Geri ❤️<p>Labour MP Vicky Foxcroft has resigned as a government whip over proposed benefit cuts</p><p>She said: "I have wrestled with whether I should resign or remain in the government and fight for change from within. Sadly it is now seems that we are not going to get the changes I desperately wanted to see</p><p>"I therefore tender my resignation as I know I will not be able to do the job that is required of me and whip - or indeed vote - for reforms which include cuts to disabled people's finances"</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/benefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>benefits</span></a></p>
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Hmmm...has Transport for London been lent on to block Save the Children's advert urging the end of the two child-cap on benefits?
Given they ran Shelter's advert(s) urging investment in social housing, and political pressure can be seen in London mayor, Sadiq Khan's recent (but separate) intervention on behalf of BPAS, it seems clear something is going on & may well be in the form of a quiet word to TfL bosses to find the StC advert(s) 'political'?
The Guardian · TfL blocks Save the Children advert calling for end to two-child benefit limit
The DWP has blood on its hands.... and if you think this is the only fatal case, you'd be wrong.
And, let me remind you that now what the DWP did by 'mistake' looks more like Govt. policy.
Removing benefits from disabled people is not a 'difficult choice' its callous & inhumane and potentially fatal.
BBC NewsJodey Whiting: Inquest finds benefits led to mum taking own lifeJodey Whiting "lost hope" after being deemed fit for work, her mum tells a new inquest.
"An estimated £7.5 billion in Universal Credit benefits went unclaimed in 2023 due to Department for Work and Pensions complicated eligibility criteria, lack of public awareness, and poor communication from authorities."
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2025/05/27/universal-credit-eligibility/
Canary · £7.5bn of Universal Credit went unclaimed in one year - yet Labour is cutting people's benefits?Just as Labour claims DWP spending is out of control, research reveals that 1.2 million households missed out on £7.5bn in Universal Credit
https://www.europesays.com/2118901/ June Social Security Payments Set to Hit New Record #benefits #business #money #PersonalFinance #retirement #SocialSecurity #welfare
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“My father & grandfather served in segregated units during the World Wars. They fought for #democracy abroad while being denied it at home. When my grandfather returned to Mississippi from WWI, he was forced to flee the state by #WhiteSupremacists who saw his service in France — as a #Black man in an unsegregated society — as a threat. My father returned from WWII only to be treated like a #SecondClassCitizen, denied certain #veterans #benefits & rights under #JimCrow.
Labour is taking the Pip – and disabled people have had enough | Cherylee Houston https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/27/labour-taking-the-pip-disabled-people #Universalcredit #Socialexclusion #Unemployment #Disability #Benefits #Politics #Poverty #Society #Labour
The Guardian · Labour is taking the Pip – and disabled people have had enough
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"No court order is needed for such en masse surveillance. The affected individuals won’t be told. There is no right of appeal. The information that DWP will demand has not yet been explained. The government has promised a code of practice but that has not yet been published i.e. the law has been passed by the Commons without knowing the full details."
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"Banks will be required to develop algorithms to search and report information demanded by DWP. The cost of developing algorithms is to be borne by banks and will ultimately be passed to bank customers. Inevitably, banks are not keen on the new duties, especially as it makes them a de facto arm of the repressive state and conflicts with their duty of confidentiality."