Social work lecturer; mental health social work; politics of mental health; welfare movements; radical social work

Liverpool
Joined July 2009
My book #UnderstandingMentalDistress is out now. It’s about the harmful impacts of neoliberal reform in #mentalhealth services. A huge thanks to the service users & workers who so generously shared their experiences with me policy.bristoluniversitypres… 👇
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#BinUCBill 📢London Protest! 📢Protect Future Claimants! 📢Bin Universal Credit Bill 📢Wednesday 9th July 2025 📢4pm 📢Old Palace Yard Westminster London SW1P 3JY Let’s make this BIG📢 Spread the Word!
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Disability benefits cuts on the front page of every national paper. They all say Starmer has caved—which he has. But we’re nowhere near safety until this dangerous bill—unconsulted, with no impact analysis—that will impoverish 100,000s is binned. Still #TakingThePIP
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Rich Moth retweeted
Stay Tuned 🎥 We will be hosting an online meeting next week on the need to fight for disability right! You can register for free on this link tinyurl.com/Welfarenotwarfar… We will be posting the details shortly!
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Please sign this petition against the government’s recently announced 40% cut to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund chng.it/DCz6FNWVbb @UKChange. For more info: communitycare.co.uk/2025/04/…
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The Labour Government’s DWP Pathways to Work Green Paper is brutally damaging people’s mental health. Below is one such testimony. If you want to share yours, in confidence, please email recoveryinthebin@gmail.com recoveryinthebin.org/2025/04…
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#TaxTheRich Please support this Crowdfunder @Dis_PPL_Protest have set up to fight disability benefit cuts. Every penny raised will go to campaigning for you Please if possible donate a little something or share the link We’ve over 30,000 supporters crowdfunder.co.uk/p/tax-the-…
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🚨 Clinicians: The government plans to cut billions from disability benefits. We’re already seeing the consequences — patients in anguish, carers pushed to the edge. Please sign + share this open letter. Our voices carry real weight — let’s use them. tinyurl.com/4vav3vnv
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The most effective thing you can right now to fight the disability cuts is: 1. Make an appointment to meet your MP face to face, ideally with a couple of friends and tell them how these cuts will harm you. 2. Attend this protest on the 1st April, 12 noon.
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#WelfareNotWarfare For you to use to print off and take a selfie with if unable to make protest today. Take a picture and Don’t forget to tag in @Dis_PPL_Protest
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I’ve been campaigning against disability benefits cuts for 10 years. There are people on here who have been campaigning on this for 20 years. When does this end?
I stand in solidarity with Disabled People insisting on investigation into the accumulative effects of benefits cuts in Parliament this afternoon #WOWDebate (with poster as was requested!) Nothing is more important for the mental health of the nation in my opinion as a clinician.
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#WelfareNotWarfare Join @Dis_PPL_Protest & allies on Wed 26 March 2025 outside Downing Street 11am with a rally & speeches then a march to Parliament As we begin the biggest resistance to labour government austerity agenda your voice matters. On the street online join us ✊🏼📢
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Mel Stride says MH claimants should have treatment INSTEAD of PIP, he's missing a few things; recoveryinthebin.org/2025/02…
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#DisabilityBenefits To UK Government disabled people are prepared to take you on and resist you Join @Dis_PPL_Protest organise an action in your area for Wednesday 26th March Day of Spring Statement
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Life costs more if you are disabled. Making it harder to qualify for PIP won’t make those costs go away, it will just push more disabled people into poverty, not jobs. Don’t punish disabled people. #TaxWealth
The right wing think tank, Policy Exchange, has released a big report today recommending young people on PIP “be required to look for work, to volunteer or be engaged in training.” Only one problem: PIP is not an out of work benefit. policyexchange.org.uk/public…
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