Dawn Groves

mum to 2 gorgeous boys, my youngest son has neurofibromatosis Type 1 along with ASD. I'm a BWFC fan and love to read.

[Paula Peters @paulapeters2]

#PIP

Wednesday 7th May 2025
2.30 to 4.30pm

Diane Abbot MP has secured A Westminster Hall debate on Personal Independence Payments (PIP) and disabled people

Westminster Hall debate - What's on - UK Parliament https://t.co/azjsQwL4B5

[Dawn Groves @dawn190481]

The Government is planning “catastrophic” cuts to benefits that experts say will force disabled people into poverty, and even those with extreme disabilities will lose money. Our social safety net isn’t up for grabs: add your name now. https://t.co/lFU6zKRbka

[Disability Rights UK @DisRightsUK]

📢Join the fightback against disability benefit cuts! DPAC is hosting a National Day of Action on March 26th.

Read how to get involved:➡️https://t.co/MoQQx1ZQBB

[Taj Ali @Taj_Ali1]

Disabled people could be denied PIP even if they need:

•Supervision or prompting to be able to manage toilet needs

•Assistance to be able to get in and out the shower

•Assistance to dress or undress your lower body

•An aid or appliance to be able to speak or hear

[Dawn Groves @dawn190481]

Cuts to disability benefits would be catastrophic. Join @scope and add your name to show the Government we will not tolerate further cuts. Save our lifeline 📢 https://t.co/d7XnbXUpqE

[Saul Staniforth @SaulStaniforth]

.@Helen_Barnard from the Trussell Trust: "When you look at our benefits system it is incredibly harsh.. the idea it is somehow easy to get these benefits is just not borne out by reality"🎯

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

🚨Plans to cut benefits for those with extreme disabilities and unfit to work will be CATASTROPHIC for some of the poorest & most vulnerable people in our society

Balancing the books cannot come at the expense of those who can least afford it

NOW IS THE TIME TO SPEAK OUT

[Richard Burgon MP @RichardBurgon]

There is hardly any fraud in the disability benefits system.

In response to my parliamentary questions, the DWP says just 0.2% of personal independence payment (PIP) spending is due to fraud.

Today I called for an end to the scapegoating of disabled people on benefits.

[simon maginn @simonmaginn]

So far the Starmer strategy has been:

•Find a vulnerable group (children, pensioners, disabled)
•Kick them about a bit
•Tell them it's for their own good
• Boast about your 'tough decisions' in the Daily Mail.

That's Starmerism.

[Paul Ridley @PaulRidley5]

Add your name to the petition to stop @Keir_Starmer giving the DWP powers to scrutinise disabled people's bank accounts: https://t.co/P9Oi529Swp

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Tax Evasion is 360x Benefit Fraud.

[Dr 🫥:. #Autism or #dyslexia. Anxiety kills @draevans]

Mr Starmer said ”no stone unturned’ on benefit fraud.

Understand the consequences for disabled & chronically ill people when there is ZERO fraud in PIP and DLA (HMG figures).

DWP scrutiny is stressful and invasive already. It causes profound anxiety. It breaks people.

[Dr Jay Watts @Shrink_at_Large]

Starmer’s ‘no stone unturned’ on benefits claimants? Dangerous. Claimants are already *hounded for years* to prove they’re not faking it, even when clinicians scream ‘Enough!’. This isn’t about catching cheats—it’s reinforcing a system breaking people who are already struggling.

[Dan White : Disability Campaigner / Author / ♿️ @Danwhite1972]

The public are hypnotised by the politicians to believe benefit fraud is a huge problem (politicians & their media chums frequently talk as if it is)

This is a lie.

Benefit fraud is minuscule; statistical terms..insignificant.

Tax fraud & tax avoidance are the real problems.

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

When someone says we need to change the NHS to an insurance system, show them this. Also, if you underfund a service it won't work as effectively. The way to fix the NHS is to fund it properly

Dr Chaand Nagpaul, "Many of our European nations provide a more accessible service... But the NHS has a gross deficit compared to our European neighbours"

"An average European country has 30% more doctors.. There are twice as many more doctors in Germany than the UK"

"There are three times more hospital beds in Germany compared to the UK, twice as many in France"

"So that's why they have better healthcare more easily"

"An insurance system would diminish funds into the NHS"

"And Belgium, which was given as an example has twice the administrative costs of the NHS'"

"Changing the NHS to an insurance based system will not help the NHS.. What the NHS actually needs is the doctors, nurses, the hospital beds"

Thank you @CNagpaul for explaining this and standing up for the NHS 👏

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

If you are worried about

Benefit Fraud £0.5bn, but not Government Corruption £219bn.

Immigration £2bn, but not Tax Havens £150bn.

Junior Doctors pay rises £1.3bn, but not Bankers tax cuts £7.3bn.

You‘re buying their lies.

[Scope @scope]

🗳️ Disabled people must not be ignored in this election. That’s why it’s so important that we use our voice, and vote 🗳️

But before getting to the polling station on 4 July, there are a few things you need to do 📋