Ruth Hannan
@ruthhannan.bsky.social
Exploring care in a new economy at @carefull.bsky.social with @hannahwebster.bsky.social
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You beat me to this. I would go as far as to ask @ippr.org to take this post down and reframe it. It is a huge error which distracts from a really useful analysis.
November 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
You beat me to this. I would go as far as to ask @ippr.org to take this post down and reframe it. It is a huge error which distracts from a really useful analysis.
Let's not perpetuate this language. Let's call it what it is. Hateful. Rooted in bigotry and the gateway drug that allowed austerity to destroy lives.
Many newspapers and politicians have been calling yesterday's fiscal statement a 'Budget for Benefits Street'. Here's three reasons why that is not accurate 🧵
November 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Let's not perpetuate this language. Let's call it what it is. Hateful. Rooted in bigotry and the gateway drug that allowed austerity to destroy lives.
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Normalisation of "gig work" & "gig economy" masks the precarity of work that nearly 5m undertake. This is the tip of an iceberg of the erosion of workers rights.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
We spoke to lovely Joe, from @iwgbunion.bsky.social for Words of Affirmation. Give it a listen.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
We spoke to lovely Joe, from @iwgbunion.bsky.social for Words of Affirmation. Give it a listen.
Labour must back delivery drivers sacked by DPD, former cabinet minister says
Louise Haigh criticises delivery company over treatment of workers who spoke out against pay cuts
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Normalisation of "gig work" & "gig economy" masks the precarity of work that nearly 5m undertake. This is the tip of an iceberg of the erosion of workers rights.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
We spoke to lovely Joe, from @iwgbunion.bsky.social for Words of Affirmation. Give it a listen.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
We spoke to lovely Joe, from @iwgbunion.bsky.social for Words of Affirmation. Give it a listen.
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the BBC should apologise with a montage of all the times Trump showed support for 6 Jan and they should get the person who does the end of World Cup montage to do it
November 11, 2025 at 8:16 AM
the BBC should apologise with a montage of all the times Trump showed support for 6 Jan and they should get the person who does the end of World Cup montage to do it
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Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
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More wise words from @carefull.bsky.social, this time on Paul Scholes' announcement that he's sidelining paid work to care for his autistic son. This is a dilemma that affects so many carers in our economy; article link in the comments
This week Paul Scholes shared his experiences of caring for his son alongside his professional role and it resonated with us. In our economy - that devalues and isolates care - the challenges he faced are shared by millions, but not everyone has the resources he has to fall back on.
November 7, 2025 at 10:14 AM
More wise words from @carefull.bsky.social, this time on Paul Scholes' announcement that he's sidelining paid work to care for his autistic son. This is a dilemma that affects so many carers in our economy; article link in the comments
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Rockstar Games, "famed for its Grand Theft Auto franchise, the latest edition of which netted more than $1billion (£770 million) in pre-sale orders alone, last week fired all 30 workers who had been part of an Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) Discord channel"
Rockstar workers fight grand theft of jobs
MORE than 200 trade unionists and community activists picketed Rockstar Games in Edinburgh today in solidarity with 30 workers sacked for joining a union.The company, famed for its Grand Theft Auto fr...
morningstaronline.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Rockstar Games, "famed for its Grand Theft Auto franchise, the latest edition of which netted more than $1billion (£770 million) in pre-sale orders alone, last week fired all 30 workers who had been part of an Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) Discord channel"
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This week Paul Scholes shared his experiences of caring for his son alongside his professional role and it resonated with us. In our economy - that devalues and isolates care - the challenges he faced are shared by millions, but not everyone has the resources he has to fall back on.
November 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This week Paul Scholes shared his experiences of caring for his son alongside his professional role and it resonated with us. In our economy - that devalues and isolates care - the challenges he faced are shared by millions, but not everyone has the resources he has to fall back on.
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Read the full article from our co-founder @ruthhannan.bsky.social www.lbc.co.uk/article/isol...
Isolating carers is an own goal for all of us | LBC
Paul Scholes’ wealth doesn’t protect him from the worries about his son’s future, but it does enable him to give up paid work without any impact on his family’s financial wellbeing, writes Ruth Hannan
www.lbc.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Read the full article from our co-founder @ruthhannan.bsky.social www.lbc.co.uk/article/isol...
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At Care Full we support the four-day week for its potential benefits to unpaid carers. The government needs to catch up. The evidence points to too many positives to ignore.
The four-day week is already working.
It’s time for the government to catch up.
It’s time for the government to catch up.
October 30, 2025 at 9:56 AM
At Care Full we support the four-day week for its potential benefits to unpaid carers. The government needs to catch up. The evidence points to too many positives to ignore.
Did you see our new report launched yesterday? Check out our thread below.
Whether you’re up for the school run, taking Mum to a doctors appointment or helping a neighbour with their shopping, we all want to care and be cared for.
But in the economy we have millions who care are struggling to survive, left to worry about how to care for someone and look after themselves..
But in the economy we have millions who care are struggling to survive, left to worry about how to care for someone and look after themselves..
October 30, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Did you see our new report launched yesterday? Check out our thread below.
An excellent briefing on all things care related. Pulling together issues with our current model and setting out the potential for ambitious changes. Thanks for including @carefull.bsky.social new report. Out today.
On the International Day of Care and Support, this week’s New Economy Brief explores what the Carer's Allowance scandal tells us about how our economy and society undervalue care: neweconomybrief.net/the-digest/w...
October 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
An excellent briefing on all things care related. Pulling together issues with our current model and setting out the potential for ambitious changes. Thanks for including @carefull.bsky.social new report. Out today.
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Care Full ( @carefull.bsky.social ) are looking at how experiences of care unite us all, and how that should be recognised. Please check them out!
Whether you’re up for the school run, taking Mum to a doctors appointment or helping a neighbour with their shopping, we all want to care and be cared for.
But in the economy we have millions who care are struggling to survive, left to worry about how to care for someone and look after themselves..
But in the economy we have millions who care are struggling to survive, left to worry about how to care for someone and look after themselves..
October 29, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Care Full ( @carefull.bsky.social ) are looking at how experiences of care unite us all, and how that should be recognised. Please check them out!
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Come and join me and Beverley Ward chatting about #RewritingSocialCare in London on Thursday 23 October #BookLaunch www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
October 9, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Come and join me and Beverley Ward chatting about #RewritingSocialCare in London on Thursday 23 October #BookLaunch www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
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So, Sunday Times runs with latest poll showing Farage winning if there was an election now. But makes NO mention of Reform’s collusion with Russia. And this is how democracy gets beaten to death in the dark. Voters are not being told the truth. Reform is given the stage but is NEVER held to account.
September 28, 2025 at 7:59 AM
So, Sunday Times runs with latest poll showing Farage winning if there was an election now. But makes NO mention of Reform’s collusion with Russia. And this is how democracy gets beaten to death in the dark. Voters are not being told the truth. Reform is given the stage but is NEVER held to account.
My reflections on this positive event, it feels there's a real opportunity for us to shift the narrative on care. We're so keen to create a hopeful future full of abundance for all of us, it's good to see others feel the same.
Before I run off to eat lunch a few reflections on the @claremontcomms.bsky.social event today exploring how we create a society that values care. It's positive to see focus on the need to shift how we talk about care - in all it's forms to one that is universal. 🧵
September 23, 2025 at 12:44 PM
My reflections on this positive event, it feels there's a real opportunity for us to shift the narrative on care. We're so keen to create a hopeful future full of abundance for all of us, it's good to see others feel the same.
Few thoughts from me on the newly launched report from @centreforcare.bsky.social
I (Ruth) have just attended the launch of @centreforcare.bsky.social launch of their research into adult social care worker organising. A really interesting area, especially as Care Full is exploring solidarity in and across care. Thoughts. 🧵
The report is here: centreforcare.ac.uk/publications...
The report is here: centreforcare.ac.uk/publications...
Successfully engaging paid care workers in organising: Challenges, opportunities, and what works | the Centre for Care
This briefing proposes recommendations for successfully engaging care workers in organising.
centreforcare.ac.uk
September 18, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Few thoughts from me on the newly launched report from @centreforcare.bsky.social
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Capitalism has created a world of bullshit abundance, where we have too much of what we don’t need and too little of what we do.
Join us in Sheffield on 2 October to hear Keir Milburn in conversation about the alternative: Radical Abundance ✨
Tickets 👉 tickettailor.com/events/wordlife/1838497
Join us in Sheffield on 2 October to hear Keir Milburn in conversation about the alternative: Radical Abundance ✨
Tickets 👉 tickettailor.com/events/wordlife/1838497
September 16, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Capitalism has created a world of bullshit abundance, where we have too much of what we don’t need and too little of what we do.
Join us in Sheffield on 2 October to hear Keir Milburn in conversation about the alternative: Radical Abundance ✨
Tickets 👉 tickettailor.com/events/wordlife/1838497
Join us in Sheffield on 2 October to hear Keir Milburn in conversation about the alternative: Radical Abundance ✨
Tickets 👉 tickettailor.com/events/wordlife/1838497
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People say the BBC lack flexibility in the modern digital era, but the launch and roll out of their 24 hour Charlie Kirk News channel in a matter of hours was pretty impressive.
September 13, 2025 at 9:44 AM
People say the BBC lack flexibility in the modern digital era, but the launch and roll out of their 24 hour Charlie Kirk News channel in a matter of hours was pretty impressive.
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Witnesses Assumed Charlie Kirk Shooter Was Just Ordinary Gunman On School Campus
Witnesses Assumed Charlie Kirk Shooter Was Just Ordinary Gunman On School Campus
OREM, UT—As law enforcement officials search for a person of interest in the assassination of 31-year-old Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk, witnesses on the scene at Utah Valley University ad...
theonion.com
September 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Witnesses Assumed Charlie Kirk Shooter Was Just Ordinary Gunman On School Campus
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New Mexico is getting universal pre school childcare, like the next NYC mayor promises.
Over 60 years since Eleanor Roosevelt called for it, this is key to ending the gender pay gap.
In the UK we now have 30 hours free, but lack public nurseries + proper pay for staff.
www.krqe.com/news/politic...
Over 60 years since Eleanor Roosevelt called for it, this is key to ending the gender pay gap.
In the UK we now have 30 hours free, but lack public nurseries + proper pay for staff.
www.krqe.com/news/politic...
Governor announces New Mexico will now provide free universal child care
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico is becoming the first state in the U.S. to offer free early childhood education to every family in the state. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced a universal ch…
www.krqe.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
New Mexico is getting universal pre school childcare, like the next NYC mayor promises.
Over 60 years since Eleanor Roosevelt called for it, this is key to ending the gender pay gap.
In the UK we now have 30 hours free, but lack public nurseries + proper pay for staff.
www.krqe.com/news/politic...
Over 60 years since Eleanor Roosevelt called for it, this is key to ending the gender pay gap.
In the UK we now have 30 hours free, but lack public nurseries + proper pay for staff.
www.krqe.com/news/politic...
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They are going to need to use hotels to detain Palestine Action supporters at this point
September 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
They are going to need to use hotels to detain Palestine Action supporters at this point
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Since this is apparently a resigning matter, I’ll just leave this here…
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings
Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Since this is apparently a resigning matter, I’ll just leave this here…
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Join Autonomy TOMORROW 🚨
'Tax, work, incomes: building a fairer system'
📆 Weds 3rd September, 18:30 (Online)
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'Tax, work, incomes: building a fairer system'
📆 Weds 3rd September, 18:30 (Online)
📣 Caitlin Boswell (Tax Justice), Rebecca Gowland (Partiotic Millionaires), Sara Reis (Women’s Budget Group), Alfie Stirling (Joseph Rowntree Foundation)
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September 2, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Join Autonomy TOMORROW 🚨
'Tax, work, incomes: building a fairer system'
📆 Weds 3rd September, 18:30 (Online)
📣 Caitlin Boswell (Tax Justice), Rebecca Gowland (Partiotic Millionaires), Sara Reis (Women’s Budget Group), Alfie Stirling (Joseph Rowntree Foundation)
Sign-up: buff.ly/ZjWBJKq
'Tax, work, incomes: building a fairer system'
📆 Weds 3rd September, 18:30 (Online)
📣 Caitlin Boswell (Tax Justice), Rebecca Gowland (Partiotic Millionaires), Sara Reis (Women’s Budget Group), Alfie Stirling (Joseph Rowntree Foundation)
Sign-up: buff.ly/ZjWBJKq