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InfluenceMap @influencemap.bsky.social · 21h

📢 🚨New Report - How the UK oil and gas industry spent 15 years pushing for subsidies & incentives for Carbon Capture and Storage rather than regulatory accountability or science-based emissions reductions; maintaining a funding pipeline for a technology yet to deliver on its promises 👇

The UK Oil and Gas Industry's Advocacy on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)

New analysis from InfluenceMap suggests that for more than 15 years, the oil and gas industry has systematically pushed the UK government to adopt a costly, emissions-intensive energy policy agenda de...

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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 21h

To stop us being held to ransom by big pharma, the UK must invest seriously in building alternatives including publicly owned medicines development, to break big pharma’s monopolies over essential medicines!

www.globaljustice.org.uk/news/disaste...

"Disaster for the UK" - campaigners respond to NHS drug spending hike - Global Justice Now

Responding to news that NHS drugs prices are set to rise, Tim Bierley, policy and campaigns manager at Global Justice Now said: Big pharma companies already make huge profits from […]

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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 21h

With the Trump administration seeking to offload the cost of the US’s corporate health system onto other countries, and big pharma using the chaos to drive up prices, we know this won’t be the last time the NHS comes under this kind of pressure.

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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 21h

Big pharma companies already make huge profits from the NHS.

Even more money will now flow into the pockets of super-rich shareholders, likely at the expense of other parts of the health sector. This is a disaster for the UK.

www.politico.eu/article/brit...

Britain prepares NHS drug spending hike to stave off Trump tariffs

Officials briefed the Trump administration on fresh proposals for pharma pricing earlier this week.

www.politico.eu

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Nick Dearden @nickdearden.bsky.social · 21h

“We have kicked up enough of a stink and they have given in. This is the price you have to pay post-Trump for global pharma to continue to play in the UK”

Big Pharma gloating that, with Trump, they seem to have forced the UK to give in on NHS pricing🧵

www.politico.eu/article/brit...

Britain prepares NHS drug spending hike to stave off Trump tariffs

Officials briefed the Trump administration on fresh proposals for pharma pricing earlier this week.

www.politico.eu

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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 1d

Could your council be next? Get involved 👇🏽

www.globaljustice.org.uk/resource/how...

How to convince your local council to endorse the Fossil Fuel Treaty - Global Justice Now

The global call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty is gaining momentum across the world, but a rising tide of support is needed to make negotiations for such a treaty a reality.

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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 1d

Earlier in the summer York became the 22nd council to endorse the Fossil Fuel Treaty thanks to the tireless work of campaigners from Global Justice York 💪🏽

Around the UK and the world, momentum is growing for a globally just transition away from fossil fuels!

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Oxfam International @oxfaminternational.bsky.social · 2d

📢Two thirds of climate finance is loans, as rich countries profiteer 💸from climate crisis.

New research by Oxfam and CARE finds poor countries are paying back 7 USD for every 5 they receive in climate funding.
Read the full report: www.oxfam.org/en/press-rel...

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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 2d

@seemasyeda.bsky.social @itforchange.bsky.social @ceciliarikap.bsky.social @ukstoptrump.bsky.social

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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 2d

📢 Join us this Fri 10 Oct at TWT in Manchester!

We'll be joined by activists and researchers from India and Latin America to understand how trade is used as a weapon of empire - and what we can do to build democratic digital sovereignty for the masses.

theworldtransformed.org/twt25/twt25p...

Text reads: Trade as a weapon of empire: Big tech, tariffs and neoliberal trade deals. Windrush Conference. 10.10.2025. 4.30 - 6pm.

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Balanced Economy Project @balancedeconomy.bsky.social · 7d

Big Pharma’s cartel-like tactics are hurting the #NHS and patients are paying the price.

Along with @justtreatment.org & @globaljusticenow.bsky.social we call on the CMA to investigate the coordinated threats to pull UK investment.

Read the letter:🔗 www.balancedeconomy.org/latest/lette...

Campaigners demand investigation into big pharama’s “cartel-like” threats to the NHS — Balanced Economy Project

www.balancedeconomy.org

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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 7d

"Big pharma is already one of the most profitable industries in the world. Diverting more of the NHS’s stretched budgets to please these fantastically wealthy global corporations won't help patients."

Our director @nickdearden.bsky.social for @theguardian.com ✍️🏽

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Big pharma is at war with the UK, and the government can’t back down now | Nick Dearden

The industry has always wanted the NHS to pay more for its drugs; now it is pulling research and investment out of Britain, says director of Global Justice Now Nick Dearden

www.theguardian.com

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Nick Dearden @nickdearden.bsky.social · 7d

Big pharma is at war with the UK. If we want to save the NHS, we can’t back down.

By me 👇

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Big pharma is at war with the UK, and the government can’t back down now | Nick Dearden

The industry has always wanted the NHS to pay more for its drugs; now it is pulling research and investment out of Britain, says director of Global Justice Now Nick Dearden

www.theguardian.com

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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 7d

This could create even more good renewable jobs than he talked about today and stop our energy system being hijacked by corporate polluters, lowering bills for us all.

Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 7d

With one third of workers at the Lindsey Oil Refinery losing their jobs this week, the gov cannot act quickly enough.

We need policies like windfall taxation and redirection of fossil fuel subsidies to harness Big Oil’s vast wealth towards supporting its workers through the energy transition.

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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 7d

Miliband has sent some positive signals about his appetite for an energy transition that benefits workers and communities. To achieve this we need action to tackle the power of billionaires and big oil head on.

Our campaigner @izziemcintosh.bsky.social 👇🏼

www.globaljustice.org.uk/news/ed-mili...

Ed Miliband speech reaction: "We need action to tackle the power of billionaires and big oil head on", campaigners say - Global Justice Now

Izzie McIntosh, climate campaign manager at Global Justice Now said: Miliband has sent some positive signals about his appetite for an energy transition that benefits workers and communities, but to [...

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Just Treatment @justtreatment.org · 8d

🚨 We joined @globaljusticenow.bsky.social & Balanced Economy to demand the UK competition watchdog investigates Big Pharma.

Drug giants are pausing UK investments in an attempt to bully the NHS into paying more for medicines.

Patients’ lives are on the line.

www.politico.eu/article/ngo-...

NGOs demand UK competition authority probe pharma over investment pauses

A letter to the Competition and Markets Authority from three NGOs accuses companies of “suspected” anticompetitive behavior.

www.politico.eu

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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 8d

NEW: We, @justtreatment.org and @balancedeconomy.bsky.social have written to ask the competition authorities to investigate Big Pharma’s campaign to push up the price the NHS pays for medicines, to see if it is in breach of competition law 👇🏽

www.politico.eu/article/ngo-...

NGOs demand UK competition authority probe pharma over investment pauses

A letter to the Competition and Markets Authority from three NGOs accuses companies of “suspected” anticompetitive behavior.

www.politico.eu

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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 9d

The ‘Unite the Kingdom’ rally is a terrifying example of what happens when politicians create performative, divisive policies to appease the far-right.

We’ve joined 100+ orgs asking the new Home Secretary to end the scapegoating of refugees and migrants 👇🏼

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

More than 100 charities call for home secretary to stop ‘scapegoating’ migrants

The letter claimed that blaming migrants for societal issues had sown ‘anger and division’ in the community

www.independent.co.uk

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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 12d

Full reaction via @izziemcintosh.bsky.social

www.globaljustice.org.uk/news/cop30-s...

COP30: Starmer's lack of attendance would be a "complete abdication of responsibility", campaigners say - Global Justice Now

Izzie McIntosh, climate campaign manager at Global Justice Now said: A lack of attendance at COP30 from Starmer would be a complete abdication of responsibility from our prime minister. As […]

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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 12d

Yet Starmer's priorities currently seem to lie elsewhere, as he rolled out the red carpet for Trump just recently - it's a bad look.

Given the UK's historic responsibility for the current fatal climate crisis, attendance should not be a "maybe" - Starmer needs to be there.

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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 12d

A lack of attendance at COP30 from Starmer would be an abdication of responsibility.

As authoritarian leaders like Trump launch attacks on established scientific evidence on climate change, this is a chance for the gov to stand up to this assault.

www.ft.com/content/5f8f...

Keir Starmer has no plans to attend COP30 climate summit in Brazil

Final decision has yet to be made amid ‘big fight inside government’ over trip by prime minister

www.ft.com

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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 13d

TAKE ACTION: Use our template to write to the government and tell them to stand up to the demands of US big tech, and protect our ability to properly tax them.

act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4610

UK: Don't Sell Out to Big Tech to Appease Trump

Donald Trump is using trade wars and high tariffs to bully countries around the world into dropping taxes and regulation on US big tech. From digital taxes to anti-monopoly policies, we desperately ne...

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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 13d

"We have an authoritarian US president using every weapon in his arsenal to win power and wealth for his friends in the oligarchy.

"Tying ourselves closer will prove politically unpopular and economically short-sighted", @nickdearden.bsky.social writes 👇

www.globaljustice.org.uk/blog/2025/09...

Starmer rolls out the red carpet for Trump and the Tech Barons - Global Justice Now

Rolling out the red carpet for Donald Trump last week was another disappointment to everyone looking to this government to play a positive role in the world.’. Trump’s visit was […]

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Nick Dearden @nickdearden.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks for looking behind the headlines on the US-UK tech deal @chakrabortty

No well paid jobs – just mining of our land, data, water and energy for the profit of the Tech bros.

The Tech equivalent of “US military bases on British soil”

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Special relationship? There can be no such thing with a snake like Trump | Aditya Chakrabortty

Keir Starmer has spent the best part of a year cosying up to the US president. It will be no surprise when he gets bitten, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

www.theguardian.com

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