Daniel Hughes

Modernisms & Welsh Writing.
I've heard the soul unfolds in the chambers of its longing.

[Nesrine Malik @NesrineMalik]

A moment of much appreciated sanity from @archiebland

https://t.co/yAihVP7cIY

[NEF @NEF]

Today is sad indictment of how we make policy in this country.

Our view on the disability benefits cut vote.

[Richard Murphy @RichardJMurphy]

The UK spends as much on tax breaks for the wealthy’s pensions as it does on benefits for people with disabilities. One is handed out automatically. The other is fought for, often for years. If you want to see how rigged our system is, read on. 🧵

[Dr Jay Watts @Shrink_at_Large]

Brilliant. Martin Lewis destroying the defence minister. ‘Minister can I interrupt you. You keep talking about getting people into work… but PIP is not an out-of-work benefit. I don’t know why you keep talking about getting people back to work’. #TakingThePIP

[Patriotic Millionaires UK @PatMillsUK]

This isn’t reform, it’s a con that lets billionaires buy their way out of tax while working people get crumbs labelled as fairness.
A new loophole for the rich, dressed up as justice, while the real causes of inequality go untouched.

https://t.co/bE8EmFRePZ

[Dan Neidle @DanNeidle]

Reform UK is proposing a "Britannia card" that would let wealthy foreigners pay a £250k fee to move to the UK, and live here exempt from all tax on their foreign assets.

What they don't say: it would cost the UK £34bn.

Thread:

[Ayaz Manji @ayaz_manji]

In the coming days, we'll continue to hear the government say that the welfare state is at brink of collapse and that cuts are the only answer.

The evidence tells a different story.

[Frances Ryan @DrFrancesRyan]

I’ve been making my way through the Welfare Reform Bill and this on the https://t.co/fouTlMoNkc website is genuinely disgusting.

Receiving a decent disability benefits rate “encourages sickness”, does it? Funny, I thought it just enabled severely ill and disabled people to eat.

[Ayaz Manji @ayaz_manji]

Ahead of Liz Kendall’s speech today – a quick thread on why the welfare state isn’t collapsing and why deep cuts to disability benefits aren’t the answer. (1/9)

[ISWE @YstadauCymru]

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[Daniel Hughes @DrDanielHughes]

@ClagueNjc36 @PhysiosForME @LongCOVIDPhysio @Claire145 Definitely mitochondrial function but maybe others? Anything that would help! I have mild ME/CFS but am based near Liverpool. Are there any trials etc to volunteer for?

[Prospect @prospect_uk]

Single disabled people are already four times more likely to be falling behind on their bills, six times more likely to go cold and nine times more likely to skip meals. Cuts will make things worse, writes writes @prospect_clark. https://t.co/VmfXNAplqe

[Frances Ryan @DrFrancesRyan]

You’ll hear “the disability benefits bill is soaring” a lot today but remember. Public spending on pensioner entitlements has risen from 5.3% of GDP to 6% over the last 20 years, whilst the working-age benefits bill has remained static. Consider why one of these is controversial.

[Tom Pollard @PollardTom]

There are elements of what was announced today - investment in employment support, the 'right to try' - that, along with last year's White Paper could have been a transformational agenda

But crude, short-term cuts driven by HMT/No.10 will fundamentally undermine this... 🧵

[Katie Schmuecker @KatieSchmuecker]

📢New @jrf_uk analysis

There is no way to cut £5bn from PIP without affecting people with problems feeding and clothing themselves or getting around everyday

A govt that vowed to end the 'moral scar' of foodbank use shouldn't leave disabled people at greater risk of needing one

[Frances Ryan @DrFrancesRyan]

Labour’s narrative “describes a country in which poverty is caused by low aspiration and disability is a choice, by people who simply aren’t robust enough to be well. This country doesn’t exist.”

Thanks @zoesqwilliams for this storming piece. https://t.co/8xoHD0gsgQ

[🌱Hello, I'm Mark @LoveGrowingVeg]

I know it not convenient to have so many of our young people struggling with their mental health. My son James took his own life recently after a 4 year battle with his MH. He worked without any benefits. NHS services totally inadequate, never diagnosed how serious he was 🧵 1/2

[Tom Pollard @PollardTom]

This, from a DWP press release yesterday (https://t.co/uIgTCv4EnC), is outrageous

In two short paragraphs it peddles multiple falsehoods about the current system that will be used to justify upcoming cuts & changes

Here's what MPs & journalists should be challenging... 🧵

[Electoral Reform Society @electoralreform]

It seems we touched a nerve in the House of Lords yesterday for highlighting that peers get paid £361 a day, tax-free, just for attending. Sign our 'Nasty Petition' for a smaller, democratically elected House of Lords today. https://t.co/t9RWwI5UVL