❗️People with terminal or lifelong conditions and disabilities shouldn’t have to keep proving they’re ill to get support. We're standing with @mariecurieuk.bsky.social and 30+ organisations to call on the government to change this, so people don't have to go through repeated stress and uncertainty.

People living with life-limiting illnesses that will only get worse shouldn’t have to be put through repeated benefits reassessments. They add stress and paperwork at a time when people are already dealing with so much. It has to stop. 🛑 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

‘Since 2015 the detention of people with autism without a learning disability has shot up by 152%…this is a crisis of human rights’ !! #disability #autism

Countdown to Winterbourne Day Two: The 152% Surge

COUNTDOWN TO WINTERBOURNE DAY 5 🏘️ FROM WARDS TO THE STREETS What happens when you close a hospital without a community roadmap? You create a pipeline to prison or the streets. 🏚️🚓 #ForensicPathways #Homelessness #Winterbourne15 #HomesNotHospitals #NothingHasChanged

If your asylum policies "suffer a blow" by not being allowed to detain victims of trafficking and torture in camps then your asylum policies are sickeningly abhorrent and should be thrown out, along with every person involved in creating and implementing them. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

If Labour really cared about getting people into work the Access to work Scheme would be cherished and well funded. Instead it’s being cut and disabled people are losing their jobs. This project is trying to rescue the situation in Wales. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/new-scheme-o...

It’s 15 years since the Winterbourne View abuse scandal yet people with a learning disability and autistic people remain locked away in mental health hospitals. Join me and @Mencap.org.uk and leave a message for the people with the power to change things. secure.mencap.org.uk/fight_for_fr...

From Young Minds: ‘NHS England data shows the average wait is above 300 days’ ‘In the worst cases, young people are waiting over two and a half years (976 days) between a referral to mental health services and accessing support.’ www.youngminds.org.uk/about-us/med...

I really hope that some people will consider complaining to the BBC, this is a huge editorial failure. It is platforming paid-for corporate lobbyists in place of informed expert voices..in the week that the Pope joined the ranks of world’s most astute AI commentators.

Question Time is at it again, putting together a homogeneously pro-AI panel for tonight's special on the environmentally ruinous technology

Before another word is written about young people, how about UK Gov acts on fake job ads whose sole purpose is data harvesting? Join the dots. “Finding a job was incredibly difficult,” he said. “We’re talking hundreds and hundreds of job applications.” www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Large study (av age 45) shows people with #LongCovid are 4.48x more likely to have a Major Adverse Cardiovascular Event (stroke, pulmonary embolism, heart failure) & 53% more likely to die. True regardless of age, BMI, vaccination, variant. Risks last 3+ years from infection. 1/

Government faces legal action after claimant is refused entry to #PIP tribunal because of his assistance dog www.disabilitynewsservice.com/government-f...

And the results are in: ‘for those described as “long term sick or disabled” – the addition of employment advice to regular talking therapy made it less likely that a disabled person would be in work and reduced average monthly earnings..’ www.disabilitynewsservice.com/government-r...

As we suspected ‘The study shows that, for those already in work or off sick from a job, adding employment advice to talking therapy reduced average earnings and the probability of being in work, compared with those only receiving talking therapy.’ Please listen to disabled people! #disability

Secret histories unearthed by author show how disabled people fought injustice through the centuries #Disability #DisabilityHistory #DavidTurner www.disabilitynewsservice.com/secret-histo...

Exclusive: Councils will be given top marks by the government if their SEND reform proposals include 'little to no' plans to increase special school or alternative provision capacity schoolsweek.co.uk/revealed-dfe...

😑 My daughter has currently 4 jobs whilst at university and I'll tell why. In Iceland where she spent her high school years they have something call Vinnuskóli (The Work School) Icelandic municipal program where nearly 80% of teenagers aged 14 to 16 get jobs ⬇️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cl...

Not all heroes wear capes. Some spend their lives fighting greedy corporations poisoning communities for profit. If Erin Brockovich is sounding the alarm about data centers, people should start paying attention. Her website to track data centers will be a HUGE help. SPREAD THE WORD!

Oops, he just said the quiet part out loud: cutting taxes for fossil fuel giants to l̶o̶w̶e̶r̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶r̶ ̶b̶i̶l̶l̶s push their profits higher. We say tax excess profits, cut bills, build renewables, break free from fossil fuel doom-loops. Agree? Act now: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ra...

Energy bills are still far too high. JRF’s new Affordable Energy Guarantee would give every household a protected amount of cheaper energy, cutting bills now and protecting people from future shocks. For the lowest-income households, the savings would be worth over a month’s free energy.

Surfers Against Sewage are about to meet with the government to discuss the sewage pollution scandal. Sign the petition to show just how many of us demand change. Over 270k have signed - now let's get this to a number Starmer can't ignore. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...

Ministers talk about prevention So why wait for deaths from heatstroke at work before Government action "Struggling to work in the heat? The government needs to listen to the Climate Change Committee & TUC who are calling for a maximum workplace temperature cap" via Green Party of England and Wales

Interesting that the idea of another EU referendum is regularly discussed on broascast media as something that would cause division and thus a bad idea. But plans to deport literally millions of people are discussed as administrative questions.

Insight into murky goings on between Gov and local authorities on SEND. Note the writing off of local authority SEND debt is CONDITIONAL on authorities having no plans for building new special needs schools. How can such a blanket requirement be compatible with LA duties to meet children’s needs?

Schools could face an increase in complaints, legal challenges and tensions with parents as a result of the government’s planned SEND reforms, experts are warning

Absolutely endorse the importance of reading @alicemydaughter.bsky.social’s book written with love and honesty, while illustrating the devastating harm of the mainstreaming of transphobic hate. 🏳️‍⚧️rights are human rights.

🧵 Why do so many (want to) believe they live in a country of benefit scroungers? "In its latest report, Policy in Practice estimates that £24.1bn in benefits & social tariffs will go unclaimed in 2025-26." Lack of "awareness, complexity & stigma are the main barriers stopping people claiming."

As we await GANHRI’s accreditation report, we reveal the EHRC’s preposterous response to previous international criticism. tacc.org.uk/2026/05/25/e...

Natasha Devon: "This is about Palantir. I think there's probably a limited amount that I have time to say & can say on air about Palantir" Palantir, the US surveillance company that supplies ICE & the IDF among others, should be kicked out of all our public services.

“They’ve had their lives completely demolished by this illness.” Millions are living with #LongCovid while society has moved on. Former Team GB rower @oonaghcousins.bsky.social developed #MECFS following Covid and had to retire.

#Glyphosate and #AMR - we are powering up resistance in multiple ways on this #PoisonedPlanet www.earth.com/news/glyphos...

So there’s more dirty money flowing through the UK than is spent on the NHS. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Being neurodivergent or disabled can make interacting with police downright dangerous. In fact, half of all US police violence is enacted on people with disabilities, mainly disabled people of color. Source: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... (1/2)

My latest article on UK free zones. From Freeports to AI Growth Zones, Britain is quietly being transformed into a network of deregulated corporate enclaves where democracy is replaced by private governance. tribunemag.co.uk/2026/05/free...

Some trans-hostile people say “Let women speak!” Well, over 100,000 women just did and they stood up firmly and in great numbers in support of trans inclusion. youtu.be/LPFaD9E1dlc #NotInOurName #TransWomenAreWomen #TransMenAreMen #NonBinaryIsValid #TransRightsAreHumanRights

🔴 Wes Streeting has said that Palantir is “absolutely critical to the future of the NHS.” But Palantir’s £330m NHS platform is “slow an clunky” and eight to ten times slower at analysing data than the current NHS tool in use Massive scoop on Democracy for Sale: open.substack.com/pub/democrac...

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

Last week, the Minister for Women and Equalities submitted to Parliament an updated Code of Practice to the Equality Act, following last year’s Supreme Court ruling. NION Women stand firmly for trans inclusion. Read our full statement here: notinourname.org.uk/targeting-tr... #NotInOurName

“The fatigue of ME/CFS is so unlike the ordinary use of the term, that it feels like far too small a word.” Yes! Excellent post. I have mild #longcovid. I can work and live a paced life. Many others cannot. It is cruel. Quality of life plummets. Your life changes. You adapt. You have no choice.

One flea treatment of a medium-sized dog contains enough pesticide to kill 60 million bees. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"custodial sentences for acts of direct action or civil disobedience were once rare but are now being imposed with increasing length and frequency."

Sorry, but this is just not good enough People have had it with politicians telling us we can’t do what 90% of the countries in the world do - run water in public ownership This is an issue that tells the public who you’re prepared to fight for: US-private equity giants OR the British public.

Disability Rights UK response to SEND reforms: “nothing more than cuts to support and the dismantling of our rights” and will have “a devastating impact on all disabled children and young people, deepening inequalities that will continue to perpetuate harm long after school”.

Well, this sure as hell needs to be more widely known. "The Labour Party leadership has caused uproar by banning its councillors from doing local deals with the Green Party." This is forcing Labour councillors to do deals with Tories. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

So we have full 2025 immigration stats - Total net down by 2/3rds in 2025 (3/4 from peak) - Small boat arrivals in 2026 down 40%. Asylum backlog down 48%; returns up 9% - Asylum seekers in hotels down 35% (down 48% from peak) YET PUBLIC PERCEPTION 49% think 2025 saw increase; only 16% know it fell

Shocking figures from the UK Samaritans, who have seen a 40% rise in calls following the Supreme Court Anti-Trans judgement, respond to the EHRC guidance. 💔 www.samaritans.org/news/samarit...