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  1. Final PIP details online. Limited walking, cooking probs and blind amongst losers. Score yourself. bit.ly/yzBxBj #spartacusreport
  2. Freud's misleading 'only10%' criticism of #spartacusreport already disproved and discredited before he made it. bit.ly/y06j96
  3. Government totally routed in Lords over ESA in welfare reform bill. There's hope for DLA next week. #spartacusreport bit.ly/xQDuf9
  4. Responsible reform author hospitalised as #spartacusreport soars. bit.ly/yekEXG
  5. Support #spartacusreport, add a #twibbon now! - twb.ly/Ak2Ryu - Create one here - twb.ly/f02AU3
  6. We support the #spartacusreport. Coalition DLA con revealed, act now. bit.ly/AzQHKP
  7. BBC Ouch messageboard for disabled people to close on 6 July. Use Facebook and twitter says BBC. http://bbc.in/jkectG
  8. Threatened with prosecution and homelessness for being self-employed. Member's experience of running a business. http://bit.ly/iXYVm0
  9. Beware: benefits check could cost you thousands. http://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/latest-news/1369-2-june-newsleter
  10. Forced labour scheme begins - Benefits and Work 5 May newsletter. http://bit.ly/kuqvl8
  11. DWP and media continue smear campaign against ESA claimants: 'workshy spongers feigning serious disability'. http://bit.ly/m6sx42
  12. Scandal of Atos medical assessment centres http://bit.ly/eZ2WsX
  13. U-turn on PIP for over 65’s? http://bit.ly/hjSfgx
  14. Mobility payments to end at pensionable age? Benefits and Work newsletter out now. http://bit.ly/eMeRbD
  15. IB to ESA transfer begins in earnest today. http://bit.ly/i3duZt
  16. Reporter wants to sit in on your ESA medical. http://bit.ly/gDE0ec
  17. New disability test 'is a complete mess', says the man who designed it gu.com/p/2na7x/tw via @guardian
  18. What disability living allowance means to me - in pictures gu.com/p/2nved/tw via @guardian
  19. Charities: "We’re not campaigning enough just in case we fall out of favour." http://bit.ly/gehbfe
  20. Ask your MP to sign the early day motion condemning the closure of Birmingham CAB. http://bit.ly/fDduNF