Photo by PinkNews (Nicola Sturgeon’s LGBTQ+ legacy: The good, the bad and the unresolved) https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/27/nicola-sturgeon-trans-rights-gender-recognition/
Thank you for making Scotland a better place for LGBTQ+ people.
@nicolasturgeon.bsky.social
Dear Chancellor, We are writing to you as a collection of charities to urge you to think again about cuts to disability benefits. Disability benefits such as Personal Independence Payments (PIP) and the Limited Capability for Work Amount, can be a lifeline for disabled households and can enable people who receive PIP to work. Making cuts to disability benefits would have a catastrophic impact on disabled people up and down the country. Scope’s analysis of government figures shows that without PIP, a further 700,000 more disabled households could be pushed into poverty. Life costs more for disabled people. Huge numbers already live in poverty as a result of these extra costs. The impact of any cuts to disability benefits would be devastating. We agree with the government’s ambition to support more disabled people into work. However, making cuts to disability benefits will not achieve this goal or fix the system. In fact, there is little evidence to suggest cutting benefits increases employment outcomes. We know the benefits system is broken and needs reform. That there are disabled people out of work who want to work given the right support. And for some disabled people work isn’t appropriate. Changes to welfare must start here. Not with cuts. The government has an opportunity to work with disabled people and the sector to bring about meaningful change. We want disabled people to be heard and supported by the government. The needs and voices of the disability community should be at the heart of the government’s plans. Disabled people should not be an afterthought. We would urge you to safeguard disability benefits from cuts, we fear the cost of cuts is too great. Yours sincerely, Scope, Mind, Citizens Advice, RNIB, Sense, Guide Dogs, Disability Rights UK, Trussell, Mencap, MS Society, Parkinson’s UK, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, National Autistic Society, Inclusion Barnet, Thomas Pocklington Trust, Z2K, Turn2Us
We're in your corner 💙
This week, we wrote to Rachel Reeves. And our CEO, Sarah Hughes, met with the minister in charge of disability benefits to raise our concerns. 1/2
An interesting read for a Monday afternoon. 👀
news.bloomberglaw.com/esg/apple-mi...
We should all aspire to be a bit more like Jimmy Carter!
Continuing 'evolution' of one of the world's oldest institutions:
Tories appoint new peers including ex-deputy PM Therese Coffey and Toby Young.
No worries. It's not like UK parliament's second chamber helps shape laws, checks or scrutinises govt or anything.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Abolish the House of Lords!
