The best thing Burnham could do for the care system would be to encourage migration but Labour would never have the guts www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Imagine if, for once, Labour decided to tell the truth about immigration | Gaby Hinsliff

Our economy needs it. The NHS needs it. And making foreign workers’ lives more miserable – as the home secretary plans to do – will undermine integration, says the Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

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If Burnham's care plan only applies to the over 65s, the only people left paying for their own care will be working age disabled adults - eg the people with the least opportunity to save for it That would make the PM's plan less 'solve a national crises that blights lives', more 'win an election'

Breaking news: you can't be disabled if you're young!

Frances Ryan@francesryan.bsky.social · 4w ago

Disability doesn’t care how old you are. Specialist food is no cheaper if you’re 19. Employers don’t lose their prejudice if you’re 21. This is blatant intergenerational inequality from Labour. Younger disabled people of all severities deserve better. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Anyone saying people fake disability to rake in benefits instead of working hasn't filled in the Universal Credit Work Capability form. Not a single question about work, but 2 pages detailing how often you shit yourself. Purposefully dehumanising for an extra 217 quid a month

This is obviously a good idea but everyone's gonna lose their minds about it, aren't they?

Good thing that this couldn’t have been predicted almost a year ago <runs bitter victory lap> and the government didn’t just blithely carry on doing the same thing. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/718...

Condemnation is pure hot air if in the next breath you’re telling everyone you’re doing your best to give the fascists what they want, just without the masks

Liam Thorp@liamthorp.bsky.social · last mo.

Exclusive: I asked Andy Burnham about the gangs of masked thugs marauding around parts of our country and asked if he and his government should be doing more to call out their actions He called them ‘poisonous’ amongst other strong words. His condemnation was unequivocal. Full story here 👇

Care free at the point of use is obviously the way to go and kudos to Burnham for finally saying it But if we're going to reform social care properly we can't only talk about funding. We need to ask what it is we want a care service to do - and then work out how we pay for it

I don't... hate the draft recommendations of the Timms review but they ignore one fundamental problem PIP is designed to 'meet the extra costs of being disabled' - but for most people it doesn't come close to doing so

Today is World Suicide Prevention Day Tomorrow sees MPs vote on a bill that would see some suicidal people helped to die instead of helped to live - because they're sick and disabled We can't create a world where some suicides are not only approved, but state sanctioned

Of course they've released the Equality Impact Assessment for the new assisted dying bill at 9pm on the Friday before the bank holiday weekend Almost like they don't want it to get covered

The transphobia -> ableism pipeline is alive and well, I see

Nick Barlow@nickbwalking.bsky.social · 3mo ago

In a move that will surprise absolutely no one who's been paying attention, Stock has decided that women with disabilities are suffering from "social contagion"

Andy Burnham correctly points out in an interview that small boat crossings are massively down this year compared with last. The comments in the post are filled with people suggesting he is lying about this very clear, data-evidenced fact. It’s almost as though they don’t want it to he true…

Tice being investigated by parliamentary standards watchdog www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Richard Tice investigated by parliamentary standards watchdog

Reform's deputy leader is being investigated about an allegation he failed to declare an interest.

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Bloody hell, have Labour started talking to disabled people?? Burnham says any move to allow assisted dying should not happen until the government funds better social and palliative care.

Finally a sensible approach Yes, people should have a choice but it needs to be a real one Really hope this signals a change in direction and more concern for disabled people and our lives

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3mo ago

Assisted dying debate should come after end-of-life care reform, says Burnham

Semi regular reminder that almost as much is spent on care for working age adults than for the over 65s If a plan only deals with the latter, it's not really a solution

£18.5bn seems like a lot of money but would ultimately save a LOT more across the NHS, benefits, lost earning potential of disabled people and carers, boost to employment etc Oh, and it would raise the quality of life of hundreds of thousands of people. Should be a no brainer

We won't fix social care until we stop seeing needing care as shameful

Today I had to explain Count Binface to a friend who doesn't follow politics and tbh I sounded absolutely bonkers

Least surprising poll finding you’ll ever see: 73 per cent of people think that the investigation into Nigel Farage’s finances should continue even if he wins the Clacton by-election.

This is a really good, reasoned piece on the disability benefits review by @francesryan.bsky.social There are some reasons to be cautiously optimistic but any attempt to make Pip a means-tested benefit must be forcefully resisted www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Pip review is an opportunity – and headache – for Andy Burnham

Attempts to add conditionality to Pip would be opposed by campaigners and Labour backbenchers

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I wonder if you can be legally sworn in as Count Binface

Peak right-wing populism to run a "the people vs the establishment" contest when "the people" are represented by a man with several million pounds in undisclosed gifts. Just a regular chap like you or me

Will Labour fight this where they should - corruption - or will they inexplicably spend the entire time trying and failing to win an argument on small boats? Why do I feel like I already know the answer?

Calling a by-election over the sovereign right of every MP to take secret gifts from a convicted criminal. What a time to be alive.

The Persistent@thepersistent.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Hosting a Pride prom served as a reminder to @lucywebster.bsky.social that someone can be included, understood and loved for who they are without having to leave parts of their identities at the door.

Would be great if more people linked Starmer's resignation yesterday with today's Brexit anniversary but I suppose that would involve a level of introspection that this country couldn't possibly handle

As a disabled person, I was overjoyed to see a Labour government. I thought Starmer would push back on the hate the Tories had fuelled. Instead he bequeathed us the hate-filled debates around Pip and assisted dying. I'm not sorry that his emotional goodbye today didn't move me. Good riddance

What a day to get back to the UK