merseysidedpac.bsky.social
Disabled people fighting against austerity and disablism
👤 Joined on 23 November 2024
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@merseysidedpac.bsky.social#WelfareNotWarfare 📢Join DPAC to protest against Labour policies killing disabled people outside Labour Party conference in Liverpool 📢29/09/2025 at 12pm. We will assemble near the Wheel of Liverpool on Keel Wharf L3 4FN. 📢 We encourage those who can to bring a mask
Show Post· the extension of financial surveillance and policing powers in the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill. The Committee will examine the responses and all credible information during its thirty-third session, to be held in Geneva, Switzerland, from 11 to 26 August 2025.
Show Post· the lack of a limited scrutiny because of its designation as a money bill. · public statements by politicians and authorities portraying disabled people as fraudulent or burdens on society including debates around the Terminally Ill Adults Bill.
Show PostThe committee seeks answers on: · the lack of full impact assessments. · the impact on women, younger people, and global majority people. · the risk of increasing poverty rate. · the inadequacy of the public consultation. · the lack of involvement of deaf and disabled people’s organisations.
Show PostEven after concessions and the dropping of Clause 5 our concerns remain. Please note the UN has been given a timeframe for a response which conflicts with Government plans to designate this a money bill, meaning it should not be designated as such.
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