Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>Now the dust has settled on the 'debate' over welfare reforms, MPs are focussing on those affected by the effects of safeguarding current recipients of health & disability benefits but leaving future claimants exposed to the cuts originally intended for all.... </p><p>whether MPs will continue to hold the Govt''s feet to the fire in the interests of these as yet unknown welfare claimants is more difficult to say, as their plight is as yet unseen.</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/benefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>benefits</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jul/29/tens-of-thousands-at-risk-of-poverty-despite-labours-benefit-u-turn-mps-warn" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/politics/2025/</span><span class="invisible">jul/29/tens-of-thousands-at-risk-of-poverty-despite-labours-benefit-u-turn-mps-warn</span></a></p>
#Benefits
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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jul/17/labour-mp-rachael-maskell-suspended-for-opposing-disability-cuts-will-keep-speaking-for-invisible-in-society. This is what #Starmer is all about - & what a genuine #Labour Party, without quotation marks, is NOT about, @ChrisMayLA6, @HarriettMB. He does NOT represent genuine Labour values & principles - he's an enemy of every single one of them, @junesim63. A real Labour Government would be increasing #disability #benefits, not cutting them, & would be improving #SEND #education for #disabled #children.
The Guardian · Labour MP suspended for opposing disability cuts will keep speaking for ‘invisible in society’
Oregon sheds another 4,300 jobs; unemployment rate creeps up again
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Jobs #actions #applicationform #assistance #benefits #Business #conceptsandideas #depression #document #downsizing #economicdepression #employmentissues #endoftheline #finance #firing #frustration #government #jobsearch #manualworker #Meltdown #nopeople #occupation #outofwork #paperwork #pen #recession #unemployment #wages #working
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/15165/
https://www.europesays.com/us/68584/ Oregon sheds another 4,300 jobs; unemployment rate creeps up again #actions #ApplicationForm #assistance #Benefits #Business #ConceptsAndIdeas #depression #document #downsizing #EconomicDepression #EmploymentIssues #EndOfTheLine #Finance #firing #frustration #Government #JobSearch #jobs #ManualWorker #meltdown #NoPeople #occupation #OutOfWork #paperwork #Pen #recession #unemployment #UnitedStates #UnitedStates #US #Wages #working
#America’s Brutal #Capitalist Class Tamed Its #LaborMovement
Across #Europe, #tradeunions have a long #history of making #political demands for #universalhealthcare and #benefits.
https://portside.org/2025-07-13/americas-brutal-capitalist-class-tamed-its-labor-movement
PortsideAmerica’s Brutal Capitalist Class Tamed Its Labor MovementCompared to their counterparts around the world, US trade unions have historically been reluctant to undertake broad programmatic and transformative agendas. The division emerged most clearly in the early twentieth century: In France, the General Confederation of Labor (CGT) embraced a revolutionary syndicalist line that championed workers’ ownership of the means of production.
Are unclaimed benefits ready to be used to alleviate child poverty (by contributing to the costs of removing the two child benefit cap)?
Jan Pahl, thinks s, but while to some extent I agree, it does present two Q.s:
Who has not claimed their due benefits & why?
If this money was re-directed wouldn't there need to be (if there isn't already?) a time limit to the application for benefits (to ensure that money actually is 'available' for redistribution)?
h/t Guardian letters
https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/my-new-book-shows-exactly-why-we-need-the-disability-movement-says-disabled-author/. "A #disabled journalist has said she hopes her new book detailing the history of #disability #activism will show other disabled people how they can fight back against the waves of attacks on their #rights & #support. Rachel Charlton-Dailey’s book, Ramping Up Rights: An Unfinished History of British Disability Activism, was published on Thursday (3 July), just a day after MPs voted on a watered-down bill that will cut billions of pounds a year from disability #benefits."
Disability News Service · My new book shows exactly why we need the disability movement, says disabled authorA disabled journalist has said she hopes her new book detailing the history of disability activism will show other disabled people how they can fight back against the waves of attacks on their righ…
Shopping-Rabatt, Bonuszahlung, Kita-Zuschuss: Unternehmen buhlen um Mitarbeitende und locken dafür immer häufiger mit Benefits.
Shopping-Rabatt, Bonuszahlung, Kita-Zuschuss: Unternehmen buhlen um Mitarbeitende und locken dafür immer häufiger mit Benefits .#Benefits #Unternehmen #Jobsuche #Arbeitsplatz #Arbeitswelt
So locken Unternehmen Jobsuchende mit Benefits
wdr.de · So locken Unternehmen Jobsuchende mit Benefits
Replied to Emeritus Prof Christopher May
@ChrisMayLA6 @sjwrenlewis Really? The supposed "U-turn" on #disability #benefits is just a tactical retreat until Timms delivers his Review, & the cut to the health element of UC is going ahead. Furthermore, the Govt. plan to cut the legal entitlement of #disabled #children to #SEND #education. Starmer has reiterated his opposition to a #wealth tax. There's plenty of money for nuclear warheads, though!