You know what might actually help some of us work? A council-run trades service.

I need a weekly cleaner who will actually turn up. I need a plasterer without the ringing round trying to get quotes. I need a decorator without the searching and trying to get recommendations. I need someone I can call to change lightbulbs I can't safely reach and hook the curtain back on its rings.

I'd happily pay the going rate for the work if it got rid of the headaches.

#Disability #LongCovid #BenefitCuts

"..what is the point of the Labour party?

Well, the point, it seems, is to be as not-Labour as possible, and that purpose was fashioned in a battle against those on the left of the party, rather than its desire to be the canny custodian of leftwing politics once in power. It is as simple as that"

Nesrine Malik spot on, once again. We on the left warned everyone...

#Labour #UKPolitics #BenefitCuts #PIP #Disability

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/17/keir-starmer-tory-radical-prime-minister-poor-people