Mastodawn

https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/dwp-launches-research-into-support-for-autistic-claimants-just-months-after-death-of-david-panther/. "The Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) is researching how it supports #neurodivergent #claimants of #universal #credit (UC), months after an #autistic man took his own life after becoming increasingly distressed by the fallout from the #UC #migration #process... David Panther took his own life in January after... being left with a new £500 monthly charge for his #socialcare package, after he was forced to migrate to UC from so-called #legacy #benefits."

DWP launches research into support for autistic claimants, just months after death of David Panther

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is researching how it supports neurodivergent claimants of universal credit (UC), months after an autistic man took his own life after becoming increasing…

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Luca 6h ago

At the time when the top brass at the #MinistryOfDefense resign, and basically call for defunding #Welfare in favour of #Warfare ... I find this #graffiti seen yesterday near Waterloo quite telling...

#UKpolitics #LabourParty
#JohnHealay #AlCarns #Starmer
#MinustryOfWar
#ArmsLobbyists #Warnongers #PeaceNotWar
#WelfareNotWarfare #PeaceNotWar
#SocialCare #HealthCare #NHS #Education #SuperHeroes
#Waterloo #London #UK

World news | The Guardian 1d ago

Care worker fears being parted from unborn child and family after Home Office ‘go home’ letters https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jun/11/woman-fears-separated-unborn-baby-home-office-sends-go-home-letters-husband-daughter #ImmigrationAndAsylum #UkNews #HomeOffice #Scotland #CareWorkers #SocialCare

Care worker fears being parted from unborn child and family after Home Office ‘go home’ letters

Pregnant woman in Scotland ‘stressed’ and unsure what will happen as result of UK government visa clampdown

The Guardian

Centre for Population Change 1d ago

In this British Society of #Gerontology seminar, CPC-CG member Dr Fei Wang argues that it’s not just about giving more #care, it’s about giving better and more suitable care so people’s needs are fully met. The findings are important to consider as we mark #CarersWeek - if we don’t address undermet care needs, we risk:

▫️ Increasing pressure on #unpaidcarers

▫️ Worsening #health and #wellbeing outcomes

▫️ Higher long-term costs across health and #socialcare

https://youtu.be/mNfyc_6piY0?si=bbUITV7pl69SrkIk

BSG Emerging Researchers Gerontology & Tonic: Fei Wang, University of Southampton

YouTube

Manchester Evening News: Number one for news, opinion, sport & celebrity news [Unofficial]6d ago

All the new Greater Manchester health inspections this week - borough by borough

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/new-greater-manchester-health-inspections-34075479

Manchester Evening News: Number one for news, opinion, sport & celebrity news [Unofficial]6d ago

A sanctuary of calm amid the madness - until Nigel Farage turned up

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/sanctuary-calm-amid-madness-until-34075098

Mark Jun 5

No one should be making #profits from #vulnerable #children.

Yet £1 out of every £5 paid to #private providers of children’s #SocialCare is taken out in profit

Time to end this #scam

Add you name:

https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-profit-childrens-care

#greed #Privatisation #Fail #PeopleNotProfits #petition #OpenLetter

End profit in children’s social care

£1 out of every £5 paid to private providers of children’s social care is taken out in profit.

We Own It

World news | The Guardian Jun 5

Ruling removes ‘vital’ UK safeguards for severely disabled people, charities warn https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jun/05/supreme-court-ruling-severely-disabled-people-deprivation-of-liberty-safeguards #SocialCare #Disability #LearningDisability #Hospitals #Autism #UkSupremeCourt #Dementia #Law #UkNews #Society

Ruling removes ‘vital’ UK safeguards for severely disabled people, charities warn

Campaigners say supreme court judgment on deprivation of liberty safeguards introduces ‘regressive legal standard’

The Guardian

Richard Michael Blaber Jun 5

https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/universal-credit-migration-and-the-death-of-david-panther/. "An #autistic circus skills teacher took his own life after becoming increasingly distressed by the #bureaucratic #chaos caused by his 'migration' to #universalcredit [UC], which led to him facing a new £500 monthly charge for his #socialcare package." Yet another tragedy caused by #UC, & the #DWP.

Universal credit migration and the death of David Panther

An autistic circus skills teacher took his own life after becoming increasingly distressed by the bureaucratic chaos caused by his “migration” to universal credit, which led to him facing a new £50…

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