Catherine Edgson
@catherineedgson.bsky.social
Autistic disabled activist
Non-binary & queer
Interests: film, music, theatre, welfare, social justice, disability, fighting for equality
Non-binary & queer
Interests: film, music, theatre, welfare, social justice, disability, fighting for equality
Reposted by Catherine Edgson
Every budget from the past two decades has followed the same formula: more money for weapons, more tax cuts for corporations and yet ordinary people are told we have to tighten our belts and face cuts in our community.
DR UK for @opendemocracy.net 👇
www.opendemocracy.net/en/rachel-re...
DR UK for @opendemocracy.net 👇
www.opendemocracy.net/en/rachel-re...
www.opendemocracy.net
November 27, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Every budget from the past two decades has followed the same formula: more money for weapons, more tax cuts for corporations and yet ordinary people are told we have to tighten our belts and face cuts in our community.
DR UK for @opendemocracy.net 👇
www.opendemocracy.net/en/rachel-re...
DR UK for @opendemocracy.net 👇
www.opendemocracy.net/en/rachel-re...
Reposted by Catherine Edgson
🗣️“There is an era of sickness that is caused by political choices – lots of us are getting more ill because of how bad work or housing conditions are, or how overstretched health services are. Yet the focus is so-called fraud.”
DR UK's Mikey Erhardt in @bigissue.com www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
DR UK's Mikey Erhardt in @bigissue.com www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
What will Rachel Reeves' 'benefit fraud crackdown' mean for you?
Rachel Reeves wants to recoup £1.2 billion from a benefit fraud crackdown. Could it make life 'much more stressful' for benefit claimants?
www.bigissue.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
🗣️“There is an era of sickness that is caused by political choices – lots of us are getting more ill because of how bad work or housing conditions are, or how overstretched health services are. Yet the focus is so-called fraud.”
DR UK's Mikey Erhardt in @bigissue.com www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
DR UK's Mikey Erhardt in @bigissue.com www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
Reposted by Catherine Edgson
🚨Our statement on #Budget2026
Yet more Government actions that place the burden on Disabled people instead of taking responsibility for an unequal and inaccessible society that the Government has the power to change.
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/dr-uks-...
Yet more Government actions that place the burden on Disabled people instead of taking responsibility for an unequal and inaccessible society that the Government has the power to change.
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/dr-uks-...
November 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
🚨Our statement on #Budget2026
Yet more Government actions that place the burden on Disabled people instead of taking responsibility for an unequal and inaccessible society that the Government has the power to change.
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/dr-uks-...
Yet more Government actions that place the burden on Disabled people instead of taking responsibility for an unequal and inaccessible society that the Government has the power to change.
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/dr-uks-...
Reposted by Catherine Edgson
“No one can pretend they didn’t know the harm it was causing.
Politicians – both those with a blue or a red rosette – let it continue anyway.”
My col. on the end of the two child benefit limit (and a climate that means even feeding toddlers gets a backlash). www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Politicians – both those with a blue or a red rosette – let it continue anyway.”
My col. on the end of the two child benefit limit (and a climate that means even feeding toddlers gets a backlash). www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The two-child limit is abolished at last. Watch out for the narrative that will follow | Frances Ryan
The right is already in a frenzy about the migrant groups it thinks will benefit – and the budget contained other trade-offs, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:51 AM
“No one can pretend they didn’t know the harm it was causing.
Politicians – both those with a blue or a red rosette – let it continue anyway.”
My col. on the end of the two child benefit limit (and a climate that means even feeding toddlers gets a backlash). www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Politicians – both those with a blue or a red rosette – let it continue anyway.”
My col. on the end of the two child benefit limit (and a climate that means even feeding toddlers gets a backlash). www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Won’t be engaging with budget stuff today other than being extremely concerned about the government’s treatment of disabled people.
I’m exhausted especially after recent campaigning
Take care of yourselves today friends
#disabledlivesmatter
We are not scapegoats for Labour to balance the books
I’m exhausted especially after recent campaigning
Take care of yourselves today friends
#disabledlivesmatter
We are not scapegoats for Labour to balance the books
November 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Won’t be engaging with budget stuff today other than being extremely concerned about the government’s treatment of disabled people.
I’m exhausted especially after recent campaigning
Take care of yourselves today friends
#disabledlivesmatter
We are not scapegoats for Labour to balance the books
I’m exhausted especially after recent campaigning
Take care of yourselves today friends
#disabledlivesmatter
We are not scapegoats for Labour to balance the books
Despise media bias and scapegoating against disabled people and those on welfare
Daily fail lies again on their front page this morning
There is no £15bn welfare splurge 🤦🏼
The guardian yesterday said scrapping the 2 child benefit cap would cost 3.2bn
Daily fail lies again on their front page this morning
There is no £15bn welfare splurge 🤦🏼
The guardian yesterday said scrapping the 2 child benefit cap would cost 3.2bn
November 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Despise media bias and scapegoating against disabled people and those on welfare
Daily fail lies again on their front page this morning
There is no £15bn welfare splurge 🤦🏼
The guardian yesterday said scrapping the 2 child benefit cap would cost 3.2bn
Daily fail lies again on their front page this morning
There is no £15bn welfare splurge 🤦🏼
The guardian yesterday said scrapping the 2 child benefit cap would cost 3.2bn
Reposted by Catherine Edgson
Anyone who remembers the brutal WRAG cuts of April 2017 under the last govt will know why this research is important. Please share it with MPs + peers so ministers know the grim consequences of cutting out-of-work benefits for disabled people.
#DWP
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/labour-cuts-...
#DWP
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/labour-cuts-...
Labour cuts to out-of-work disability benefits likely to have ‘devastating’ mental health impact, research finds
Next April’s cuts to out-of-work disability benefits are likely to have “devastating” consequences for disabled people’s mental health, and drive many into serious poverty, research into the impact…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Anyone who remembers the brutal WRAG cuts of April 2017 under the last govt will know why this research is important. Please share it with MPs + peers so ministers know the grim consequences of cutting out-of-work benefits for disabled people.
#DWP
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/labour-cuts-...
#DWP
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/labour-cuts-...
Reposted by Catherine Edgson
BREAKING: We're outside Parliament with cross-party MPs ahead of #Budget2026 to ask - Rachel Reeves, why won't you tax their wealth?
If this govt refuses to tax the super-rich tomorrow they are making a huge mistake.
If this govt refuses to tax the super-rich tomorrow they are making a huge mistake.
November 25, 2025 at 11:41 AM
BREAKING: We're outside Parliament with cross-party MPs ahead of #Budget2026 to ask - Rachel Reeves, why won't you tax their wealth?
If this govt refuses to tax the super-rich tomorrow they are making a huge mistake.
If this govt refuses to tax the super-rich tomorrow they are making a huge mistake.
Reposted by Catherine Edgson
From every corner of the country, our supporters are shouting with one voice: Tax the Rich, Fund our Public Services. Are you listening @teamlabouruk.bsky.social?
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 AM
From every corner of the country, our supporters are shouting with one voice: Tax the Rich, Fund our Public Services. Are you listening @teamlabouruk.bsky.social?
Reposted by Catherine Edgson
With only a few days before the budget, we need to spread our message far and wide.
Forward and share to send a message to the Chancellor loud and clear.
Forward and share to send a message to the Chancellor loud and clear.
November 23, 2025 at 10:14 AM
With only a few days before the budget, we need to spread our message far and wide.
Forward and share to send a message to the Chancellor loud and clear.
Forward and share to send a message to the Chancellor loud and clear.
An article in the Sunday Times today suggests Rachel reeves will remove 2 child benefit cap, sounds like good news right? Until you look deeper… it will likely come at a cost to other areas of welfare including disabled people!
The pip cuts were removed because it led to a huge backbench rebellion
The pip cuts were removed because it led to a huge backbench rebellion
November 23, 2025 at 11:16 AM
An article in the Sunday Times today suggests Rachel reeves will remove 2 child benefit cap, sounds like good news right? Until you look deeper… it will likely come at a cost to other areas of welfare including disabled people!
The pip cuts were removed because it led to a huge backbench rebellion
The pip cuts were removed because it led to a huge backbench rebellion
Low capacity today
Tried to be out
Needed a stick for mobility aid due to hip pain flare up
Fatigue hit after a short period of organising tasks
Had food, but it wasn’t nice and contained an ingredient that causes intolerance
Too tired to watch Wicked For good today
Chronic illness 1:0
Home time
Tried to be out
Needed a stick for mobility aid due to hip pain flare up
Fatigue hit after a short period of organising tasks
Had food, but it wasn’t nice and contained an ingredient that causes intolerance
Too tired to watch Wicked For good today
Chronic illness 1:0
Home time
November 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Low capacity today
Tried to be out
Needed a stick for mobility aid due to hip pain flare up
Fatigue hit after a short period of organising tasks
Had food, but it wasn’t nice and contained an ingredient that causes intolerance
Too tired to watch Wicked For good today
Chronic illness 1:0
Home time
Tried to be out
Needed a stick for mobility aid due to hip pain flare up
Fatigue hit after a short period of organising tasks
Had food, but it wasn’t nice and contained an ingredient that causes intolerance
Too tired to watch Wicked For good today
Chronic illness 1:0
Home time
No new PFIS in the NHS
Outside the department of health and social care
With @weownit.org.uk and Keep NHS public
Great speakers
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Outside the department of health and social care
With @weownit.org.uk and Keep NHS public
Great speakers
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November 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
No new PFIS in the NHS
Outside the department of health and social care
With @weownit.org.uk and Keep NHS public
Great speakers
(X is down rn due to cloudflare server outage)
Outside the department of health and social care
With @weownit.org.uk and Keep NHS public
Great speakers
(X is down rn due to cloudflare server outage)
Hello blue sky 🦋
I’m an autistic, disabled activist, part of the lgbtqia+ community. I involved in welfare, disability, and social justice in the UK on social media & at protests. Fighting the government against cuts.
Involved in campaign groups like DPAC, GNDR & DPO & mental health charities
I’m an autistic, disabled activist, part of the lgbtqia+ community. I involved in welfare, disability, and social justice in the UK on social media & at protests. Fighting the government against cuts.
Involved in campaign groups like DPAC, GNDR & DPO & mental health charities
November 16, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Hello blue sky 🦋
I’m an autistic, disabled activist, part of the lgbtqia+ community. I involved in welfare, disability, and social justice in the UK on social media & at protests. Fighting the government against cuts.
Involved in campaign groups like DPAC, GNDR & DPO & mental health charities
I’m an autistic, disabled activist, part of the lgbtqia+ community. I involved in welfare, disability, and social justice in the UK on social media & at protests. Fighting the government against cuts.
Involved in campaign groups like DPAC, GNDR & DPO & mental health charities