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Missing; have you seen Rachel Reeves MP? and other protest dates

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A quick update on upcoming protests.

Missing – have you seen Rachel Reeves MP?  31 May

Assemble 10 am 

Leeds DPAC and Leeds, Wakefield & York Unite Community will be sharing the concerns of disabled people in West Leeds about the proposed cuts outside of Rachel Reeves MP’s constituency office.

More details from DPAC

 

Louth Lincolnshire DPAC  31 May

Assemble 11am Louth Market Place.

More details from DPAC

 

Milton Keynes disability protest, 31 May

Assemble 11am, outside Milton Keynes Theatre

More details from DPAC

 

Protest outside the disability cuts consultation in Cardiff, 3 June

Please note: although the consultation has been cancelled by the DWP, the protest will still take place as planned.

Assemble 12.00pm More details from DPAC

 

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    robbie
    · 2 hours ago
    Things are stepping up, with mps getting the point :

    https://www.google.co.uk/url?q=https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/25203564.crunch-time-evidence-welfare-cuts-mounts/&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwiCztbtoNKNAxVjVkEAHVupC50Q0PADegQICRAH&usg=AOvVaw2i6uri86wwTSCCvCkAIKct
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    rtbcpart2
    · 3 hours ago
    My whole post

    BBC 1, Dr Who, season 2, episode 7, Wish World, 24 May 2025:

    The disabled community:

    "We don't just sit around complaining. We have a plan. We're going to bring down... "

    They say "God"

    I was thinking more "Government".


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    rtbcpart2
    · 3 hours ago
    BBC 1, Dr Who,24 May 2025 :

     "We don't just sit around complaining. We have a plan. We're going to bring down... "
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    robbie
    · 8 hours ago
    A strong article on the threat from cuts to carers:


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    robbie
    · 8 hours ago
    Sound familiar?

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    Moose
    · 16 hours ago
    Does anyone know the actual date of the all important vote in Parliament for the benefits revamp?
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      Slb
      · 13 hours ago
      @Moose Not yet been announced. Supposedly June, but it was also first meant to be May!
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    godgivemestrength
    · 16 hours ago
    @Neal, bloody great, that.
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    Neal
    · 20 hours ago
    Or write down y o u t u b e or google  ( 1 MIN AGO: Keir Starmer FLIPS OUT After Jeremy Corbyn Gave Him A BRUTAL REALITY CHECK ) Thanks
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    Neal
    · 20 hours ago
    1 MIN AGO: Keir Starmer FLIPS OUT After Jeremy Corbyn Gave Him A BRUTAL REALITY CHECK .. See Y o u t u b eLinl here  below
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      Yorkie Bard
      · 16 hours ago
      @gingin gingin ditto - though JC did look a lot younger!
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      gingin
      · 18 hours ago
      @Neal Dunno how I missed it - watched the whole thing and didn't see the Starmer bit. 
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    Yorkie Bard
    · 1 days ago
    Some good information here:-


    If you hit the red link at the bottom it takes you to
    this page has links to other resources including:-


    This is very detailed & full of info - very useful for people engaging with politicians - I thought of Gingin? 


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    rtbcpart2
    · 1 days ago
    If you can't manage on the crumbs we get from dwp, there's always pie in the sky!

    https://www.google.co.uk/url?q=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/dwp-claimants-more-help-councils-31759206&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwivlsvYts-NAxWGZ0EAHRZVCtMQxfQBegQIChAC&usg=AOvVaw2Oq1RIexHXBqlaYV1-hCT3
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    Dez
    · 1 days ago
    The Sun is reporting that Kemi Badenoch has apparently made it clear that the Tories intend to vote against the cuts as well because they "don't go far enough" but you know it's actually because they just want to see Starmer squirm. 

    I don't want to commit to the old saying of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" when it comes to the Tories but I still can't help but feel somewhat satisfied that the Tories being petty as always will be what may down these proposals.

    I also just want to see Kendall's smug smile be wiped off her face, even if we're stuck with her for the long term. I don't feel I'm asking for much.
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      tintack
      · 1 hours ago
      @SLB
      I forgot about the surprisingly large number of MPs who became independents when they had their party whip removed or chose to leave their party. I wondered who the fourth Gaza MP is and apparently it's Ayoub Khan, who is indeed a former Lib Dem but chose to stand as an independent when the Lib Dems told him to keep quiet about Gaza (that's what he says, whether it's true or not I have no idea). 

      The four Gaza MPs tend to sit next to Corbyn in the Commons and have apparently worked quite closely with him, so although we don't know for certain how they would vote it's a pretty fair bet they will vote against the cuts (which is certainly what Corbyn will do).

      I think I'm right in saying that seven of the eight former Labour MPs are those who were suspended when they voted for the SNP motion concerning the two child cap some months ago. They will certainly vote against. The eighth is Rosie Duffield. I would be surprised if she didn't do the same.
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      Frances
      · 2 hours ago
      @Kat Rehman @Kat Rehman, I can't work out all scenarios because things depend on total means tested benefits received by a household. I just understand the principle that there's no point giving one means tested benefit when it would just reduce another and government has not factored that into restoring uc child element for more than two children.
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      Kat Rehman
      · 4 hours ago
      @Frances I wondered at this, surely if they scrap the 2 child cap and you get benefits for 10 kids you'd still be capped under the overall cap?
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      SLB
      · 12 hours ago
      @Yorkie Bard If there are 650 MPs, you basically have to reduce that by the number of abstentions, which was why I took off Sinn Fein.  With the speak and three deputies, that brings us down to 639.  If 50 Labour MPs abstained, that would bring it down to 589.  Then, to win, we need more than half of THAT number to actually vote against.   So abstentions do help to a certain degree because, if nothing else, they are not voting FOR, and they bring down the number of votes actually needed. 

      I think!
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      SLB
      · 12 hours ago
      @Yorkie Bard There's 8(!) Former Labour MPs now counted as independent - and listed as such in my numbers, which come from here:  https://members.parliament.uk/parties/commons.
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    Anniesmum
    · 1 days ago
    https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/35202672/tories-labour-disability-benefits-rebellion-welfare/
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    Gingin
    · 1 days ago
    Guardian reporting nearly 200 MPs against the cuts…this is starting to look tasty!!

    https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/may/31/labours-poll-ratings-drop-is-starmer-future-in-question



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      tintack
      · 23 hours ago
      @Dez
      "That one MP saying they 'don't commit regicide' when it comes to ousting Starmer. No, you don't. You just poison the well if your leader is too progressive for you and force them to resign."

      ......while simultaneously claiming to be the pragmatic "adults in the room" and accusing the progressive wing of the party of being the ones who are guilty of fixating on ideological purity and an unwillingness to compromise.

      "Also, considering they're anonymous: smart money says it's one of the key people who helped get rid of Corbyn in the first place."

      Yes, I'd say that's pretty much nailed on. With the Labour right, every accusation is a confession.


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      tintack
      · 1 days ago
      @SLB
      "that impact assessment in the autumn could make all the difference."

      I'm sure that's why they want the vote to happen in June - because if the vote is delayed until after the impact assessment then defeat becomes even more likely. That doesn't necessarily mean that if the vote happens in June they think they're certain to win, it just means they think they have a better chance of winning if they hold it then rather than in the autumn - which doesn't rule out a significant chance of defeat even in a June vote, especially with the Tories now confirming they will vote against, and the number of Labour MPs opposed said to be well into three figures. With the figures which appear to be ranged against them it's hard to see how they could be certain of winning a vote now.
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      tintack
      · 1 days ago
      @rookie
      "government figures planning for the bill to pass all its Commons stages before the summer recess"

      The best laid plans of mice and men.....

      "there is a scenario in which....welfare is done and actually it doesn’t look too bad going into the summer"

      There is a scenario in which I have the night of my life with Mila Kunis and Kim Kardashian, but that doesn't mean it's likely to happen. Oh, and I like this bit:

      “Things are still pretty early on in parliament, and the solace people have is that living standards are trending in the right direction.”

      Unless you're sick or disabled, in which case we're going to grind your living standard into the dirt.
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      Dez
      · 1 days ago
      @Gingin That one MP saying they 'don't commit regicide' when it comes to ousting Starmer. No, you don't. You just poison the well if your leader is too progressive for you and force them to resign.

      Also, considering they're anonymous: smart money says it's one of the key people who helped get rid of Corbyn in the first place.
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      rookie
      · 1 days ago
      @Gingin @Gingin, indeed. Apparently there are

      "government figures planning for the bill to pass all its Commons stages before the summer recess"

      Oh, really?

      and

      "there is a scenario in which....welfare is done and actually it doesn’t look too bad going into the summer"

      Hmm, yes there is. 
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    Lill
    · 1 days ago
    Media get paid to write things if lots of people stopped giving them attention and unsubscribed it would make a difference and as for some of these headlines its churnalism if enough MPs vote against the cuts it won't pass the media need to stop saying that it will .
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    Dave Dee
    · 1 days ago
    They want to take the power GP's have of giving fit notes away also.

    They do not want you to have a penny if you can't work, it's that simple and apparently doing that will help Labour beat Reform, it's absolute lunacy, Labour are a one term government and I never want to see them anywhere near government ever again after this.

    Oh Labour have an answer if we can't work, it's called euthanasia.

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      Cathedral city
      · 1 days ago
      @Cecelia Yes
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      Cecelia
      · 1 days ago
      @Dave Dee So we could be on £400 a month standard Universal credit.
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    CaroA
    · 2 days ago
    History will remember that these were the people and organisations who stood up for the poor and disabled in this country against the proposed devastating disability benefit cuts.

    Please share this on social media or with anyone who might want to see or amplify it.


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    Disability and Advocacy Organisations:
    Scope, Disability Rights UK, Inclusion London, Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC), DPO Forum England, Disability Sheffield, Community Integrated Care, NSUN, WinVisible, Crips Against Cuts, Disability Benefits Consortium, Mencap, Sense, RNIB, RNID, National Autistic Society, Leonard Cheshire, Business Disability Forum

    Homelessness and Poverty Charities (joint letter to Liz Kendall):
    St Mungo’s, Crisis, Shelter, YMCA, Homeless Link, Centrepoint, The Passage, Thames Reach, Depaul UK, Single Homeless Project, Justlife, Hope Housing, The Connection at St Martin’s, Groundswell, Turn2us, Joseph Rowntree Foundation

    Faith-Based Organisations:
    Church of England (Archbishop of York, Bishop of Leicester), Together for the Church of England, Student Christian Movement

    Advocacy and Rights Groups:
    Citizens Advice SORT Group, Minority Rights Group, Campaign for Disability Justice, Carers UK, Carers Trust

    Trade Unions:
    PCS, Unite Community, BFAWU, TUC, Scottish TUC

    Disabled People’s Campaigns and Activists:
    DPAC, Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People (GMCDP), #TakingThePIP campaign

    Public Figures:
    Liz Carr, Rosie Jones, Ruth Madeley, James Taylor (Scope)

    International Bodies:
    UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

    Political Parties and Governments:
    Liberal Democrats (Leader Sir Ed Davey), Green Party of England and Wales, Welsh Government (Labour-led)

    Parliamentary and Political Opposition:
    Over 170 Labour MPs, Diane Abbott, Andy Burnham (Greater Manchester), Sadiq Khan (London), Rachael Maskell (York Central), Steve Witherden (Montgomeryshire & Glyndŵr), Ros Jones (Doncaster), Leeds West and Pudsey CLP

    42 Labour MPs who signed the opposition letter:
    Diane Abbott, Paula Barker, Lee Barron, Lorraine Beavers, Apsana Begum, Olivia Blake, Richard Burgon, Dawn Butler, Ian Byrne, Stella Creasy, Neil Duncan-Jordan, Cat Eccles, Barry Gardiner, Mary Glindon, Sarah Hall, Chris Hinchliff, Imran Hussain, Terry Jermy, Kim Johnson, Mary Kelly Foy, Peter Lamb, Ian Lavery, Brian Leishman, Emma Lewell, Clive Lewis, Rebecca Long-Bailey, Rachael Maskell, Andy McDonald, John McDonnell, Abtisam Mohamed, Grahame Morris, Charlotte Nichols, Simon Opher, Kate Osborne, Richard Quigley, Andrew Ranger, Bell Ribeiro-Addy, Zarah Sultana, Jon Trickett, Chris Webb, Nadia Whittome, Steve Witherden


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    Note: This list is as accurate as possible at this time, but some names or organisations may have been missed or updated since. If anyone wants to mention or add others, please do — and please keep sharing this widely.
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      CaroA
      · 1 days ago
      @Gingin Great thank you Gingin.  Yes please reword I think it probably should say sick and disabled but we can build on this and keep reposting.
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      Gingin
      · 2 days ago
      @CaroA Done. Changed wording slightly to ‘will remember those people and organisations…’ Thanks, CaroA
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    gingin
    · 2 days ago
    Cardiff protest on 3rd June going ahead despite the cowardly DWP cancelling the consultation. See DPAC site for details. Organisers have chosen a central location which is actually suitable and accessible for disabled people - something the DWP could not, or did not want to do. 

    To the average onlooker Labour seem to be afraid of losing a fight with people in wheelchairs or with other serious health conditions. Just like they were afraid of turning up to the listening session for MPs organised by Carers Uk. I think the testimonies of carers that I heard in that session would have knocked them down or made them cringe with shame. Actually, no, i'm getting carried away - you need a conscience for that. These no shows just prove that their claim to be leading a 'moral' crusade is just an extra shot of Kool Aid for the general public. 
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      Old Morher
      · 1 days ago
      @Mick Vote of no confidence.  Remove them and let’s have a general election. 
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      Mick
      · 2 days ago
      @gingin
      Spineless cowards, none of their arguments stand up or can be justified in any shape or form.  We know it and they know it.  They have zero interest in consultation and are not listening even when they do have one of their shamsultations.

      The whole green paper and all their plans have to be completely scrapped, along with scrapping them as a government.
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    Elizabeth Vidler
    · 2 days ago
    No hope really is there if Timms treats those having seizures badly, I have them and have known all along that this so called pathway to work was nothing but a joke, I am not surprised by his reaction, it seems compassion is severely lacking in the Labour camp.  Oh well will have to await our fate, my seizures are frequent but vary in type, I also have to deal with incontinence, I lost daily living at my last review, I just hope to keep my mobilty, I also hope to retain lcwra for a year as I am cb based only but won't hold my breath I made the mistake of setting aside some savings how dumb was I.
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    Not your average bear
    · 2 days ago
    Yesterday, l saw a new consultant for my bone muscle disease. I didn't see a consultant for years, but I have engaged with OT who wrote a very good letter that I handed in to pip ..  My condition has worsened.  I don't think it's a good idea to involve my new consultant.  It was a disaster..Straight away l don't like her . I have  a physical disability too ,meaning I don't look like the average bear ..This causes incredible anxiety..Heart pounding and sometimes panic attacks..  The appointment was very strange.  I won't go into detail.. Will my old OT letter still be counted as evidence.  I can also get a support letter from my GP 
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      SLB
      · 2 days ago
      @Not your average bear If it's recent, it should be, although they might ask your new consultant for comments, too.  It's horrible when you don't like a consultant.  When I was first diagnosed with PsA, I had a consultant who was absolutely awful.  I started cancelling appointments because I couldn't bear to go, so in the end my GP arranged for a change of consultant.  I knew I could ask for one myself, but it's a very uncomfortable thing to do.    

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