
Frances Ryan
Columnist and Journalist at The Guardian
Guardian journalist. Commentator of the Year 2024. Author of Who Wants Normal? (pre-order) and Crippled (out now). E: [email protected]
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theguardian.com | Frances Ryan
More than 100 of the UK’s most high-profile disabled people, including Liz Carr, Rosie Jones, Ruth Madeley and Cherylee Houston, have called on the prime minister to abandon “inhumane and catastrophic plans to cut disability benefits”.
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msn.com | Frances Ryan
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theguardian.com | Frances Ryan
In the hours after Keir Starmer’s partial U-turn on the winter fuel allowance, there was much speculation about whether it would lead to other benefit cuts being reversed. As Labour announced it wouldchange tack on support for pensioners, would the government still vote to cut disabled people’s personal independence payments next month?
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Any politician who wants to ban migration for care homes should be forced to wait 9 hours for the toilet. I imagine pandering to anti-immigration groups would feel as painful and illogical as it does to disabled and older people left without care workers. https://t.co/AixizkF0jb

In Who Wants Normal?, I loved chatting to Jameela Jamil, Rosie Jones, Nikki Fox and more about dating and friendships. I wrote for @theipaper about one hidden aspect: how friends can go quiet if we’re going through health problems (and what might help). https://t.co/3lDCUC9421

One of my favourite chapters in Who Wants Normal? is on relationships and disability: the joy, taboos, and occasional grief. I wrote for @theipaper about one snippet: what to do if your friend is going through health problems right now (and what not to). https://t.co/3lDCUC9421