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Gaia: Sanctioned after a cancelled appointmentSanctions pushing Gaia to food banks and loans while trying to feed her children.
08 Oct 2025 -
Fiona: Carers deserve to be paid the living wageProviding 24/7 care on £83.30 a week, draining savings as bills rise.
08 Oct 2025 -
Paula: Fighting PIP cuts to reclaim essential support
Restoring PIP 8 months after payments were suddenly cut, costing her essential discounts.
08 Oct 2025 -
Peter: Reassessments for a lifelong condition
Endless PIP re‑assessments, intrusive questioning and constant stress to keep support.
08 Oct 2025 -
Carolynne & Freya: Child care with complex needsLooking after daugher 24/7 but struggling to provide the best possible care.
08 Oct 2025 -
Marvin: Disability and bills undermining supportLiving with muscular dystrophy and in fear of support being cut to a level where he can't survive.
08 Oct 2025 -
Philip: I couldn’t visit my father in his final daysMental health strained after missed UC payment meant he couldn't afford to visit him.
08 Oct 2025 -
Rachel: DWP used against her by ex abuser
Survivor risks stability due to malicious allegations, intrusive reviews and rising costs.
08 Oct 2025 -
Edward: Support not enought for homeownersLost his engeniering job and found support on UC too low to pay his mortgage.
08 Oct 2025 -
John: MS dismissed by a phone‑only PIP decisionNever thought he'd need support but MS changed everything.
08 Oct 2025 -
Claire: Mental ill‑health met with disbelief and hurdlesDoubted through assessments and tribunals; errors and stigma left her anxious and exhausted.
08 Oct 2025 -
Steve: Chronic pain, basic support, and isolation
Lives with osteoarthritis; UC and PIP cover basics, but not enough to visit family.
08 Oct 2025 -
Carly: Unexpected payment mix‑up left her without UCSingle parent had to get into debt and instability due to stressful issues with UC.
08 Oct 2025 -
UK: 'New' police powers to tackle protest yet another attempt to clamp down on human rightsThe ‘new’ powers announced by the Home Secretary today are not new at all – they are a reheat of powers that the last Government tried to push through under regulations that the courts found to be unlawful.
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Northern Ireland: PSNI should not be arresting peaceful protesters on the streets of London05 Oct 2025 Press release -
Securing Disabled People’s Rights in a Warming World04 Oct 2025 Blog post
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UK: Leaving the ECHR 'would be cowardly' and make everyone less safeAmnesty International UK response to Kemi Badenoch’s announcement that the Tory Party would leave the European Convention on Human Rights if the Conservatives won the next election
04 Oct 2025 Press release -
UK: Giving police ‘10 shot super taser' after fresh BBC footage of abuse raises fundamental safety concerns
UK: Giving police ‘10 shot super taser' after fresh BBC footage of abuse raises fundamental safety concerns
02 Oct 2025 Press release -
Amnesty International UK response to the attack at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue
Amnesty International UK is deeply saddened by the news of this morning's attack at the Heaton Park synagogue in north Manchester and condemns this horrific act of violence that has taken the lives of two innocent people and injured many more. Our…
02 Oct 2025 Press release
