Adored chatting to India Amarteifo about her experiences growing up with a single mum on a low income, why it's so important to get the benefits system working for people, and what it was like to be part of the glitzy #Bridgerton world

Turn2us - Tackling Financial Insecurity Together

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This has to be one of the best food projects I’ve covered - Dean’s a professional chef and walks the streets of London serving piping hot food to rough sleepers.

It took a worrying turn when we were stopped outside King’s Cross station

Feeding Communities

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Hey Jeremy Hunt 👋

Just another reminder that Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is not an ‘out of work’ benefit.

If you’re still confused about disability benefits, check out our website. We've got lots of information that could help 🔗 scope.org.uk/advice-and-sup…

The DWP is launching a consultation which it claims will “make our disability benefit system fit for the future”. ✅

But campaigners have described the proposed changes as a “reckless assault” on disabled people. 🚫

Isabella McRae reports. 👇
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And still government will angle the narrative that those in need of disability benefits, particularly those blighted by mental health issues, are at it and just need to give themselves a shake and get back to it. Shameful

Here we go again. 'Maybe they should get treatment instead of benefits'

1. It's not either or
2. They would be getting treatment if you hadn't run the NHS and care services into the ground

A worrying UN report revealing the injustice disabled people face in the UK -including the deeply concerning situation for thousands of people with a learning disability and / or autistic people trapped in mental health units due to there being no suitable housing and social care

Great Big Issue article by Sumi Rabindrakumar: PM's disability speech last week was 'heavy on rhetoric, light on credible solutions [to] help people excluded from work or address unacceptably high numbers of disabled & sick people facing hunger and hardship.' bigissue.com/opinion/dwp-di…

📰The Big Issue: 'Hate speech, snooping and benefits: How government policy has 'violated disabled people's rights''

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Big Issue Isabella McRae

🚨 NEW: UK government has failed to address 'grave and systemic violations' of disabled people's rights, a UN committee has found.

Disabled people face “abuse”, “trauma” and death as a result of government policies in social care, welfare and housing

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NEW: A disability activist has been granted permission to take the DWP to court over its plans to tighten a key disability benefit test

Ellen Clifford is bringing a judicial review of the consultation into changes to the WCA

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The government wants to make it harder to claim disability benefits but this is the reality 👇

Pauline had schizophrenia and physical disabilities but was denied PIP. She was only awarded it following a terminal cancer diagnosis. She died soon after.

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“I have never been so ashamed to call myself a civil servant. After years of crackpot Tory ideas, I can’t take it anymore. Criminalising homelessness has been the straw that has broken the camel’s back.”

Really strong reporting from Liam Geraghty here

If you want to know how our country really treats the vulnerable, follow Isabella. Unmissable stories that just don't get reported elsewhere

I guarantee you Isabella is the best reporter you don't follow, so rectify that

It is really brave of Sarah to speak out about her daughter’s horrific situation.

She’s been in a mental health hospital for a decade because she has a learning disability.

There isn’t enough housing or social care support for her to leave

Sarah explains to the Big Issue why her daughter has been 'trapped' for 10 years in a mental health hospital, with a lack of community support stopping her leaving.

Hundreds more with a #LearningDIsability are in the same situation right now. Read more: bigissue.com/news/social-ju…

A little bit of news: very excited that I’m now a senior reporter Big Issue ✨

Still covering stories around social justice, and looking forward to many more!

✍️ A reporter for The Big Issue, @IsabellaMcRae has spent months investigating the reality of the disability benefits system.

And she’s held the government to account while centring disabled voices throughout.

'People always wanted to stay in Gaza, but with how violent this war is and the destruction it has caused, leaving is the only option.

Palestinian lives matter. They deserve to be protected.'

Read Roba's story of trying to bring her family to safety👇
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