1 in 4 workers rely on Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) when they’re too ill to work. But at only £117/week, it’s not enough for most to live on. Our new report shows what happens to people's ability to afford their essential costs if they have to rely on SSP.🧵1/ citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publica…

10/10 don’t recommend having your headphones on full volume for an emergency alert

Neil Young reviews A Complete Unknown

Time to get some more Bob for the collection

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'The Brutalist' (2024, Brady Corbet). Cinematography: Lol Crawley.

Just over a year ago my PIP review was launched. By the time I got the letter in the post, I realised I had just 3 days left to prove my entitlement. Otherwise, my PIP might be stopped. That just isn’t enough time! New blog below ⬇️ wearecitizensadvice.org.uk/race-against-t…

💬 "This government says it wants to drive up living standards and fight child poverty, but you can't do that while taking a wrecking ball to the support people rely on." says our Clare Moriarty. Cutting benefits for disabled people will drive even more people into poverty, not

🚩My new podcast, Leading Labour - coming to all streaming platforms on 8 July! ☄️ Featuring insights from 80 insiders - including Neil Kinnock, David Blunkett, and Alan Johnson. Join us for the launch at the Institute of Historical Research: bit.ly/3YJrBd9

The Pathways to Work Green Paper sets out plans to cut billions from disability benefits. Instead of getting people into work, these cuts will push hundreds of thousands into poverty. Our new report looks at potential impact (🧵) citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publica…

UC & PIP bill proposes the biggest cuts to disability benefits since OBR was created. It would: ✂️cut benefits for 3.2m disabled ppl 📈Push 300,000-400,000 into poverty, including 50,000 children 📈 Drive 440,000 into severe hardship New joint briefing: ucpipbill.co.uk

There’s only one descriptor you can actually get 3 points for. All the others go up in even numbers only. So either this means rewriting the descriptors or the person proposing it doesn’t understand the system It’s just another arbitrary change.

The government's proposed cuts to disability benefits could impact millions of people. If it passes, it will send hundreds of thousands of disabled people (and their children) into poverty. One of those people is Anita* ⤵️ wearecitizensadvice.org.uk/anitas-story-1…

We’re asking all MPs to vote against the UCPIP Bill today. The government’s own impact assessment says the cuts will plunge 150,000 people into poverty by the end of this Parliament. This is likely an underestimate and says nothing of the people already in poverty who will sink

Citizens Advice have joined 86 other organisations in calling for the Government to withdraw its damaging UC and PIP bill. There is too much at stake for disabled people for this bill to be rushed through Parliament without proper scrutiny.

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🚨 We're hiring a Policy Research Assistant in the Families, Welfare and Work team at Citizens Advice🚨 Come and help us make the benefits system fairer (and work with lots of lovely people)! Deadline to apply is 21st August: jobtrain.co.uk/citizensadvice…

new geese album is one of those albums that's so good it reinvigorates your love of music. world beating stuff happening on every single one of those 11 tracks

This gotta be the craziest run in music history

I've written about three challenges for the Timms review and what they might mean for campaigners, policy people, and anyone invested in making PIP better. tinyurl.com/4kv4aa4j