End Social Care Disgrace

09/06/2026

It's Carers Week and this year's theme is Building Carer Friendly Communities.

Unpaid carers support millions of disabled, older and vulnerable people every day, often at significant cost to their own health, finances and wellbeing.

This week I'm recognising carers, sharing my own experiences and highlighting why carers deserve better support.

04/06/2026

Brilliant Analysis of

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30/05/2026

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28/05/2026

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24/05/2026

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17/05/2026

This is exactly how divide and conquer works.

Yes, severely disabled people and families needing round-the-clock support are being failed. Nobody should be pretending otherwise.

But that failure is not because another disabled person gets PIP.

PIP was never meant to replace social care, fund 24/7 care packages, or prop up a collapsing care system.

The real issue? Years of underfunded social care, councils cutting support, unpaid carers at breaking point, and governments expecting benefits to patch gaps they created.

Disabled people should not be pushed into arguing over who is “disabled enough” while the actual system failures go untouched.

We need better support for all disabled people — without pitting us against each other.

What do you think? 👇

11/05/2026

Interesting how careful the wording becomes when there’s actual legal responsibility involved.

Disabled people are already facing enough suspicion without social media encouraging people to play detective over complete strangers.

A disclaimer at the bottom of a page doesn’t undo the culture being created in the videos themselves.

09/05/2026

Labour MPs constantly reacting to hostile headlines instead of challenging misinformation head on has helped normalise some incredibly damaging narratives.

You don’t beat moral panic politics by copying it.

03/05/2026

There’s a huge misunderstanding around what defines a carer.

In real life, a carer is anyone providing regular, unpaid support to someone who needs help due to illness, disability, or age.

But in the benefits system, recognition depends on strict criteria, including hours of care, the other person’s benefit status, and financial rules.

That leaves thousands of people providing care every single day without being officially recognised or supported.

This isn’t about labels, it’s about reality.

03/05/2026

The Purple Pound refers to the spending power of disabled people and their households, estimated in the hundreds of billions in the UK.

But public conversation still frames disabled people as an economic burden, ignoring:

Disabled people in work

Self-employed and freelancers

Unpaid carers

Everyday spending that fuels businesses

The fact benefits are spent back into the economy

This isn’t about spin. It’s about reality.
Disabled people are not outside the economy.
We are a fundamental part of it.