New Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show job vacancies have fallen by 42,000 between Feb and April 📉 Disabled people who are able to work already find it more difficult to find suitable work that accommodates their needs. The fall exposes the need to rethink plans to cut disability benefits. 1/2

Giving disabled people a seat at the table means nothing if you don’t actually listen to them and take action. Performative allyship is worse than just being honest and saying you don’t care.

Agreed

Israel killed over 250 people in the past 24 hours. Mostly women and children

I'd like to tweet a clip of BBC London reporting on 500,000 people marching through the city in support of Palestine, but they didn't cover it. They did, however, have time to tell us that Camden council have approved new cycle lanes on Shaftsbury Avenue.

Warning issued by dozens of experts that Labour's DWP cuts will lead to premature deaths 38 experts have warned that Labour's DWP cuts could 'drive people into deeper poverty, damage mental health' and worse #WelfareNotWarfare #CutsKill thecanary.co/uk/analysis/20…

The fact that the first piece of advice we give to people applying for PIP is "Prepare to have to appeal and maybe go to tribunal", shows how stacked against disabled people the system already is.

Last year my wife had breast cancer and a double mastectomy. This morning she was challenged in the changing rooms at the swimming pool. Her breasts were not what make her a woman - but, breasts or not, she is entitled to dignity and protection from vigilantes.

This is what having humanity looks like.

Rachel Reeves you will/have cut benefits in that group are OAPs & #unpaidcarers there us not 9.2m uneconomical people sat on our butts twiddling our thumbs it's just you don't want recognise our work cause we are gov't slaves 8.7m #unpaidcarers put in 50% of paid staff hrs 1/2

The DWP is refusing to release a report into deaths of disabled people Buried for four years, we only know about it thanks to the persistence of Disability News Service, but even now, the DWP is standing firm. What is in it that is so damning? #DisabilityRebellion thecanary.co/uk/analysis/20…

Unpaid carers get an allowance of £11.90 a day Minimum wage is £12.21 Unpaid carers don’t even get the minimum wage for a days caring which can range from 5 hrs a day to 24 hours a day every day of the week 🪡

Disabled people aren’t asking for luxury - just enough to live. Enough to eat, to heat, to cover disability costs and to exist with dignity. Raise PIP. Raise UC. Raise Carer’s Allowance. No more excuses. #WelfareNotWarfare #DisabilityBenefits #PIP

I'm glad I'll never understand that some people are currently prepping to go on TV to defend this. They probably kiss their kids goodnight.

When the show 'Benefits Street' was produced, a poll showed that the public thought 41% of the welfare budget went to people who were unemployed; the real figure was 2.3%. Politicians and journalists don't just respond to public opinion — they actively shape it.

Solidarity with Sangita!

Writer can no longer stay silent

An unpaid carer is never off duty, hour after hour, year after year.

Wes Streeting has bagged another £58,000 from sources connected to the private health sector since taking over at the health department. But what do his backers expect in return? goodlaw.social/lvf8