Everyone deserves a safe, secure home they can be proud of. Today I visited @Shelter to hear directly from their team and social housing campaigners about how we can deliver a new generation of council homes. As we strengthen the Social Housing Bill, we’re putting tenants at the heart of those changes, from protecting survivors of domestic abuse in social housing to giving council tenants more control over repairs and maintenance. Because delivering a new generation of social housing isn’t just about building more homes. It’s about making sure they’re safe, secure and shaped by the people who live in them.

We cannot go on with millions of people living on benefits instead of in work. It's not fair on taxpayers, and unaffordable for Britain. We've announced our plan for a fairer welfare system, where what you pay in affects what you get out. 👇

Helen, stop. Read this. Right now, someone on PIP is reading your timeline. They've seen eleven posts in three weeks calling their support "morally wrong." "Unaffordable." "Unfair." A "lifestyle choice." They didn't choose their condition. They didn't choose to need help. They filled in a 42-page form describing the worst moments of their life. They attended an assessment where a stranger asked them to prove they can't function. They waited months for a decision. They were told yes, you qualify, you ARE that unwell. And now the Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary the person who wants to run the department that assessed them posts every single day that their existence on the system is "morally wrong." How does that feel? To the person with depression who already believes they're a burden. To the person with anxiety who already believes they don't deserve help. To the person who already thought about ending it and decided to ask for support instead. Your words have weight, Helen. You're not a random account with 40 followers. You're the Shadow Secretary of State. When YOU say PIP is "morally wrong," the person reading it doesn't hear "the system needs reform." They hear "YOU are the problem. YOU are the cost. YOU are what's wrong." Eleven times. In three weeks. Every day another post telling vulnerable people they're a burden on the country. If one person reading your timeline today decides they're too ashamed to claim what they're entitled to that's on you. If one person decides the stigma is too much and stops asking for help that's on you. If one person in crisis sees "morally wrong" and believes it about themselves that's on you. Words from the Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary aren't tweets. They're signals. To 4 million PIP claimants. That the person who wants to control their support thinks their existence in the system is morally wrong. Please stop. Reform the system if you want. Publish a policy if you have one. But stop telling vulnerable people, every single day, that needing help is a moral failing. It isn't policy. It's cruelty with a blue tick. if you have a disability or are living with depression and these posts are making things harder you are not the problem. You are not a burden. You are not "morally wrong." You needed help. You asked for it. That took courage. Samaritans: 116 123. Free. 24 hours. Every day. And if you're reading this and you're angry tell Helen. Reply to her. Let her see the people behind the numbers she posts every day.

Who will stop @Helen_Whately spreading false information? Motability customers surrender £320 every four weeks of PIP to lease a car they never own. Calling them “free cars” is false, stigmatising and deeply damaging to disabled people. @Ofcom @Conservatives @stephenctimms