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Today the bill introducing disability cuts is expected to get its first reading in parliament. If passed it will cut the income of around 3m sick and disabled people, deepening hardship. Some families stand to lose up to £12,000 per year.

🗣️ "It's common sense, and it's part of making our social security system fit for purpose." Nish Kumar addresses an audience of people from across the UK at our Guarantee our Essentials lobby day with Trussell. A future where everyone can afford the essentials is possible.

❗ 86% of low-income households on Universal Credit are going without essentials. We’re in Parliament with Trussell and hundreds of people to talk to MPs and call for change. Our social security system should, at the very least, ensure everyone can afford the essentials.

Govt just published the Bill to cut disability benefits for > 3 million people, revealing that mitigations for those with the most severe conditions ministers have been telling MPs about will protect only up to 10% of new claimants from a halving of UC's health element 1/5

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1 in 6 children in Wales has been in poverty in 3 out of the last 4 years. 🚨 Urgent, radical action from the Welsh and UK governments is needed to avoid lasting consequences. Our report with @bevanfoundation lays bare the state of poverty in Wales: jrf.org.uk/poverty-in-wal…

Much of the Government's intention for cutting PIP and UC is to motivate people to find a job But cutting social security can't 'incentivise' people into jobs that don't exist New Joseph Rowntree Foundation analysis shows there are simply too few jobs for the Government's argument to hold

Life expectancy at birth shouldn't be impacted by where you're born ❌ Those who live in the most deprived areas of England are 2x as likely to wait over a year for non-urgent treatment; it's good to see a £2.2bn boost for NHS services in deprived areas: theguardian.com/society/2025/j….

Nursery availability is lowest in England’s most deprived neighbourhoods 📢 The govt must make sure disadvantaged families can access good childcare – and ensure providers are financially stable to prevent closures Read IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education & Society report funded by JRF: ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/jun/….

Today Govt confirmed changes it will make to planned cuts to disability benefits. But Govt will still ask MPs to vote for large, arbitrary cuts to disabled people’s incomes that will increase poverty. The Bill should be opposed. Here’s why. 1/7

Govt admits remaining cuts will pull at least 150,000 people into poverty by 2029. But its new impact assessment is again misleading – it could be more like 250,000. (Same reason as why Govt’s previous poverty assessment understated the impact – see: x.com/IainKPorter/st…) 2/7

From next year, new claimants will be £’000s worse off than current claimants: 400,000 disabled people newly claiming PIP and 700,000 newly claiming UC-health will lose out by 2029, and this will increase in the following years. 3/7

Today MPs will vote on the amended welfare bill. MPs who choose to walk through the lobby and support this bill are paving the way for at least 150,000 people to be pulled into poverty. Here are just 3 reasons why they should oppose this bill from Katie Schmuecker 🔽

A national care strategy must put unpaid carers at its centre, supporting their choice to care or not through well-funded services, and valuing their skills 📢 New report by Emily Kenway takes a look at the role played by unpaid family/friend carers: jrf.org.uk/care/moving-in….