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Giselle 🦋 @ascws.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Bringing Us Together Workshops for IEs & those receiving DPs Guest speaker Tony Bamforth When Trust Breaks Down (and how to rebuild it) Weds 4th Feb 26 6.30 - 8.30pm for info and booking email: karen@bringingustogether.org.uk
Flyer for free workshop - in pale blue and yellow colours. Bringing Us Together
Workshops for Individual Employers and those receiving Direct Payments
A FREE online session on Zoom delivered by our guest speaker
Tony Bamforth, supported by the Bringing Us Together team and Adult
Social Care Warriors. We welcome you to our next online workshop
- When Trust Breaks Down (and how to rebuild it)
Wednesday 4th February 2026 6.30pm to 8.30pm Come along to this session delivered by Tony Bamforth from Bringing Us Together. This workshop will cover:
• Spotting early warning signs that trust is slipping
• Clarifying expectations, boundaries and agreements
• Communicating and resolving issues fairly
• How to rebuild trust, review changes, and keep simple records
• Planning next steps if trust can't be repaired, including contingencies
Resources/templates will be shared after the session.
for info and booking email: karen@bringingustogether.org.uk
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Giselle 🦋 @ascws.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
If you’re a Labour MP reading this: Silence is not neutrality. Abstaining is not harmless. A no-show on this vote is a betrayal of disabled people, carers & families. You were elected to fight injustice nows the time to prove it. #NoMoreNoShows #CareNotCuts #StandUpOrStepAside
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Paula Peters @paulapeters19.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
#WelfareNotWarfare #TaxTheRich Join @peoplesassembly.bsky.social 📢Saturday 7th June 2025 📢12 noon 📢BBC HQ Portland Place London 📢National Demonstration @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social are supporting the demo and disabled people will be leading the demo under the #WelfareNotWarfare banner

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On a black background 
White text says 
Join The People’s Assembly 
National Demonstration 
Sat 7th June 12 Noon Portland Place 

2 weeks to go! 
Welfare Not Warfare Tax The Rich Stop the Cuts 

At the bottom of the graphic are all the logos of trade unions and grass roots campaigns supporting the Demo
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
UK benefit fraud prosecutions are 23 times more than for tax offences. Tax fraud up to nine times higher than benefit fraud. Laws against the rich are not always enforced. Govt taking powers to snoop on bank accounts of benefit claimants. Same won't apply to tax abusers, scammers. It is class war
leftfootforward.org
Why the UK is a two-tier society where money wields power
Laws and policies are crafted to give the appearance of sternness and fairness, but are rarely fully enforced on corporations and the rich.
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Giselle 🦋 @ascws.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
If you’re a Labour MP reading this: Silence is not neutrality. Abstaining is not harmless. A no-show on this vote is a betrayal of disabled people, carers & families. You were elected to fight injustice nows the time to prove it. #NoMoreNoShows #CareNotCuts #StandUpOrStepAside
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Giselle 🦋 @ascws.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Silence is complicity. Abstaining is not neutral, it’s siding with injustice. If you don’t vote against Starmer’s assault on disabled people & carers, you’re endorsing it. History will remember your silence. #NoMoreNoShows #WelfareCuts
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Marilyn of JRIMG DPO Norfolk @mheath.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Abstentions are not support for disabled constituents. This is so wrong from Labour. Time to stand up for your constituents & say so! It’s simply appalling by a so called Labour Party. Vote against these appalling cuts! @ascws.bsky.social @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social @inclusionlondon.bsky.social
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david-s.bsky.social @david-s.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
"Scrapping Motability wouldn’t save a penny from the benefits bill" but it would ruin people's lives... 'Why has the rightwing press turned on Motability?' archive.is/gCT2s
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Giselle 🦋 @ascws.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
“The chair of the LGAs community wellbeing board said: “A reduction in Pip could mean lower individual contributions & therefore higher LA contributions. We are still working to further understand the impact of the welfare reforms on ASC charging.” www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
theguardian.com
Councils and NHS could face millions in extra costs due to disability benefit cuts
Government plans for Pip cuts will drive up costs for local authority social care services and NHS, campaigners warn
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Giselle 🦋 @ascws.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
The proposed welfare cuts will devastate unpaid carers too! Many rely on Carer’s Allowance (already one of the lowest benefits) to survive while providing essential, unpaid care. Carers must not be abandoned! 💜✊👊 Write to your MP today! 👇 www.carersfacingcrisis.com
carersfacingcrisis.com
Take Action - Write to Your MP Today
Urge your MP to protect carers and disabled people from devastating welfare benefit cuts. Use our simple tool to write your MP in minutes.
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Marilyn of JRIMG DPO Norfolk @mheath.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
@peterstefanovic.bsky.social @ascws.bsky.social @richardburgon.bsky.social @ellenclifford.bsky.social @paulapeters19.bsky.social @teamlabouruk.bsky.social @itvnewspolitics.bsky.social @vicderbyshire.bsky.social @eastangliabylines.co.uk @skynewsrss.bsky.social @theguardian.com
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 13/03/2025
Former shadow chancellor Ed Balls says plans to cut disability benefits ‘won’t work’
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Former shadow chancellor Ed Balls says plans to cut disability benefits ‘won’t work’
Influential Labour figure says cuts ‘not a Labour thing to do’, while George Osborne says when chancellor he resisted move as ‘step too far’ The former shadow chancellor Ed Balls has criticised plans for cuts to disability benefits, saying on his podcast…
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Cathy Dean @cathypsych.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
@maxwilkinson.bsky.social @eddavey.libdems.org.uk same goes for Lib Dems
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Giselle 🦋 @ascws.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
@davidbainesmp.bsky.social Just remember that every @UKLabour MP who stays silent on these cruel benefit cuts is complicit. If you don’t fight back, you’re standing with those attacking disabled people. Speak up. Take a stand. Stop the cuts. #EndBenefitCuts #LabourBetrayal
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Giselle 🦋 @ascws.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
@tobyperkinsmp.bsky.social Just remember that every @UKLabour MP who stays silent on these cruel benefit cuts is complicit. If you don’t fight back, you’re standing with those attacking disabled people. Speak up. Take a stand. Stop the cuts. #EndBenefitCuts #LabourBetrayal
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Giselle 🦋 @ascws.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
@andrewpakes.bsky.social Just remember that every @UKLabour MP who stays silent on these cruel benefit cuts is complicit. If you don’t fight back, you’re standing with those attacking disabled people. Speak up. Take a stand. Stop the cuts. #EndBenefitCuts #LabourBetrayal
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Giselle 🦋 @ascws.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
@lukemurphy.bsky.social Just remember that every @UKLabour MP who stays silent on these cruel benefit cuts is complicit. If you don’t fight back, you’re standing with those attacking disabled people. Speak up. Take a stand. Stop the cuts. #EndBenefitCuts #LabourBetrayal
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Giselle 🦋 @ascws.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
@callumandersonmp.bsky.social Just remember that every @UKLabour MP who stays silent on these cruel benefit cuts is complicit. If you don’t fight back, you’re standing with those attacking disabled people. Speak up. Take a stand. Stop the cuts. #EndBenefitCuts #LabourBetrayal
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Giselle 🦋 @ascws.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
@matthewpatrick.bsky.social Just remember that every @UKLabour MP who stays silent on these cruel benefit cuts is complicit. If you don’t fight back, you’re standing with those attacking disabled people. Speak up. Take a stand. Stop the cuts. #EndBenefitCuts #LabourBetrayal
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Giselle 🦋 @ascws.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
@paulwaughmp.bsky.social Just remember that every @UKLabour MP who stays silent on these cruel benefit cuts is complicit. If you don’t fight back, you’re standing with those attacking disabled people. Speak up. Take a stand. Stop the cuts. #EndBenefitCuts #LabourBetrayal
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Giselle 🦋 @ascws.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
@kevinmckenna.co.uk Just remember that every @UKLabour MP who stays silent on these cruel benefit cuts is complicit. If you don’t fight back, you’re standing with those attacking disabled people. Speak up. Take a stand. Stop the cuts. #EndBenefitCuts #LabourBetrayal
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Giselle 🦋 @ascws.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
@darrenpjones.bsky.social Just remember that every @UKLabour MP who stays silent on these cruel benefit cuts is complicit. If you don’t fight back, you’re standing with those attacking disabled people. Speak up. Take a stand. Stop the cuts. #EndBenefitCuts #LabourBetrayal
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Giselle 🦋 @ascws.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
@lukepollard.bsky.social Just remember that every @UKLabour MP who stays silent on these cruel benefit cuts is complicit. If you don’t fight back, you’re standing with those attacking disabled people. Speak up. Take a stand. Stop the cuts. #EndBenefitCuts #LabourBetrayal
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Giselle 🦋 @ascws.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
@zarahsultana.bsky.social Just remember that every @UKLabour MP who stays silent on these cruel benefit cuts is complicit. If you don’t fight back, you’re standing with those attacking disabled people. Speak up. Take a stand. Stop the cuts. #EndBenefitCuts #LabourBetrayal
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Giselle 🦋 @ascws.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
@drrosena.bsky.social Just remember that every @UKLabour MP who stays silent on these cruel benefit cuts is complicit. If you don’t fight back, you’re standing with those attacking disabled people. Speak up. Take a stand. Stop the cuts. #EndBenefitCuts #LabourBetrayal
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Giselle 🦋 @ascws.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
@simonlightwood.org.uk Just remember that every @UKLabour MP who stays silent on these cruel benefit cuts is complicit. If you don’t fight back, you’re standing with those attacking disabled people. Speak up. Take a stand. Stop the cuts. #EndBenefitCuts #LabourBetrayal
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Giselle 🦋 @ascws.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
@lewisatkinson.bsky.social Just remember that every @UKLabour MP who stays silent on these cruel benefit cuts is complicit. If you don’t fight back, you’re standing with those attacking disabled people. Speak up. Take a stand. Stop the cuts. #EndBenefitCuts #LabourBetrayal
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Giselle 🦋 @ascws.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
@stellacreasy.bsky.social Just remember that every @UKLabour MP who stays silent on these cruel benefit cuts is complicit. If you don’t fight back, you’re standing with those attacking disabled people. Speak up. Take a stand. Stop the cuts. #EndBenefitCuts #LabourBetrayal
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Giselle 🦋 @ascws.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
@bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social Just remember that every @UKLabour MP who stays silent on these cruel benefit cuts is complicit. If you don’t fight back, you’re standing with those attacking disabled people. Speak up. Take a stand. Stop the cuts. #EndBenefitCuts #LabourBetrayal
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Giselle 🦋 @ascws.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
@sarahowen.org.uk Just remember that every @UKLabour MP who stays silent on these cruel benefit cuts is complicit. If you don’t fight back, you’re standing with those attacking disabled people. Speak up. Take a stand. Stop the cuts. #EndBenefitCuts #LabourBetrayal
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Giselle 🦋 @ascws.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
@emmahardymp.bsky.social Just remember that every @UKLabour MP who stays silent on these cruel benefit cuts is complicit. If you don’t fight back, you’re standing with those attacking disabled people. Speak up. Take a stand. Stop the cuts. #EndBenefitCuts #LabourBetrayal
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Giselle 🦋 @ascws.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
@joepowell.bsky.social Just remember that every @UKLabour MP who stays silent on these cruel benefit cuts is complicit. If you don’t fight back, you’re standing with those attacking disabled people. Speak up. Take a stand. Stop the cuts. #EndBenefitCuts #LabourBetrayal
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Giselle 🦋 @ascws.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
@jimmcmahon.co.uk Just remember that every @UKLabour MP who stays silent on these cruel benefit cuts is complicit. If you don’t fight back, you’re standing with those attacking disabled people. Speak up. Take a stand. Stop the cuts. #EndBenefitCuts #LabourBetrayal
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Giselle 🦋 @ascws.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
@danfrancis02.bsky.social Just remember that every @UKLabour MP who stays silent on these cruel benefit cuts is complicit. If you don’t fight back, you’re standing with those attacking disabled people. Speak up. Take a stand. Stop the cuts. #EndBenefitCuts #LabourBetrayal
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Giselle 🦋 @ascws.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
@chriscurtis94.bsky.social Just remember that every @UKLabour MP who stays silent on these cruel benefit cuts is complicit. If you don’t fight back, you’re standing with those attacking disabled people. Speak up. Take a stand. Stop the cuts. #EndBenefitCuts #LabourBetrayal
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Giselle 🦋 @ascws.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
@skinnock.bsky.social Just remember that every @UKLabour MP who stays silent on these cruel benefit cuts is complicit. If you don’t fight back, you’re standing with those attacking disabled people. Speak up. Take a stand. Stop the cuts. #EndBenefitCuts #LabourBetrayal
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Giselle 🦋 @ascws.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social Just remember that every @UKLabour MP who stays silent on these cruel benefit cuts is complicit. If you don’t fight back, you’re standing with those attacking disabled people. Speak up. Take a stand. Stop the cuts. #EndBenefitCuts #LabourBetrayal
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Giselle 🦋 @ascws.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Just remember that every Labour MP who stays silent on these cruel benefit cuts is complicit. If you don’t fight back, you’re standing with those attacking disabled people. Speak up. Take a stand. Stop the cuts. #EndBenefitCuts #LabourBetrayal
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Giselle 🦋 @ascws.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Every Labour MP who stays silent on these cruel benefit cuts is complicit. If you don’t fight back, you’re standing with those attacking disabled people. Speak up. Take a stand. Stop the cuts. #EndBenefitCuts #LabourBetrayal
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Giselle 🦋 @ascws.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Every Labour MP who stays silent on these cruel benefit cuts is complicit. If you don’t fight back, you’re standing with those attacking disabled people. Speak up. Take a stand. Stop the cuts. #EndBenefitCuts #LabourBetrayal
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Rick B @rickburgess.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Any comment from Labour MP's and supporters? You proud of this?
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
UK govt sharpens attack on the disabled as it pushes welfare cuts. Silence on causes. Poverty, poor housing/food. Lack of access to healthcare, GPs, dentists. Retirement age has risen but due ill-health, disabilities seniors can't get state pension. So they claim benefits.
bbc.co.uk
Benefit system unfair and indefensible, says PM
Some Labour MPs urge ministers to tackle the
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
UK Chancellor urged not to make PIP cuts that could plunge 700,000 households into poverty. It is war on the poor, not causes of poverty. Median annual pre-tax wage £29,604. 38% of Universal credit claimants are in work. 16m live in poverty. Lack of healthcare, disabling many
independent.co.uk
Chancellor warned against PIP cuts that could plunge 700,000 households into poverty
Leading charities have issued the Chancellor a stark warning
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Austerity is a political choice. UK govt gave £70.6bn tax relief on pension contributions. 63% went to 6m 40%/45% tax rate payers. 37% to 28.1m basic rate taxpayers. By fixing the relief at 20% for all Govt can reduce inequalities and have £14.5bn spare. End tax perks of the rich.
leftfootforward.org
Here’s how Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement must offer hope
'The government needs to recalibrate policies'
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Giselle 🦋 @ascws.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Get Keir out—Starmer’s betrayal of disabled people is unforgivable. We need a vote of no confidence. Enough is enough! #ResignKeir #NoConfidence #EnoughIsEnough
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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Without PIP, a further 700,000 more disabled households could be pushed into poverty 📢 We've joined Scope to urge the Chancellor to reconsider potential cuts to disability benefits. Read our open letter: www.scope.org.uk/campaigns/op....
scope.org.uk
The cost of cuts to disability benefits: Our open letter to the Chancellor | Disability charity Scope UK
Right now, the government is considering changes to disability benefits. But for millions of disabled people, these benefits are a lifeline. They are the difference between surviving and being pushed deeper into poverty. Scope, alongside a coalition of charities, has written to the Chancellor, urging the Government to think again. Our full letter is below.
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neilmcrowther @neilmcrowther.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Crucial thread on disability benefits reform 👇
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Paul Ridley @paulridley5.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
@dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social Please #signthepetition & share to have a fairer complaints system #JusticeForAll #fixthesystem #Disability Thankyou petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
petition.parliament.uk
Petition: Establish Complaints Commission for Social Care, Health, Education & Benefits
Establish an Independent Complaint Commission for health, social Care (Adult & Child), education & benefits, who can legally force services to take action. We don’t think current complaint mechanisms ...
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Giselle 🦋 @ascws.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Starmer’s policies are destroying lives. He has no place leading this country. It’s time for a vote of no confidence to get Keir out! #ResignKeir #EndBenefitCuts #EnoughIsEnough
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Giselle 🦋 @ascws.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Keir Starmer’s betrayal of disabled people with these cruel benefit cuts is unforgivable. It's time for a vote of no confidence. He doesn’t deserve to lead. #ResignKeir #NoConfidence
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