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Stolen Children’s Month June 2026

By winvisibleblog | 02 June 2026 | 0 Comments

We’re sharing this press release from Support Not Separation (SNS) on Stolen Children’s Month June 2026 FAMILY COURT PICKET: WED 3 JUNE 2026 12.30-1.30pm in person at Central family court SNS says: “This month we’re focusing on the ways and places where children have been and still are stolen from loving mums/families, including through historic … Read more

PIP Review: WinVisible’s response to Call for Evidence

By winvisibleblog | 29 May 2026 | 0 Comments

Thanks to everyone who contributed to WinVisible’s response to the PIP Review — call for evidence.  ** Please read here and share – feedback is welcome! We focussed on the issues affecting sick and disabled women/of colour, disabled mothers and other family carers, immigrant and UK-born, our experiences, the problems and what we want. We’re … Read more

DWP stops benefits of nearly 23,000 ESA claimants — Disability News Service

By winvisibleblog | 15 May 2026 | 0 Comments

Thanks to Disability News Service for this update. See also our joint letter and earlier action raising the alarm about people being cut off in the Move to Universal Credit. Fears of another safeguarding catastrophe after DWP stops benefits of nearly 23,000 ESA claimants By John Pring on 14th May 2026   Benefits and Poverty New government figures show … Read more

Benefit cap: our comment to Disability News Service

By winvisibleblog | 09 May 2026 | 0 Comments

Disability News Service reported: ‘Disabled people’s organisations have branded Tory leader Kemi Badenoch’s latest proposals to slash spending on disabled people’s support as “nonsense”, “harmful”, and a recipe for hardship and poverty. In their latest assault on social security spending, the Conservatives misleadingly claimed the benefit cap allows some households to claim “unlimited benefits” if … Read more

Tues 5 May: Protest vs Gov attacks on migrants fleeing war & genocide

By winvisibleblog | 01 May 2026 | 0 Comments

Once again, we’ll be taking part in this protest next week — on Tuesday after the Bank Holiday. Please share the info below from our sisters at Global Women Against Deportations and the All African Women’s Group.  Let us know if you want to come and need a folding chair or other access needs. WHERE: … Read more

New rules for getting disability payment of Universal Credit

By winvisibleblog | 19 April 2026 | 0 Comments

Last year we were part of a big campaign against cuts to disability benefits. The government had to drop cuts to PIP and set up the PIP review instead. But their plan to cut the Universal Credit disability payment/”health element” for new claimants, was passed in the Universal Credit Act 2025 and came into force … Read more

Switch to Universal Credit is robbing thousands of ‘most vulnerable people’

By winvisibleblog | 10 April 2026 | 0 Comments

Shared from the Camden New Journal with thanks by Tom Foot, 9 April 2026 Disabled people are being robbed of benefits due to overhaul of the system designed to “scrape” some of the most vulnerable people off the welfare budget, campaigners warned this week. WinVisible has written to Sir Stephen Timms, the minister for social … Read more

Claim Universal Credit disability by Sunday 5 April

By winvisibleblog | 01 April 2026 | 0 Comments

Last year, we campaigned against cuts to disability benefits across PIP and Universal Credit. The government had to drop the PIP cuts (for now), and set up the Timms PIP review instead. But the Universal Credit Act went through, which cuts disability element of UC by 50% for new claimants from 6 April. There are … Read more

Open letter: Claimants face ‘destitution’ over failure of Universal Credit safeguards

By winvisibleblog | 30 March 2026 | 0 Comments

WV worked with Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People and Fightback 4 Justice putting together an open letter raising the alarm that thousands of sick, disabled and terminally ill claimants are being cut off benefits if we aren’t able to cope with the forced move to Universal Credit (UC).  It was sent to disability benefits … Read more

“Justice for Jodey” mum Joy Dove backs Disabled Mothers’ Rights Charter

By winvisibleblog | 11 March 2026 | 0 Comments

We are delighted that Joy Dove, great-grandmother & campaigner for justice for her daughter Jodey Whiting* is adding her name to the Disabled Mothers’ Rights Charter.    The Charter calls for disabled mothers’ rights to start a family, keep our children and be supported, not to be treated as unfit mothers and have our children … Read more