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Read accounts written by disabled people, carers and health professionals on how austerity and cuts have affected them. Send your voice too!

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Social Care has been privatised, underfunded, used for profiteering & has relied upon the dedication of exploited, underpaid staff. That’s why we committed Labour to creating a National Care & Support Service on NHS lines, free at the point of need, which I will now fight for.
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Replying to @WOWpetition
@WOWpetition @wowhour I note that #disabled folk do not appear in the highlights of this report, despite making up the majority of deaths from #Covid19 and a failure by @DWP to upgrade legacy benefits. #DisabilityDiscrimination ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationa…
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Disabled activists have successfully campaigned to change the rules around audio recording #PIP assessments. You can hear their journey in this radio programme, broadcasting 10pm Tuesday & 4.30pm Thursday on @ResonanceFM. Info: sound-art-hannah.com/right-t…
The Right to Record | Sound Art Hannah | London

The Right to Record | Sound Art Hannah | London

Audio work made with people with long term health conditions and disabilities to campaign against illegal action that discriminates against them in the benefits system.

sound-art-hannah.com
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Please retweet to help Saskia tind a home #Lancashire ❤️. #dogs #pets #animals
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@AdoptionsUk11 Jan 2021
Please retweet to help Saskia find a home #STALMINE #Lancashire 🇬🇧 Active, aged 8 looking for experienced adult home, came in after neglect, she was underweight, bones showing and skin infections, she's doing well now, only pet, could you help?❤️⭐️ rspca.org.uk/findapet/detail… #dogs
Image from Animal Adoptions UK 🐕‍🦺🐈🐎❤️ (@AdoptionsUk)
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Please can we grow my account to 100k followers by midnight, so that @EveryDoctorUK and our network of UK doctors can inform the public about what’s happening on the NHS frontline? Could you possibly help us and re-tweet this? Doctors aren’t allowed to speak up, we help them🤞💛
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"My report from 2016 was so flawed I couldn't believe what was put down" wowvoices.uk/my-report-from-… via @wowhour
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Lies lies, they wrote lots of lies about me wowvoices.uk/lies-lies-they-… via @wowhour
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Brilliant new initiative launched by Jeremy Corbyn today. Project for Peace & Justice thecorbynproject.com/

Home - Peace & Justice Project

Project for Peace and Justice, founded by Jeremy Corbyn. A hub for discussion and action, building solidarity and hope for a more decent world.

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DWP leaves thousands of people's personal data online for more than two years mirror.co.uk/news/politics/d…
DWP leaves thousands of people's personal data online for more than two years

DWP leaves thousands of people's personal data online for more than two years

EXCLUSIVE: The Information Commissioner is examining the incident after more than 6,000 benefit claimants' National Insurance numbers were left online for more than two years

mirror.co.uk
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Covid 19: Disability campaigner says people feel 'forgotten' in pandemic bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-su…
'Your story could be someone else's hope'

'Your story could be someone else's hope'

Courtney Reeve says disabled people feel "forgotten" and believes everyone can make a difference.

bbc.co.uk
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Rat-infested block of flats leaves disabled tenant 'feeling like dirt' swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news…
Rat-infested block of flats leaves disabled tenant 'feeling like dirt'

Rat-infested block of flats leaves disabled tenant 'feeling like dirt'

A DISABLED man is furious at having to live in a rat-infested accommodation, claiming little is being done to solve the problem.

swindonadvertiser.co.uk
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Covid: Lack of medical supplies 'hits' disabled people bbc.com/news/uk-54845623
Covid: Lack of ventilator supplies 'hit' disabled people

Covid: Lack of ventilator supplies 'hit' disabled people

The pandemic is making it hard to get medication and breathing equipment, a BBC survey suggests.

bbc.com
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The UK welfare system is failing claimants with mental health problems – here's what needs to be done theconversation.com/the-uk-w…
The UK welfare system is failing claimants with mental health problems – here’s what needs to be...

The UK welfare system is failing claimants with mental health problems – here’s what needs to be...

New research shows how the UK welfare system can worsen mental health problems.

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More than two million vulnerable people told to stay inside hours before lockdown metro.co.uk/2020/11/04/more-…
More than two million vulnerable people told to stay inside on eve of lockdown

More than two million vulnerable people told to stay inside on eve of lockdown

'Without advance notice, people do not have time to plan and adapt their lives for the new rules.'

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REVEALED: Tories’ secret plot to spy on benefit claimant’s bank accounts welfareweekly.com/revealed-t…
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Coronavirus: UK facing a ‘perfect storm of awfulness’ if welfare support isn’t improved welfareweekly.com/coronaviru…
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New lockdown restrictions are forcing disabled people to make a choice between health and career independent.co.uk/voices/dis…

Disabled people are being forced to make a choice between health and career | Rachel Charlton-Dailey

Under the latest lockdown rules, the clinically vulnerable will not be made to shield. This might sound like a good thing but it actually puts pressure on us to jeopardise our safety or risk losing...

independent.co.uk
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As a disabled person, I'm terrified of a second wave of coronavirus metro.co.uk/2020/11/02/disab…
As a disabled person, I'm terrified of a second wave of coronavirus

As a disabled person, I'm terrified of a second wave of coronavirus

Just under 60% of all deaths involving Covid-19 from March 2 to July 14 in the UK were of disabled people.

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Covid shielding: Government urged to give clearer advice for vulnerable people in lockdown rules inews.co.uk/news/health/covi…
Government urged to give clearer advice for vulnerable people in lockdown rules

Government urged to give clearer advice for vulnerable people in lockdown rules

'Disabled people felt forgotten during the first wave and must not be abandoned now', Scope says

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Disabled workers earning a fifth less than non-disabled peers aboutmanchester.co.uk/disabl…
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