Laura
@laurajerramp.bsky.social
Equality, Disability Rights, Early Years Education, Long Covid, Social Care, Art and Humour. Views my own.
Yes. Thanks to those who pressured and fought for it - like the welfare groups, anti poverty charities, children’s charities, The Green Party and of course those Labour MPs who stood up for child poverty and those who had the whip suspended doing so.
November 27, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Yes. Thanks to those who pressured and fought for it - like the welfare groups, anti poverty charities, children’s charities, The Green Party and of course those Labour MPs who stood up for child poverty and those who had the whip suspended doing so.
November 27, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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Also, benefit fraud on PIP, by the governments own figures, is less than 0.1%, whilst underpayments by government to claimants have been between 1 and 3%.
November 27, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Also, benefit fraud on PIP, by the governments own figures, is less than 0.1%, whilst underpayments by government to claimants have been between 1 and 3%.
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I also write about how little the floods have been covered in national newspapers, and how appalled I am that the Prime Minister has said nothing to the people of Monmouthshire directly. Please read and share. www.thenerve.news/p/storm-clau...
Storm Claudia puts Wales under water – why did these record-breaking floods barely make the news?
On the frontline of a deluge on the Welsh borders, Jude Rogers heard local stories of devastation and heroism – but incredibly the disaster was hardly referred to in Westminster and the national press
www.thenerve.news
November 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I also write about how little the floods have been covered in national newspapers, and how appalled I am that the Prime Minister has said nothing to the people of Monmouthshire directly. Please read and share. www.thenerve.news/p/storm-clau...
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And if you're a disabled CEO who needs a modified vehicle for your disability, you're going to be forced to drive eg a Kia.
It's designed purely to humiliate & inconvenience disabled people, particularly WORKING disabled people.
It saves the taxpayer not one penny. #reeves #disability #budget
It's designed purely to humiliate & inconvenience disabled people, particularly WORKING disabled people.
It saves the taxpayer not one penny. #reeves #disability #budget
November 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
And if you're a disabled CEO who needs a modified vehicle for your disability, you're going to be forced to drive eg a Kia.
It's designed purely to humiliate & inconvenience disabled people, particularly WORKING disabled people.
It saves the taxpayer not one penny. #reeves #disability #budget
It's designed purely to humiliate & inconvenience disabled people, particularly WORKING disabled people.
It saves the taxpayer not one penny. #reeves #disability #budget
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I'm absolutely raging.
Motability is the one thing that has actually worked since my wife's disability and made us both feel helped and supported.
Now it's demonised because of some right-wing rags lying and 'Labour' have just gone along with it.
Motability is the one thing that has actually worked since my wife's disability and made us both feel helped and supported.
Now it's demonised because of some right-wing rags lying and 'Labour' have just gone along with it.
November 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I'm absolutely raging.
Motability is the one thing that has actually worked since my wife's disability and made us both feel helped and supported.
Now it's demonised because of some right-wing rags lying and 'Labour' have just gone along with it.
Motability is the one thing that has actually worked since my wife's disability and made us both feel helped and supported.
Now it's demonised because of some right-wing rags lying and 'Labour' have just gone along with it.