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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 7h

No, it's not. It's all a lie. The blunt truth is across the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them.

Iain Mansfield @igmansfield.bsky.social · 7h

Outstanding piece by Stephen Daisley.

Ethnicity is no barrier to Britishness - it's culture and integration.

That means 'smaller cohorts and aggressive integration policies' - and tackling the institutions that 'have amplified grievance narratives and radical anti-Western ideologies'.

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Katie Schmuecker @katieschmuecker.bsky.social · Jul 10

New from DWP:

📣Over 1.6m children impacted by the 2 child limit in Apr 2025

This policy that leaves families with 3+ children struggling when they hit hard times.

It is driving up child poverty, leaving families going without essentials and hindering children's prospects

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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · Jul 1

Labour MP @marietidball.bsky.social delivers a powerful speech:

“It is with a heavy broken heart that I will be voting against this bill today.

“As a matter of conscience, I need my constituents to know I cannot support the proposed changes to PIP as currently drafted...”

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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · Jul 1

Today MPs will vote on the amended welfare bill.

MPs who choose to walk through the lobby and support this bill are paving the way for at least 150,000 people to be pulled into poverty.

Here are just 3 reasons why they should oppose this bill from @katieschmuecker.bsky.social 🔽

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Iain Porter @iainkporter.bsky.social · Jun 24

Great to see broad swathe of MPs expressing opposition to a Bill that will increase poverty and destitution amongst disabled people. This new joint briefing for MPs from 10 organisations sets out the broad & deep concern about the Bill from civil society: ucpipbill.co.uk

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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · Jun 24

The welfare rebellion in full - here are the 108 names on the reasoned amendment

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Lizzi Collinge MP @lizzicollinge.bsky.social · Jun 24

I have signed this reasoned amendment. The majority of reforms are both necessary and welcome but I can't support changes to PIP eligibility. We need to reduce numbers by actually preventing ill health.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · Jun 23

BREAKING - I understand a large number of MPs - potentially 80+ and including select committee chair are signing a reasoned amendment to the welfare bill which declines to give it a second reading

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · Jun 20

No-one lost more than £300 a year due to Labour’s changes to Winter Fuel Allowance.

Labour’s changes to disability benefit could cost some households *more than £10,000 a year* – and the plans tabled this week do nothing to fix that.

It’s no wonder campaigners are raising alarms with MPs.

Labour’s devastating disability benefits cuts are a time bomb

Many of its own MPs won't support measures that could see some people lose £10,000 overnight

www.thenewworld.co.uk

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Luke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social · May 23

Obviously hard because of fiscal issues; but a core challenge facing this govt is people don’t to see a sense of purpose just the “tough” stuff they don’t like. As our polling shows tackling poverty and looking after the working class are what people see as Labour at its best

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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · May 23

Many of us have been calling for the scrapping of the two-child benefit limit for a long time. It would take hundreds of thousands of kids out of poverty literally overnight. Reports now suggest the PM wants to do this. Time for a bit of moral backbone from him on this.

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Iain Porter @iainkporter.bsky.social · May 19

New @jrf-uk.bsky.social analysis of disability benefit cuts by Parliamentary constituency and health condition.

Select your constituency from drop-down menu on the chart at the following link, to see how many PIP recipients are at risk of losing out: jrf.org.uk/social-secur...

Image of chart showing percentage of PIP recipients at risk of losing under the Government's proposed disability benefit cuts, broken down by Parliamentary constituency and primary health condition. 'At risk' means they scored less than 4 points in every daily living activity at their last assessment. Figures are for working-age recipients of PIP daily living component.

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Joe Farnworth @joemfm.bsky.social · May 15

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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · May 14

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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · May 8

EXC - 42 MPs have signed a letter to Keir Starmer saying the disability cuts are “impossible to support”

PM is facing biggest rebellion of the parliament over welfare vote

MPs call for pause and rethink until fuller impact assessments can be done in autumn and warn disabled people are frightened

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · May 2

Labour's biggest issue is neither being too socially conserative or not socially conservative enough. It's cuts. People have had enough.

a rare photo of sean connery signed by roger moore @steamedhamms.bsky.social · May 2

make people’s lives worse, lose seats

Runcorn result may start bitter debate within Labour
Henry Zeffman
Chief political correspondent
"On every door it was the same story — winter fuel and PIP."
Those were the words of one disconsolate
Labour campaigner I just spoke to as they emerged from the Runcorn and Helsby count.
This is undoubtedly a great result for Reform
UK which suggests their polling surge is real, and then some.
It also may prove the start of a bitter debate within Labour about some of the most controversial decisions the Starmer government has made in its first 10 months.

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · Apr 23

Someone on Threads noticed you can type any random sentence into Google, then add “meaning” afterwards, and you’ll get an AI explanation of a famous idiom or phrase you just made up. Here is mine

• Al Overview
The idiom "you can't lick a badger twice" means you can't trick or deceive someone a second time after they've been tricked once. It's a warning that if someone has already been deceived, they are unlikely to fall for the same trick again.
Here's a more detailed explanation:
• Licking: "Licking" in this context means to trick or deceive someone.
• Badger: The badger is a wild animal, and the phrase likely originates from the historical sport of badger baiting where dogs were used to harass

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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · Apr 23

"The balance here is off the scale" 📢

The government's proposed cuts to disability benefits will deepen poverty and hardship, and push many further from work.

Watch @iainkporter.bsky.social give evidence to the Work and Pensions Committee on the cuts.

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · Apr 16

Trans women are women,
trans men are men,
and that’s that.

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · Apr 4

Keynesianism is like Ozempic in that it's something that works but makes people mad because they want moral hazard to be involved

Regime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢 @regimecpa.bsky.social · Apr 4

There’s a certain kind of person who thinks Keynesian stimulus is “putting off” a necessary correction and I’m always amazed how many of them there are.

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · Apr 3

What if MAGA did the Great Leap Forward?

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Bryan’s Gunn @bryansgunn.bsky.social · Apr 3

On the pitch, you need that hunger…

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Luke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social · Apr 2

New @moreincommonuk.bsky.social polling for @jrf-uk.bsky.social finds benefit cuts risk putting the Government on the wrong side of public opinion. 60% of the public now think the Government is going in the wrong direction, including 41% of those who backed Labour in July.

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Katie Schmuecker @katieschmuecker.bsky.social · Apr 2

Where will the cuts to sickness & disability benefits hit hardest?

New @jrf-uk.bsky.social constituency analysis shows the % of working age people receiving these benefits in England & Wales.

Some MP inboxes are likely to be brimming, as concern about these plans is widespread

Map showing proportion of working age population in receipt of health related social security, coloured by quintile of constituency. In some coastal areas, south Wales, the North West and Yorkshire and North East, rates are between 15-20%

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Joe Farnworth @joemfm.bsky.social · Mar 27

This was raised in the Commons today. Heartening to see MPs across the House - many drawing on their lived experience - highlight deep concern over changes to PIP eligibility leading to loss of Carer's Allowance. parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...

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Trussell @trusselluk.bsky.social · Mar 26

🚨 CONFIRMED: Social security for disabled people has been slashed in the Spring Statement.

This is cruel, irresponsible and shameful.

People at food banks are already telling us that they’re terrified about how they will survive.

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Keiran Pedley @keiranpedley.bsky.social · Mar 26

Something for Labour to think about via @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social

Top 3 issues for 2024 Labour voters

NHS 68%
Cost of living 56%
Poverty 40%

Net good / bad job
NHS +17
Cost of living -20
Poverty -9

Can't afford to forget the purpose 2024 Labour voters want to see.
www.ipsos.com/en-uk/boost-...

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