A year ago, Starmer & McSweeney suspended 7 of us for voting to scrap the two-child benefit cap & immediately lift 350,000 kids from poverty.
Now they’re punishing MPs who opposed cuts that would push 800,000 disabled people into poverty.
Insecure men. No vision. No compassion.
Today we remember the 52 people who were killed, the people who were injured and affected, the heroes who helped and those who lost loved ones because of the terrible events twenty years ago on the 7th of July 2005 in London.
#LondonBombings#NeverForget#7July
Today, after 14 years, I’m resigning from the Labour Party.
Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country.
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A plea to the media: please platform disabled people's organisations like @DisRightsUK.
The most important story is not the drama in Westminster but about disabled people's futures.
Disabled people's representatives must be heard - they're saying the concessions aren't enough.
🚨 Joint statement: Unacceptable “concessions” on the disability cuts MUST be rejected.
It is not a concession for future generations to receive even less support than Disabled people today.
Read it in full on our website👇 https://t.co/e8oeLLJtXN
The government has announced a two-tier benefits system.
Under its plans, you can keep your benefits if you are disabled now, but not if you become disabled tomorrow. How is that fair?
A reminder: The Independent Alliance stands by its own amendment, and we will not back down.
Many colleagues rightly complained about the parliamentary time given for assisted suicide Bill, this is far worse for the welfare cuts Bill.
How can someone diagnosed with a condition in a few months be less disabled than someone diagnosed with it already & not be eligible for help?
This Bill will still drive hundreds of thousands of disabled people into poverty.
I will be voting against this shameful piece of legislation & I urge colleagues to do the same.
None of us are ok with throwing new disabled PIP applicants under a bus the rest of us are already safely on.
And if you think they don’t have plans to go around these “concessions”, wait until “new style PIP” comes out of nowhere & the rules apply to all as originally planned🤦🏼♀️
These concessions aren't enough and they should worry us all.
If you become disabled tomorrow, you risk not having the support you need.
We would be condemning future generations of disabled people to greater poverty.
I will be voting against the Bill.