Recovery in the Bin

we must tackle misogyny and racism together

Real safety comes from equality, justice and human rights, not scapegoating. Challenge disinformation. Centre survivors. Invest in justice. Tackle misogyny and racism together.

Violence against women and girls is a human rights crisis.

But far-right actors are weaponising it to spread racism, Islamophobia and division.

This is failing survivors while inflaming hate.

Read the full briefing: amn.st/63326hhSJg

Scores of DWP failings linked to deaths were kept from MPs voting on benefit cuts, secret reports reveal Scores of failings that contributed to the deaths of disabled people who relied on the social security system were kept from MPs who were voting on cuts to disability benefits in the summer of 2025…

Scores of failings that contributed to the deaths of disabled people who relied on the social security system were kept from MPs who were voting on cuts to disability benefits in the summer of 2025, new documents have revealed.
#DWP
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I knew I had seen a similar thing somewhere before

Labour is a far right party

New official figures disprove claims that social security spending is ‘spiralling out of control’ New official figures published alongside this week’s spring statement have again disproved claims that spending on “welfare” is “spiralling out of control”. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OB…

New official figures disprove claims that social security spending is ‘spiralling out of control’
#SpringStatement
@meljstridemp.bsky.social @ritb.bsky.social
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"There was a shared the belief that the lack of compassion, care, and safety in mental health services across the country has significantly contributed to the rising number of suicides nationally."

☝️In 10 years of peer work, I've heard patient & carer stories that haunt me still.

Dismissal, Retaliation, and Institutional Betrayal: A Qualitative, Survivor-Led Study Exploring the Systemic Failures of NHS Mental Health Complaints Systems A Qualitative, Survivor-Led Study Exploring the Systemic Failures of NHS Mental Health Complaints Systems

🧵 CW: Suicide, iatrogenic harm

In January 2024 I shared a questionnaire on twitter, asking people about their experiences of making a complaint to NHS mental health services. Its taken me a while to write up, but its finally published here.

1/15

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Study Finds Remote and Hybrid Working Boosts Disabled Workers’ Health

A major UK study has found what disabled people knew: remote and hybrid working arrangements boost the health, wellbeing and job retention of Disabled workers. It warns that declining availability of such jobs threaten this.
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/study-f...
Via @disrightsuk.bsky.social

This is him. This is who he’s always been.

He’s determined not to change in any way isn’t he? He’s been so convinced by the sycophants around him that he’s right and everyone else is wrong that he really believes it.

Inquiry hears how lack of accountability for disabled people’s Covid deaths caused lasting harm The lack of accountability for the tens of thousands of Covid-related deaths of disabled people receiving care in their own homes and residential settings has caused lasting harm, the UK Covid inqu…

Inquiry hears how lack of accountability for disabled people’s Covid deaths caused lasting harm
#Covid #CovidInquiry
@disrightsuk.bsky.social
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Still, I’m sure it’ll be fine…especially with Wes Streeting as Health Secretary…what could possibly go wrong?

BAFTA Fallout I want to start this post with a significant caveat – attempting to talk about complex, emotive and highly charged issues within the constraints of the frenzied news cycle is difficult and unpredictab...

Solidarity with John Davidson, & everyone experiencing similar issues, seeing the abuse he is facing today. “To those at the BBC who chose to air John’s tics while censoring support for Palestine, I urge you to consider whose interests you’re actually serving.”

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Disabled activist obtains ‘extremely worrying’ emails that show ‘rotten culture’ within rail industry Emails that targeted a leading disabled activist have exposed a “rotten culture” at senior levels of the rail industry. The internal emails were obtained from the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) – the se…

Emails that targeted a leading disabled activist have exposed a “rotten culture” at senior levels of the rail industry.
#RailDeliveryGroup
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'The system failed my brother - I won't give up my fight for people like him' After a torrid week, Keir Starmer says he 'will not give up on my fight' for people who are struggling or have been let down by the system - like his late brother Nick

Our Brass Neck of the Week Award goes to….

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

A special Hall of Shame tonight for all the hate spreading, misinformed and ableist trolls.

Secret DWP training shows the savagery of universal credit health regime to be unleashed in April. Claimants with the most severe physical and mental health conditions receive only the lower rate because of a possibility that their condition may improve, even if not for over a decade

ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.

Council admits discrimination after DWP ‘migration’ left disabled couple with £1,500 tax bill A local authority has admitted discriminating against a disabled couple who were left with a significant new council tax bill after they were forced to move onto universal credit. The legal victory…

A local authority has admitted discriminating against a disabled couple who were left with a significant new council tax bill after they were forced to move onto universal credit.
#UniversalCredit #CouncilTax #DWP
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Genuinely not sure what they hope to achieve from this, as the only thing they have so far is support from Murdoch rags and lots of potential supporters who would now never support them in a million years

One in five assessors have not had vital safeguarding training, despite years of DWP deaths One in five staff employed by contractors who carry out disability benefit assessments on the government’s behalf have not had vital safeguarding training, MPs have been told, despite years of deat…

One in five staff employed by contractors who carry out disability benefit assessments on the government’s behalf have not had vital safeguarding training, MPs have been told, despite years of deaths and serious harm linked to the tests.
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/one-in-five-...

DWP slammed by MPs for demonising claimants as 'fraudsters' A committee of MPs has laid into the DWP over its propaganda around benefit fraud - when it's the department that's the problem

DWP slammed by MPs for demonising claimants as 'fraudsters'

A committee of MPs has laid into the DWP over its propaganda around benefit fraud - when it's the department that's the problem

DWP says WCA will still be going strong in 2031, despite previously saying otherwise DWP figures reveal the Work Capability Assessment won’t disappear after all, despite pledges to abolish it. So what changed — and why?

The DWP shared figures that show the WCA will still be going strong in 2031 - despite previously claiming it'll be abolished by 2029. This once again shows how much of a farce the Timms Review is

Me for @thecanaryuk.bsky.social www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

Lower-income families face 137-year wait for living standards to double, says UK thinktank Two decades of weak pay growth have left poorer households stuck, Resolution Foundation says, fuelling political unease

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On the Hall of Shame today we have Nimbus Disability - They claim to have neurodiverse team members yet they and the companies they work with are openely discriminating against people with invisible disabilities.

On the Hall of Fame today we have @RachelCDailey_
for being an amazing person all round and a fantastic disability rights advocate

DWP considers chatbot work coaches as AI-fueled job losses loom Benefits system trials automation amid growing interest in universal basic income AI-pocalypse  Britain's welfare system is experimenting with AI to manage Universal Credit claimants – even as evidence piles up that artificial intelligence may soon be pushing more people onto benefits in the first place.…

DWP considers chatbot work coaches as AI-fueled job losses loom

WCA still going in 2031, over half of welfare savings not from claimants Get the benefits you're entitled to: help with personal independence payment (PIP), universal credit (UC), employment and support allowance (ESA),disability living allowance (DLA). Claims, assessments, reviews, appeals.

A further £609 million, 31%, will come from increasing the number of WCA reassessments. This saving presumably comes from removing the UC health element (LCWRA) from more claimants.
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/wca-sti...

Opinion: The Government Intentionally Left Disabled People to Suffer

🚨Opinion: The Government Intentionally Left Disabled People to Suffer Financially During the Pandemic

Ewura-Ama Quarshie shares her perspective on how Module 9 of the Covid Inquiry exposed hard truths about Disabled people’s financial situation 👇
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Examples still coming in of dodgy ways people are getting bumped off NHS waiting lists to make Wes look good - all variations on “here’s a difficult hoop you need to jump through simply to stay on the waiting list you’ve been on a few months”
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Social media is much more pernicious & has a much more radicalising effect than people realise.It’s why Musk paid a stupid amount for Twitter. It monetises & amplifies the Far Right, & is being used as a vehicle to manipulate & divide. Sadly,the damage will be done before anything is done to stop it