 25) 26,280 229,020 11% Taken from: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-05-21/3753/#

ALT Sir Stephen Timms Labour, East Ham Answered on 10 June 2026 The available requested information for Universal Credit (UC) limited capability for work & work-related activity (LCWRA) Work Capability Assessment (WCA) decisions where claimants qualified for LCWRA due to 'substantial risk arising from work-related activity' is provided in the table below Financial Year Volume of UC LCWRA Substantial Risk decisions Total volume of UC LCWRA decisions Proportion 2019/20 81,240 246,040 33% 2020/21 52,990 186,250 28% 2021/22 55,780 273,180 20% 2022/23 48,870 327,230 15% 2023/24 56,130 357,190 16% 2024/25 53,670 397,370 14% 2025/26 (to Nov 25) 26,280 229,020 11% Taken from: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-05-21/3753/#

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/376/schedule/9 The Universal Credit Regulations 2013 UK Statutory Instruments 2013 No. 376 > SCHEDULE 9 Regulation 40(5) Circumstances in which a claimant is to be treated as having limited capability for work and work-related activity Risk to self or others 4. The claimant is suffering from a specific illness, disease or disablement by reason of which there would be a substantial risk to the physical or mental health of any person were the claimant found not to have limited capability for work and work-related activity.

ALT https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/376/schedule/9 The Universal Credit Regulations 2013 UK Statutory Instruments 2013 No. 376 > SCHEDULE 9 Regulation 40(5) Circumstances in which a claimant is to be treated as having limited capability for work and work-related activity Risk to self or others 4. The claimant is suffering from a specific illness, disease or disablement by reason of which there would be a substantial risk to the physical or mental health of any person were the claimant found not to have limited capability for work and work-related activity.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/work-capability-assessment-handbook-for-healthcare-professionals Department for Work & Pensions WCA Handbook (September 2024) Much of the above information relates to Substantial Risk in people with Mental Function problem, however; it must be noted that Substantial Risk may apply in those with physical problems, although this would be expected to be an uncommon situation Appendix 6 - DWP Revised Risk Guidance 2015 Guidance for HCPs on Substantial Risk in Considering Claimants with a Mental Function Problem The guidance makes clear that this provision should only be applied in exceptional circumstances & that in applying the guidance a 2-stage process should be followed Stage 1 assess the evidence of risk of suicide or self-harm Stage 2 - assess whether substantial risk would be triggered by a finding that the claimant is able to seek employment or is able to undertake activity to prepare them to move towards work

ALT https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/work-capability-assessment-handbook-for-healthcare-professionals Department for Work & Pensions WCA Handbook (September 2024) Much of the above information relates to Substantial Risk in people with Mental Function problem, however; it must be noted that Substantial Risk may apply in those with physical problems, although this would be expected to be an uncommon situation Appendix 6 - DWP Revised Risk Guidance 2015 Guidance for HCPs on Substantial Risk in Considering Claimants with a Mental Function Problem The guidance makes clear that this provision should only be applied in exceptional circumstances & that in applying the guidance a 2-stage process should be followed Stage 1 assess the evidence of risk of suicide or self-harm Stage 2 - assess whether substantial risk would be triggered by a finding that the claimant is able to seek employment or is able to undertake activity to prepare them to move towards work

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Disability Rights UK@DisRightsUKAug 25
Not a single Disabled People's Organisation (organisations run by and for Disabled people) publicly supports the Assisted Dying Bill. That tells you everything you need to know. Write to your MP, telling them to vote against the bill on 11th September 👇actionnetwork.org/letters/op…
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Disabled people are being secretly filmed in gyms and reported for supposed PIP fraud. A few seconds of footage cannot show whether someone can perform an activity safely, repeatedly, to an acceptable standard or within a reasonable time. It cannot show their pain, adaptations, rehabilitation or recovery afterwards. PIP is not awarded because somebody is completely unable to move. Exercise may help disabled people preserve the strength and mobility they still have. We should not be frightened out of looking after our health by strangers policing our bodies. #PIP #DisabilityRights #StopDisabilityHate #InvisibleDisability #DisabledPeople
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Devutopia
@D_RavalAug 23
£500bn in uncollected tax since 2010. Tax avoidance schemes up 34%. Five prosecutions in a year. You haven't seen screaming headlines. No LBC phone-ins. No Jeremy Vine special. No GB News outrage. Because this isn't about benefit claimants. Imagine if we pursued tax dodgers with the same fury we direct at disabled people trying to survive on benefits. We could fund the NHS twice over. We choose not to. That's not an accident. That's a choice. Neoliberalism, the 40+ year con.
Prem Sikka
@premnsikkaAug 23
The number of UK enablers of tax avoidance schemes up by 34%. HMRC failed to collect £59bn last year, £500bn since 2010. 5 enablers prosecuted in 2023-24. 2025: One firm charged with failing to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion, result awaited. ifamagazine.com/the-number-o…

The number of promoters of tax avoidance schemes in the UK jumps by 34% in a year to 183 - IFA...

The number of known promoters and suppliers of tax avoidance schemes in the UK has increased by 34% in the last year from 137 businesses to 183* (as of June

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@D_RavalAug 22
Yet another day with a discussion on mainstream media on cutting benefits. No challenge, no alternative voices, no actual data. The media have locked in as "fact" benefits are a problem and they must be cut. Let alone allowing criticism or evaluation of this claim, they don't allow any discussion of other ways to cut spending like ending tax subsidies to mega rich fossil fuel companies or to raise money by wealth taxes on the richest and windfall taxes on price gougers. The consequence? Most of the public accept this framing of benefits and the "need" to cut them. They are never presented with any alternative view on that or other ways to cut and raise government spending. The media are failing this country so badly but here's little we can do about them. #BrokenMedia
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Sally Bourliakas 💙@SallyBourliakasAug 23
Why do we need to bring down Welfare Spending? The Welfare budget has been 11% of GDP for decades and is projected to to be around 11% of GDP till 2030 👀 At the figures WELFARE SPEND IS NOT BALLOONING Working Age Incapacity benfits due to be stable at 1% GDP till 2030 Total Welfare spend Stable at 11% GDP (& projected to stay at 11% till 2030) Working Age Economic Inactivity Stable at 10M & Has been for 30 years 1995-2024 & ⬇️ in last decade 2011 23.6% 2024 21.2% Working Age (WA) Economic Inactivity as a percentage of Working Age people Down ⬇️in last decade 2011 23.6% 2024 21.2% 2025 20.8% Don't you think you've worried enough disabled and retired people and people with terminal diseases and long term conditions enough? PIP fraud 2024 0.0% 2025 0.4% 1.8M of 3.7M on #PIP are not new claims but adults over 16 migrated from DLA The whole welfare or warfare debate has to ✋ stop You are lying to the country about welfare ballooning 1.8M of the people on #PIP were migrated there from DLA when PIP was established in 2014: Not New Claims The dramatic UC increase is 80% migration from legacy benefits too: not new claims! The whole NEETS narrative breaks down when you look at the figures... Just as the constant narrative of ballooning benefits in general is bogus so is this.. NEETS 16-17yr 2017 6% 2024 5.4% x.com/LBC/status/205… x.com/sallybourliaka… x.com/sallybourliaka…
Joe Hardy 🇺🇦 🇪🇺♿️🐟 #RightToLove 💙@BlokeOnWheelsAug 23
And people still try to convince themselves that media framing of certain topics is fine and in no way harmful to anybody. This is the thing, it’s not about one person, the whole apparatus is skewed against particular groups. It really is monumentally fucked up.
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John Abell@JdrAbell8 Apr 2025
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Trussell
@TrussellUKAug 14
Universal Credit doesn't cover life's essentials. And millions of people are being forced to turn to a food bank as a result. How much money people have to live on should reflect real costs, not party-political interests. ❗ It's time to take the politics out of Universal Credit.
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maddy catgirlprostate@catgirlprostateAug 7
There's more documented credible sexual abuse allegations against premier league footballers than trans women in bathrooms in the UK so clearly we need to ban football if it's such a breeding ground for the abuse of real cis women
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Trussell
@TrussellUKAug 6
Universal Credit isn’t set based on the cost of essentials. No independent evidence. No review. Just political decisions. Millions are being forced to turn to food banks as a result. ✋ We’re calling for an independent process that sets Universal Credit based on real costs.
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ALT A meme featuring two images. The top shows a person labeled "politicians" enthusiastically holding Flex Tape in front of a tank labeled with various expenses like "sky-high bills" and "rising food prices." The bottom image shows the person patching a leak labeled "£98 a week Universal Credit" with Flex Tape.

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