A photo of a large matte vinyl sticker featuring my colourful illustration of a green harpy woman with lilac hair and yellow, blue and lilac highlight sin her wing. She has various sailor tattoos as well as a neurodivergent infinity symbol, and wears a medical alert bracelet. She hold a spear in her hands with a banner attached which reads 'work is not worth' using the 'does not equal' symbol.

This Work Is Not Worth sticker is also up in my shop now!
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#ArtShop #BSNM #WelfareNotWorkfare

Petition: Abandon DWP Pathways to Work Green Paper & create National Disability Strategy The DWP Green Paper Pathways to Work proposes what we think are devastating cuts to disability benefits. We think the Government must drop these proposals and instead begin a process of co-production ...

Please sign and share 💪🏻
Petition to the Labour government @teamlabouruk.bsky.social to abandon the #BenefitCuts Green Paper and to create a National Disability Strategy *with* disabled people. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
#EndCruelty #WelfareNotWorkfare
#DisabilityJustice

A simple digital illustration of a green and yellow griffin in a style similar to medieval bestiaries, carrying a banner in it's mouth that reads; you are not a burden! 'Not' is in larger text for emphasis. The background is light pink.

Finished a third sticker design for my anti-capitalist bestiary tonight. :D
#DisabledRights #DisabilityPride #WelfareNotWorkfare

A digital illustration of a bold outlined angry-looking harpy woman in a similar style to medieval bestiaries. She is dark green with yellow and purple highlights, and wields a spear with a pink banner attached that reads 'work does not equal worth' with the does not equal sign instead of the full words.

Fixed up the wonky arm on this lady (mostly lol)!
Anyhow: WORK STILL DOESN'T EQUAL WORTH! 📢
#WelfareNotWorkfare #UKPolitics

A digital illustration of a bold outlined angry-looking harpy woman in a similar style to medieval bestiaries. She is dark green with yellow and purple highlights, and wields a spear with a pink banner attached that reads 'work does not equal worth' with the does not equal sign instead of the full words.

Working on some new sticker designs this weekend! :D
Here's 'Work Is Not Worth'!
#welfareNotWorkfare #DisabledRights #art #illustration

‘Disability, Illness and Impairment are the Norms of Human History – Living Through This Labour Government’s Benefits Cuts Is Brutal’ Cutting disability benefits will do nothing but heighten the scapegoating of disabled people once again – how can a Labour Government introduce such a punitive measure? Penny Pepper asks

‘Disability, Illness and Impairment are the Norms of Human History – Living Through This Labour Government’s Benefits Cuts Is Brutal’
By @bylinetimes.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/18/d...
#DisabilityBenefits #WelfareNotWorkfare #Labour
#DisabilityRebellion

Ministers scramble to avoid Labour rebellion on disability benefit cuts Backbenchers may be allowed to abstain, a major climbdown from previous votes when rebels were suspended from the party

Every single Labour @teamlabouruk.bsky.social
or any other MP who abstains on #DisabilityBenefits cuts is voting *For* these cuts in practice. Such are the numbers.
They will be remembered as the MPs who enabled this. theguardian.com/politics/202...
#WelfareNotWorkfare

Disability benefits aren’t “extra” money. They’re the bare minimum to survive in a world that disables us—through poverty, inaccessibility, and neglect. Cutting them isn’t reform. It’s state-sanctioned harm. Please support us. #DisabilityBenefits #WelfareNotWorkfare

1 "LCWRA: What Everyone Should Know" • LCWRA provides essential support when you're too unwell to work • It's not a luxury-it's survival for those facing serious illness or disability • Every f1 cut from LCWRA = real people facing impossible choices 2 "Understanding Universal Credit's Three Paths" Work group: Capable of working now Work prep group: Building toward employment X LCWRA: Unable to work due to health or disability • LCWRA isn't about avoiding work-it's about recognizing human dignity when work isn't possible and it is only given when health professionals think health would worsen seriously otherwise. ] "LCWRA: Beyond the Acronym" • It stands for Limited Capability for Work & Work-Related Activity It stands between thousands of people and destitution • It recognizes that sometimes health must come before work Anyone could need this support tomorrow-that's why we defend it today.

Let me be clear: ramping up DWP assessments puts disabled people at immediate risk.

LCWRA exists to protect people from relentless scrutiny.

Shrinking that group just to make the stats look good? That will lead to preventable loss of life.

#WelfareNotWorkfare

Two of the strongest predictors of suicide? Financial precarity—and being made to feel like a failure.

Labour’s #DisabilityBenefits cuts risk both. This isn’t reform. It’s reckless harm. #WelfareNotWorkfare

To window-dress the LCWRA cut, Labour’s float a “disability premium”—but only for those with lifelong conditions and no chance of improvement. Most will be excluded. There are no details. No consultation. And MPs are expected to vote. #DisabilityBenefits #WelfareNotWorkfare

“Two of the strongest predictors of suicide? Financial precarity—and being made to feel like a failure.

Labour’s #DisabilityBenefits cuts risk both. This isn’t reform. It’s reckless harm. #WelfareNotWorkfare”

Via Dr. Jay Watts

An excellent article explaining why the DWP’s consultation regarding the planned changes to welfare is an absolute sham. I pray this green paper ends up in the high court and gets shown up for exactly what it is. #benefitcuts #disability #welfarenotworkfare #LabourAusterity #PIPcuts

MPs - Starmer says people too ill to work will be “protected.” But that protection already exists—it’s called LCWRA. Labour’s plan? Halve the money. Shrink the group. Strip the support. Don’t fall for the spin. Vote against these dangerous #DisabilityCuts. #WelfareNotWorkfare

I keep hearing people say “Right to try” is a rare good thing in Labour’s Green Paper.

Caution please. Without cast-iron guarantees, trying work could mean losing legally entitled transitional protection—now or later.

That could mean income dropping by 50%.

#WelfareNotWorkfare

Heartfelt gratitude and the utmost respect to @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social for standing up, and speaking out, against the draconian proposals made by Rachel Reeves.

#WelfarenotWarfare
#WelfarenotWorkfare

Keir Starmer is furious the OBR didn’t “price in” his fantasy that slashing #DisabilityBenefits will magically push people into work. But they went with evidence. Claimants, researchers, clinicians all know the likelier outcomes: collapse, crisis, and harm. #WelfareNotWorkfare

Labour’s new term ‘Universal Credit Health Element’ is a dodge—collapsing LCW & LCWRA into a vague blob to hide who’s hit hardest: folk medically assessed as unable to work. We reject this erasure. Words shape policy—this one’s rigged to cut. #WelfareNotWorkfare

“About 400,000 people are falling out of work due to sickness,” says Kendall. “The longer someone is signed off, the less likely they are to return.” Well, yes, because they’re sicker or disabled — not less willing. Illness and disability aren't a work ethic problem, Liz. #WelfareNotWorkfare

The DWP exaggerated a 50% rise in sick/disabled claimants into 383% — got called out, then quietly edited the press release two weeks later.

No apology. No correction note.

Misleading the public to justify cuts. Again.

#WelfareNotWorkfare Thanks @carlee1001001.bsky.social. tinyurl.com/5a5wt6wt

Disability benefits are generous in the UK, are they? This week: PIP daily living rose by £1.25 (standard) or £1.85 (enhanced). That’s 1.7%.
Today: energy bills rose 6.4%.
That’s not generosity. It’s abandonment. #DisabilityBenefits #WelfareNotWorkfare

The group I've joined will be creating a "laymans" terms of the green paper questions to share so it's easier to understand.

Once that's done, there will be a collaborative answers document to share & make it even easier for all to respond.

Hang tight! ✊🏻
#WelfareNotWarfare
#WelfareNotWorkfare

Autonomist Marxism, disability and precarious work rs21 - revolutionary socialism in the 21st century

Autonomist Marxism, disability and precarious work - thanks to Robert Chapman @drrobertchapman.bsky.social & RS21 @rs21.bsky.social‬⁩ for this interview/chat!

#Marxism #DisabilityRebellion #WelfareNotWorkfare #WelfareNotWarfare revsoc21.uk/2025/03/31/a...

Headlines calling Britain the “sick man” of the developed world rely on selective data. Yes, disability claims have risen but not as much as claimed. UK’s trend reflects deep systemic issues not collapse. Spending is still within OECD norms. Stop leaking false propaganda, Labour. #WelfareNotWorkfare

Work coach shortage leads DWP to reduce support for Universal Credit claimants - NAO press release DWP has reduced the level of support it offers to Universal Credit claimants due to a shortage of available work coaches at jobcentres.

Labour: We’re cutting £5bn from disabled people but it’s fine—we’re redeploying 8,000 work coaches.
Also Labour: We have an unprecedented shortage of work coaches. tinyurl.com/mpzsu8yb
#WelfareNotWorkfare #DisabilityBenefits

As a consultant clinical psychologist, I wouldn’t dream of making a policy decision without knowing who it could push into poverty, hospital—or an early grave. So why are MPs doing exactly that? It’s reckless. It’s indefensible. #WelfareNotWorkfare

The Times can disclose, however, that the genesis of the analogy came from the very top. It was first made by Starmer at cabinet on Tuesday, during a discussion about official impact assessments showing that 250,000 people - including 50,000 children - face being pushed into poverty by the government's welfare cuts.

In the wake of her spring statement, the chancellor finds herself being assailed on all sides. Some of the criticism coalesced around comments by Darren Jones, the chief secretary to the Treasury, after he compared benefit cuts to cutting his children's pocket money

VIP - IT WAS STARMER who first compared £5billion of #DisabilityBenefits cuts to cutting his children's pocket money to incentivise them to get a Saturday job. It WAS NOT JAMES according to an impeccable source to @thetimes.com!!! Will Starmer apologise too #WelfareNotWorkfare

Sign the Petition TAX WEALTH – DON'T CUT DISABILITY SUPPORT

#WelfareNotWorkfare

Deadline to sign & challenge disability benefit cuts is by tomorrow morning, as it's being taken to parliament.

www.change.org/p/tax-wealth...

Mental health problems are real. Removing diagnostic labels doesn't resolve them. Anti-psychiatry rhetoric has the effect of unravelling societal acceptance that mental health problems are real & that sufferers require support not discrimination.

#WelfareNotWorkfare

In my opinion MH diagnostic labelling (e.g. depression, anxiety) is not the problem, it's the prejudicial attitudes that surface in response to hearing these labels. Stigma & discrimination needs eradicating not a scaling back of diagnostic practice.

#WelfareNotWorkfare