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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Govt minister Josh MacAlister claims unemployed young people are paid with PIP to be out of work. Except PIP isn't an out of work benefit, plenty of people who receive PIP are in work & PIP enables them to do that. Josh knows this. What hes doing is whipping up anger towards disabled people.

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River @riverlorien.bsky.social · 16h

Are Disabled People Invisible? 'Andy Burnham’s speech made absolutely no mention of working-age disabled people, who make up a third of social care users and currently pay increasing care charges from benefit payments'.

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Are Disabled People Invisible?

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Ian Birrell @ianbirrell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is alarming: when Burnham was asked on LBC if his proposals included disabled children, he replied: “No. This is adult and particularly older people’s social care.” So he is not really fixing social care for everyone... (h/t @dcpcampaign.bsky.social)

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Softsoulcomplex @softsoulcomplex.bsky.social · 13h

Bake Off fury at Molly chucking things over herself because they haven't accommodated her disability. Again. 🤬🤬🤬

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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 9h

Simply because we are being ruled by criminals

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 21h

Go For It Ladies.......

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Pink jug (1925) by Australian artist/printmaker Margaret Preston #womensart

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Sylvia @sylvia-suffragette.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

How things change. The root cause of energy price hikes under Starmer (and the Tories) was the conflict in Ukraine. I have a feeling politicians aren’t being honest and looking at energy company profits, the root cause might be profiteering through conflict

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Laura @laurajerramp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

In this local authority ‘4,659 children are waiting for a first appointment at local Child Development Centres, with average waits between 68 and 78 weeks – and the longest wait stretching to an astonishing 157 weeks (over three years).’ www.specialneedsjungle.com/central-bedf...

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A council's "improvement journey"? How determined SEND parents catalogued the trail of their LA’s unlawful behaviour — Special Needs Jungle

A council's "improvement journey"? How determined SEND parents catalogued the trail of their LA’s unlawful behaviour

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ME/CFS Research Foundation @mecfsresearch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Have you come across the ME/CFS Research Register yet? A database that gives the overview of #MECFS research: projects, publications, people and events from 6 countries (🇩🇪 🇦🇹 🇨🇭 🇳🇱 🇳🇴 🇮🇸), all interlinked. Free, in English. t.ly/N_4EY

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

See, making young people’s lives better, improving their life chances and giving them more opportunities, *that* could be a ‘moral crusade’. Changing U.K. benefits for young people is just about saving rich people’s money.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Times - which has v much joined in the rightwing clamour to reduce immigration - now reporting that Mahmood’s “success” has cost the economy £4- to £7Bn. Would they like to now honestly confirm that fewer people = less spending power for all. There’s a high price to pay for this nasty obsession.

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Falling migration numbers could cost the chancellor as much as £7bn in fiscal headroom as he writes his first budget, The Times has been told.
Government insiders believe that John Healey, who already faced an uphill battle to balance the books next month, is likely to have an even bigger challenge after immigration undershot projections from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).
The Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank estimated last month that the success of Shabana
Mahmood's
reforms, which have cut net migration to the low hundreds of thousands, could cost Healey some £4bn.

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River @riverlorien.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

'A good death...is about having the right care, in the right place, which is often at home, and ensuring nobody faces the end of life feeling frightened, unsupported or alone.' 'MPs, you told us clearly that end-of-life care in the UK is broken. So now we need you to fix it'

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MPs, you told us clearly that end-of-life care in the UK is broken. So now we need you to fix it | Jane Turner

During the assisted dying debate, most politicians agreed on one thing – palliative care reform is urgent. Patients and those of us who care for them are waiting, says Jane Turner, chief nurse at Sue ...

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chiller @chiller.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026

DO IT ALL NOW @andyburnham.bsky.social or accept you'll do none of it. Because if it isn't done by '29 - EU, social care, undoing the normalisation of hate, donations, fixing the media, the NHS, getting vampiric private equity out of our infrastructure - you'll hand us to the far right in '29.

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Long Covid UK @longcoviduk.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Our new name better reflects the national work this community has built together. Alongside this new look, we’re launching a new website to improve access to information and support. Head to www.longcovid.org to find out more. Thank you for being part of this journey💙

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Long Covid UK | Support Long Covid Awareness Today

Long Covid UK is a national charity dedicated to supporting those affected by Long Covid through community engagement, research, and systemic change. Join us today.

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TransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The EHRC's new Code of Practice is now in effect. Here's what you need to know! transactual.org.uk/know-your-ri... #TransRights #Trans #TransResources

Image of hands waving Trans flags.

Text reads: Know Your Rights! The EHRC's new code of practice is now in effect. Here's what you need to know.

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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The proposed ban on non-essential use of PFAS in the EU is being fought by the chemicals industry on a scale, "far bigger than anything the tobacco industry have been able to pull together." share.google/r69snPliLy5N...

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Industry using ‘tobacco playbook’ to fend off ‘forever chemicals’ regulation

Industry-funded research and exaggerated claims litter arguments made by fluoropolymer industry against stricter regulation

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Laura @laurajerramp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is terrible in the US. Similar issues in the UK too as we have seen recent cases of disabled people forced into nursing care against their will. These are frightening times for disabled people across the world with hard won disability rights and independent living principles threatened.

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Special Needs Jungle @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Amazing work everyone. Tee-Jay’s petition to protect SEND legal rights has made it to 80,000. We have until 14th October to get to 100,000. Together we can do this! 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

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River @riverlorien.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

There are new reports that the govt may remove PIP from ill and disabled people who happen to pass pension age - even though many will have lived for years in poverty. The extra daily costs of disability don't suddenly disappear with age. @mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk #lbc

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Kristen Seversky @kr1573n.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I think about this image every time I think about people being snarky about 5 dudes controlling AI. It's unfortunately what we do over and over.

An infographic that maps out all the major food brands, hundred represented, and the ten major names at the center of them all (coca cola, PepsiCo, Nestle, Mars, Kellogg's etc)

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Adam @abrokenbattery.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Full interview (9 mins): youtu.be/H2rRf_f2hJs George’s recent article www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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LBC | Natasha Devon interview with George Monbiot

YouTube video by Broken Battery

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Labour's immigration/asylum policies are profoundly racist and xenophobic. They embolden far right, undermine international law and violate basic human rights, while being even more hostile than the previous government. They can't be tweaked. They need to be scrapped. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Angela Rayner criticises worker visa plans on eve of Labour conference

The housing secretary says the government's plans to change wait times for permanent residency are unfair because they "change the goalposts".

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Rose❤️🇨🇦Part owner of Canada.🇨🇦❤️ @scotfreeme.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten, on the USA's attempt to dismantle the ICC. He's right, the only people who want an agency shuttered that protects against international crimes against humanity, are those who conduct crimes against humanity. Trump and Netanyahu have made clear their position.

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 25/09/2026

This is incredibly alarming. We cannot go on like this. We need more advocacy for climate action, not just from the environmental movement, but from the political centre.

Screenshot of a Guardian article titled “Huge El Niño projected to cause more than 450,000 deaths by February.” The article, by environment editor Damian Carrington and dated 23 September 2026, says climate scientists estimate that additional heat from a projected strong El Niño could cause more than 450,000 deaths by February, on top of existing climate-crisis-related deaths. It mentions impacts across Indonesia, India, Nigeria and the US, as well as additional deaths from droughts, wildfires and flooding.

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Niamh Goggin @niamh-smallchange.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Please explain your complicity in stabbing ME/CFS sufferers in the back again. I'm calling on the NHS to close down the network of psychologised BAC/ME services, to learn from the Bateman-Horn Centre of Research and Expertise in the US and start treating our illness seriously.

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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

You know that saying about how the way they treat asylum seekers is the way they’d treat everyone else if they thought they could get away with it? Well,

The Tories said the reduced subsistence allowance would be loaded onto pre-paid card that would not allow cash withdrawals, and would "prevent spending" on alcohol, cigarettes, or gambling.
The party is yet to detail how its proposal would work, but shadow welfare secretary Helen Whately said it would be "a version" of the pre-paid Aspen card issued to asylum seekers living in government-funded accommodation.
These cards cannot be used to make contactless, telephone or internet payments, whilst asylum seekers whose applications have failed cannot withdraw cash.

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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Labour’s savage disability benefit cuts could hit older people hardest, despite their reduced chances of finding work - a third of those potentially affected are aged 50+, according to FOI data Older disabled people face both labour market ableism and ageism By me, for @theleaduk.bsky.social

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Exclusive: Over a third of disabled people at risk from Labour’s benefit cuts are 50+

New figures obtained by The Lead show more than one third of people at risk from cuts to universal credit disability payments are over 50 – a group facing some of the highest barriers to finding work

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

There is a lot of misinformation about the UK social security spending. The chart below shows Total UK social security spending as a percentage of GDP, 2013/14 to 2030/31 (spending & forecast) 55% goes to pensioners, the remainder covers everything else. lordslibrary.parliament.uk/welfare-refo...

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Special Needs Jungle @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

On SNJ Today: The DfE awarded itself a surprisingly positive Child Rights Impact Assessment for its #SEND Proposals. But that was before the full scale of the assault on rights was known. @tanialt.bsky.social says the CRIA must be repeated—independently www.specialneedsjungle.com/dfe-must-rep...

a graphic image showing children holding banners saying "rights" and a figure holding a heavy mallet smashing through them. the backdrop is a protest at Westminster.

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Special Needs Jungle @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

NEW POST: Can you help accountability group Measure What Matters seek legal justice for Surrey families whose children have been denied their EHCP provision? www.specialneedsjungle.com/crowdjustice...

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Special Needs Jungle @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We recently published 20 disabled children's rights at risk from the SEND reform proposals SNJ's @gilliandoherty.bsky.social will be explaining each one in a series of videos, with the first below. Add your thoughts in the comments. Find all 20 here: www.specialneedsjungle.com/unacceptable...

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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 19/09/2026

I’ve worn a grubby RNLI cap for decades. I sound London, but I was born in Truro and I was a basically feral (Gen X) kid wandering the coast path with a dog until sunset for a lot of my early life. The lifeboats are in the fabric like trawlers and farms and pasties and fish and chips.

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Lucibee @lucibee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

If folks need an impression of how dismal things are wrt treatment of ME and LC in the NHS, you just need to look at the services stocktake that was done in January 2025. There was "no data" for ME/CFS clinic referrals.

Annex 1 - Data Dashboard - Long Covid ME/CFS Stock take December 2024.

Highlighted box shows that there is NO DATA for total referrals to ME/CFS clinics for the period examined in the stocktake.

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Long Covid Advocacy @longcovidadvoc.com · 24/09/2026

Extraordinary to see ME covered like this in mainstream media. The truth is the neglect is so staggering people can't believe it. As George says " has seldom been a stronger case for a public inquiry." 🖇️article 👇

Across the decades, millions of people have been neglected, dismissed and mistreated, and still it goes on. We need to ask why so many patients have been abandoned, why discredited and dangerous treatments continue to be prescribed and why ignorance and neglect still dominate, in the health system and beyond. In other words, there has seldom been a stronger case for a public inquiry.

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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This tiny fix solves a problem you never realized you had, and once you see it, it makes perfect sense.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This chart published by the Economics Laboratory, shows that the UK social spending is 23% of GDP, covers NHS, social security and support services. It is a useful rebutal to neoliberals calling for cuts to the NHS, state pension and other benefits. www.linkedin.com/posts/charto...

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot

Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Datacentre are being foisted on people living in low/medium income areas, not in wealthy areas. Resulting in excessive use of water, energy; pollution and environmental damage. Very few long-term jobs are generated. Watch the Minister's reply.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Not for the first time, by far, I would like to once again reiterate that purely based on their own policies and rhetoric, or in this case lack thereof, Labour is, at least on human rights, whether that be migrants, trans, disabled etc, the most right wing government in decades.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It is demonstrably proven, via multiple studies as well as commonsense, that preventing young people explore and acknowledge their own identity has massively harmful impacts. Labour reviving Section 28 against trans young people will cause untold harm, just as the original Section 28 did.

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Laura @laurajerramp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This looks like a useful resource for those with Long covid /MECFS and hypermobility. youtu.be/pzAhqAUgkhw?...

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Long COVID & ME/CFS Clinical Considerations: Hypermobility

YouTube video by Bateman Horne Center

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