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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

🚨 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...

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...

#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...

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...

“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-...

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

Here's an example of a very serious #databreach - #Hackney council sending very personal info to the wrong person entirely - names of children, fostering details, abuse, the works. Public sector data protection is an utter shambles. #autism #disability whovotedforthis.buzzsprout.com/2414550/epis...

#WelfareNotWarfare 📢Local Action Annoucenent📢 Saturday 19th April 2025 12 noon to 2pm Ipswich Town Hall Corn Hill Ipswich 1P1 1DH

@chrisdillow.bsky.social How are you? Sun is out here and I am mostly thinking about chasing Starmer around a pub with a loudspeaker and a speech pertaining to his abject failure to tax major corporates to pay for public services.

True, Trump's a fool. But as I wrote here, politics is not merely a matter of asserting one's intellectual superiority. It requires an analysis of capitalist politics: why did this fool acquire power? stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_an...

Hello bluesky. I'm a journalist - been writing interview based articles on #benefit cuts and #housing problems for 20 years. Present fantasy involves kicking Keir #Starmer around for not taxing corporates to pay for public services. Are you joking mate #homelessness whovotedforthis.buzzsprout.com

Neda Tehrani, @neda_teh, who did such a brilliant job editing The Department, is now available for freelance work. I can't recommend her highly enough. She's one of the main reasons we've been able to use the book to hold #DWP to account so effectively over the last eight months.

Really enjoying Ramping Up Rights by the remarkable talent that is @RachelCDailey. A modern history of UK disability activism, it couldn't be more timely, with disabled people and our rights being attacked from all sides. Out in July, but pre-order here:

Department for Work and Pensions staff are making tens of thousands of potentially fatal errors every month when dealing with disabled people’s universal credit claims, just as the department prepares to increase its level of interaction with claimants.

An online education provider has been accused of “blatant discrimination” after charging disabled students thousands of pounds more a year than non-disabled students for the same qualifications.