Social Workers Union (@swu_uk) 's Twitter Profile
Social Workers Union

@swu_uk

The Social Workers Union (SWU) is a trade union dedicated to social work professionals in the UK.

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Equity (@equityuk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Government’s welfare reforms would breach international human rights law, says new expert legal opinion commissioned by Equity Time to drop this morally & economically indefensible bill that attacks the rights & living standards of disabled people equity.org.uk/news/2025/welf…

Disability Rights UK (@disrightsuk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Our message from outside Parliament is clear: Stop the cuts. Disabled people are not your political or fiscal football - our voices should be at the heart of decisions made about our lives. #StopTheCuts #WelfareNotWarfare #KillTheBill

Our message from outside Parliament is clear: Stop the cuts.

Disabled people are not your political or fiscal football - our voices should be at the heart of decisions made about our lives. 

#StopTheCuts #WelfareNotWarfare #KillTheBill
Child Poverty Action Group (@cpaguk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Read our analysis of proposed changes to the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill. We are calling for MPs to vote against the Bill. cpag.org.uk/news/disabilit…

BASW (@basw_uk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Disabled people have endured weeks of uncertainty, worry & stress because of how the Welfare Bill has been handled. They have been badly let down. The government’s climbdown on PIP is welcome, but these ill-thought proposals should never have gotten this far in the first place.

DPAC (@dis_ppl_protest) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#WelfareReformBill Let’s be clear - PIP is for disabled people’s care & mobility needs. The extra costs of disability which are considerable. The cost of medications you can’t get on the NHS, special dietary requirements, taxis to get to hospital appointments

DPAC (@dis_ppl_protest) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#WelfareBill Keep piling the pressure on MPs What to tell your MP before the third reading Here are a list of things to tell your MP before 3rd reading on 9th July 2025 benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/what-to-t…

The Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social (@equalitytrust) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The UK's welfare system is not generous: spending fell well below the average for high-income countries in the 1980s and never recovered. Leaving people on PIP or UC in poverty is holding back our economy, not to mention the impact on society. We need to invest in people.

The UK's welfare system is not generous: spending fell well below the average for high-income countries in the 1980s and never recovered. Leaving people on PIP or UC in poverty is holding back our economy, not to mention the impact on society. We need to invest in people.
DPAC (@dis_ppl_protest) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#WelfareReformBill This is what we need to fight cuts to universal credit health element from April 2026 will see new claims cut from £97 to £50 per week & payments frozen after that This will impact on 700,000 disabled claimants benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/what-has-…

End Fuel Poverty Coalition (@endfuelpoverty) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨 Disabled people could face an extra £15,000 a year in costs by 2029, with energy bills and heating among the biggest pressures Even after the Government’s last-minute U-turn on Personal Independence Payment cuts, huge numbers of disabled people will still be left struggling.

🚨 Disabled people could face an extra £15,000 a year in costs by 2029, with energy bills and heating among the biggest pressures

Even after the Government’s last-minute U-turn on Personal Independence Payment cuts, huge numbers of disabled people will still be left struggling.
No Child Left Behind (@nochildbehinduk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Thank you Anna Sabine MP for speaking up where it counts. Children with No Recourse to Public Funds. Families just outside of UC eligibility. Far too many are still being left behind. #FreeSchoolMealsForAll would ensure every child has the essentials to thrive.

BASW (@basw_uk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📺 This morning, BASW gave evidence to UK Covid-19 Inquiry module on adult social care. As the only UK social work organisation with core participant status, we used our platform to champion social workers and advocate to policy-makers for critical improvements for the profession.

BASW (@basw_uk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

âś… Promoting greater understanding of the role of social work was a key feature of our evidence to UK Covid-19 Inquiry today. A better understood and respected profession is vital for ensuring that governments recognise the distinct work that social workers do in our communities.

Trussell (@trusselluk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

❗ The scale of remaining cuts will still be devastating and risk pushing more disabled people to food banks. These cuts must NOT go ahead. Ask your MP to vote against the cuts next week ⤵️ action.trussell.org.uk/votenoagainstc…

âť— The scale of remaining cuts will still be devastating and risk pushing more disabled people to food banks. 

These cuts must NOT go ahead. 

Ask your MP to vote against the cuts next week ⤵️ 
action.trussell.org.uk/votenoagainstc…
Palestine Solidarity Campaign (@pscupdates) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨 The route for the march for Palestine has been announced Join us at Embankment Tube at 12PM before we march down Embankment to Downing Street, across Westminster Bridge, up the Soutbank, across Waterloo bridge and back down to Downing Street.

🚨 The route for the march for Palestine has been announced

Join us at Embankment Tube at 12PM before we march down Embankment to Downing Street, across Westminster Bridge, up the Soutbank, across Waterloo bridge and back down to Downing Street.
Social Workers Union (@swu_uk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Social Work Managers and leaders... Have you seen our latest report with SASW on how you can help support flexible working in your teams? Read up here: swu-union.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

Social Work Managers and leaders... Have you seen our latest report with <a href="/ScotsSW/">SASW</a> on how you can help support flexible working in your teams?

Read up here: swu-union.org.uk/wp-content/upl…
No Child Left Behind (@nochildbehinduk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A packed room. Bold ideas. One shared goal: Free School Meals for every primary pupil. Friday’s conference showed the power of our growing coalition. Next stop: delivering our open-letter to the PM at Labour Party Conference. Add your name? → freeschoolmealsforall.org.uk/take-action?so…

A packed room. Bold ideas. One shared goal: Free School Meals for every primary pupil.

Friday’s conference showed the power of our growing coalition.

Next stop: delivering our open-letter to the PM at Labour Party Conference.

Add your name? → freeschoolmealsforall.org.uk/take-action?so…