A bit of a rarity here - I was interviewed by the brilliant @katebelgrave.bsky.social for her podcast, talking about the government's calamitous attempts to cut PIP: whovotedforthis.buzzsprout.com/2414550/epis...

How the government and the DWP made PIP policy on the fly - Who voted for this

In this episode, I talk to renowned benefits journalist Chaminda Jayanetti. We talk about this Labour government's attempt to make cuts to the personal independence payment disability support ben...

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"The risks Hackney council is taking with this #disabled boy are terrifying." His paediatric doctor talks to me about council plans to evict this little boy from his council home & how councils must be stopped from putting #autistic kids into temporary housing www.katebelgrave.com/2026/03/inte...

A Homerton paediatric doctor speaks: Council #housing teams actually put #disabled & #autistic kids at grave risk - and why this doctor made a safeguarding referral to stop Hackney council evicting an 8 year old disabled boy from his home whovotedforthis.buzzsprout.com/2414550/epis...

Paediatric doctor: Why Hackney council's housing department is a danger to a disabled boy - Who voted for this

Today, we hear from Homerton Hospital paediatric doctor Hannah Caller.Hannah goes through the reasons why she made a safeguarding referral about the threat that Hackney council poses to an 8 year old ...

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Emails sent by Department for Work and Pensions communications staff reveal how they have grown increasingly frustrated at attempts to hold their bosses to account for years of deaths linked to their treatment of disabled benefit claimants. #DWP www.disabilitynewsservice.com/secret-email...

Secret emails reveal DWP frustration at attempts to hold bosses to account for years of deaths

Emails sent by Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) communications staff reveal how they have grown increasingly frustrated at attempts to hold their bosses to account for years of deaths linked …

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The Department for Work and Pensions is now telling disabled people who need support through the Access to Work scheme that it could take 37 weeks to make a decision on their application, senior civil servants have told MPs. #AccessToWork #DWP www.disabilitynewsservice.com/new-access-t...

New Access to Work applicants being told they could have to wait 37 weeks for decision, MPs hear

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is now telling disabled people who need support through the Access to Work scheme that it could take 37 weeks to make a decision on their application, sen…

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It is abuse, yes. It's pure cruelty. Vile

November’s changes to the Motability car scheme – including tax rises introduced by the government – are already restricting disabled people’s freedom to travel, according to a letter signed by 70 disabled people’s organisations and allies. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/motability-c...

Motability changes are already restricting disabled people’s freedom to travel, minister is warned

November’s changes to the Motability car scheme – including tax rises introduced by the government – are already restricting disabled people’s freedom to travel, according to a letter signed by 70 …

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My story re: the 8 year old disabled Hackney boy being forced by Hackney council to take public transport to prove he melts down on public transport has been picked up here: www.mylondon.news/news/east-lo...

Autistic boy to be forced by council to ride bus to prove meltdown claim

Hackney Council says a supporting letter from a head teacher which includes details from medical professionals, plus an autism diagnosis and EHCP are not enough evidence

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Hackney council wants proof that a disabled & autistic child melts down on public transport - so they're going to force him onto public transport and watch. And they're STILL trying to evict this boy & his family from their council home. Is this abuse...? www.katebelgrave.com/2026/03/prov...

Bailiffs due to evict this 8 year old #disabled & #autistic boy and his family from their Hackney council home now. This is ridiculous. There's a live safeguarding case because of the risk to the boy. Councils have to stop this sort of aggression. whovotedforthis.buzzsprout.com/2414550/epis...

Hackney council will evict a disabled child this Friday. This is why progressives hate Labour. - Who voted for this

Oh yes. Labour's very own Hackney council will evict a disabled and autistic 8 year old boy and his family from their council home this Friday, March 6 at 10am. Bailiffs will evict the family.The...

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People preparing right now to resist Hackney council's #eviction by bailiffs of an 8 year old #disabled child and his family. The council could grant the family a tenancy but decided not to. It's racist and it's sexist. This kind of abuse by bureaucracy has got to stop

Scores of #DWP failings linked to deaths were kept from MPs voting on benefit cuts, secret reports reveal #InternalProcessReviews @debbieabrahamsmp.bsky.social @stevedarlingmp.bsky.social www.disabilitynewsservice.com/scores-of-dw...

Scores of DWP failings linked to deaths were kept from MPs voting on benefit cuts, secret reports reveal

Scores of failings that contributed to the deaths of disabled people who relied on the social security system were kept from MPs who were voting on cuts to disability benefits in the summer of 2025…

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Reform’s celebrity Labour defection, ladies and gentleman. The notoriously entitled & incompetent Robin Wales, former mayor of Newham

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"Sir" Robin Wales is the guy who tried to force a bunch of single mothers living in temporary accommodation to move miles away from Newham - the Focus E15 campaign They then occupied social housing that had been left empty for years on his watch www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...

One day before Hackney council evicts a #disabled & #autistic boy and his family from their council home. Council could let the family stay but won't. It's racist, sexist and an example of why Labour is losing the left. Hope Labour gets a total kicking in May www.katebelgrave.com/2026/03/hack...

Tomorrow #HackneyCouncil evicts an #autistic & #disabled boy & his family from their council home. There is no excuse for this aggression from councils. None. whovotedforthis.buzzsprout.com/2414550/epis... @sheltercharity.bsky.social @johnharris1969.bsky.social @acornunion.bsky.social

1 day until Hackney council evicts a disabled child and his family from a council home - Who voted for this

What a title that was to write. This episode tells you exactly what it is like to try and stop a family from being evicted by bailiffs. This is a family that is being evicted by their own co...

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Just LOVE it when govt MPs like #LizKendall say they'll always make sure that #disabled people who are "really"disabled are looked after. That is manure. They go after people who are most in need because they're easy targets. whovotedforthis.buzzsprout.com/2414550/epis...

Liz Kendall will NOT protect profoundly disabled people from benefit cuts - Who voted for this

In this episode, we return to deeply unpleasant DWP secretary of state Liz Kendall and her plans to cut disability benefits. Liz Kendall claims that disabled people who are most in need (whatever...

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🚨 Welfare Reform Bill First Reading Online Protest 👉 Disability Rebellion will be doing an online protest on all our platforms on 18th June from 12pm onwards to coincide with the first reading of the Welfare Reform Bill.

This week, MPs will vote on whether to decriminalise abortion in England and Wales. As the police issue guidance to search women’s homes for abortion drugs and seize phones to inspect menstrual tracker apps, I wrote about why reform is more vital now than ever. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

British women are being jailed under archaic abortion laws. MPs can act to end that this week | Frances Ryan

Women will really have the right to choose if politicians vote to revoke this Victorian-era legislation, writes Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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As MPs vote on whether to decriminalise abortion after more than 150 years, here’s this week’s column setting out why it should be a “yes.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

British women are being jailed under archaic abortion laws. MPs can act to end that this week | Frances Ryan

Women will really have the right to choose if politicians vote to revoke this Victorian-era legislation, writes Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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#WelfareNotWarfare Join @peoplesassembly.bsky.social 📢Saturday 7th June 2025 📢12 noon 📢BBC Portland Place London “Disabled People are now in a fight to prove our very existence in society and to access all services @paulapeters19.bsky.social

Ok #lizkendall. Time to get real about benefit cuts. I recently interviewed a #UniversalCredit support worker who said #sick, #disabled & #homeless people should just get it together & model themselves on #ElonMusk. That's the state of #DWP thinking whovotedforthis.buzzsprout.com/2414550/epis...

The benefits heist: how sick and disabled people have paid the price for the anti-welfare craze - Who voted for this

In this episode, we take a look at: Political attacks on sick and disabled people in the last 10 yearsClaims that benefit money is easy to get when it is categorically notLiz Kendall's stunning l...

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Here's my latest podcast, inspired by the vile #LizKendall. We look at political attacks on #disabled people, Kendall's stunning lack of imagination & her claims that benefits are easy to get when they absolutely are not. #benefitcuts #PIP www.katebelgrave.com/2025/06/the-...

Does Liz Kendall not realise that the job of destroying #disability benefits and #disabled people has already been TOTALLY done? It is already VERY hard to get #PIP and disability benefits, thanks Liz. How about you try it. www.katebelgrave.com/2025/05/disa... #universalcredit #uklabour

They fled for their lives. Now they’re stuck in an unsuitable hostel, with no real help. Hear Anna’s story - a mother of two SEND children, failed by the system. @hackneycouncil.bsky.social New episode by @katebelgrave.bsky.social #SEND #housingcrisis whovotedforthis.buzzsprout.com/2414550/epis...

When your council does not help you escape violence - Who voted for this

Anna tells her story in this episode.It's the story of how Anna, her partner and their 2 sons had to leave their council flat because their neighbour, who likes to wield a knife, was threatening to ki...

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“It is unacceptable that a policy change this big – effectively wiping out the standard category of PIP daily living – is being implemented without consultation. This is not a minor ‘technical’ change'" said Julia Modern of Inclusion London. Read the full article via Big Issue: buff.ly/pqwn113

“These figures show how absurd it is to exclude the changes to the PIP assessment from the government’s consultation on the green paper proposals,” said Julia Modern of @inclusionlondon.bsky.social. "We are deeply disappointed that Labour is repeating past mistakes" www.bigissue.com/news/social-...

1.3 million ill people could lose PIP under Labour's disability benefit cuts

Labour's benefit reforms could see thousands of people with cancer and more than 200,000 people with arthritis lose their PIP payments.

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DAMN Borders. End Barriers! Disability and Migration Justice Conference. 28th June 2025 London. Disability and Migration Network (DAMN) and DPAC Crip tank. @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social #DAMNborders #DisabilityAndMigration www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/disability...

Now we need your help. The more of us who sign this petition, the more the Mayor will listen: buff.ly/ym2IWN8 Sign it. Share it. Let’s make London accessible for all. #DisabilityEqualityChampion #AccessibleLondon 🎬 (7/7)

They say letting agents must accept tenants on benefits — far from the truth. ‘No DSS’ is alive and well. Disclose you’re on benefits (even non-means tested) and you’re out. Not even a guarantor can save you. @katebelgrave.bsky.social #nodss #lettingagents #benefitdiscrimination

One thing about #housing - the people with serious housing problems I interview put all their energy into trying to get a council house rather than a private sector place coz they feel their chances of a getting council place are better, even if they have to wait 20 years #homeless #housingcrisis