@m4nna.bsky.social
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When I see clips of people voting for Reform they always have no idea what they are voting for, or they are voting for lies.
Our entire Media is complicit in trying to force a Nigel Farage dictator on us, they refuse to report the truth and so keep people ignorant.
Our entire Media is complicit in trying to force a Nigel Farage dictator on us, they refuse to report the truth and so keep people ignorant.
October 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
When I see clips of people voting for Reform they always have no idea what they are voting for, or they are voting for lies.
Our entire Media is complicit in trying to force a Nigel Farage dictator on us, they refuse to report the truth and so keep people ignorant.
Our entire Media is complicit in trying to force a Nigel Farage dictator on us, they refuse to report the truth and so keep people ignorant.
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"...only Labour can be trusted to actually deliver stripping people of their rights after 14 years of Tory chaos".
October 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"...only Labour can be trusted to actually deliver stripping people of their rights after 14 years of Tory chaos".
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NEW: Internal DWP figures show 700,000 families *already* in poverty are forecast to be hit by planned disability benefit cuts
That's on top of the 250k+ who are predicted to be newly pushed into poverty by the changes
By me, for the Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
That's on top of the 250k+ who are predicted to be newly pushed into poverty by the changes
By me, for the Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Disability benefit cuts to hit 700,000 families already in poverty, DWP forecasts show
Internal government forecasts obtained by the Guardian reveal ‘truly shocking’ effects of planned cuts
www.theguardian.com
May 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
NEW: Internal DWP figures show 700,000 families *already* in poverty are forecast to be hit by planned disability benefit cuts
That's on top of the 250k+ who are predicted to be newly pushed into poverty by the changes
By me, for the Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
That's on top of the 250k+ who are predicted to be newly pushed into poverty by the changes
By me, for the Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Stigma, sanctions, and systems designed to exclude.
The UK’s benefits regime isn’t just cruel – it may be breaching international law.
This week’s Amnesty report explains. 🔗
Koldo Casla has the story. From ConversationUK -- thanks!
The UK’s benefits regime isn’t just cruel – it may be breaching international law.
This week’s Amnesty report explains. 🔗
Koldo Casla has the story. From ConversationUK -- thanks!
New report: Britain’s benefits system is failing human rights
Amnesty International research shows the UK’s social security system falls way below international human rights standards
eastangliabylines.co.uk
April 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Stigma, sanctions, and systems designed to exclude.
The UK’s benefits regime isn’t just cruel – it may be breaching international law.
This week’s Amnesty report explains. 🔗
Koldo Casla has the story. From ConversationUK -- thanks!
The UK’s benefits regime isn’t just cruel – it may be breaching international law.
This week’s Amnesty report explains. 🔗
Koldo Casla has the story. From ConversationUK -- thanks!
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Staggeringly, @resfoundation.bsky.social analysis also shows that 55% of all the savings announced in March’s spring statement come from reducing support for disabled people www.resolutionfoundation.org/app/uploads/...
www.resolutionfoundation.org
April 22, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Staggeringly, @resfoundation.bsky.social analysis also shows that 55% of all the savings announced in March’s spring statement come from reducing support for disabled people www.resolutionfoundation.org/app/uploads/...
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A critical point from @resfoundation.bsky.social @ruthcurtice.bsky.social at today’s Work & Pensions committee short inquiry on the disability green paper.
Millions will lose out. And, at best, any employment effects will be very small.
Millions will lose out. And, at best, any employment effects will be very small.
While losers are in the millions, likely employment effects are in the tens of thousands. Increasing employment rates an important goal, but will not come close to mitigating the estimates of losses (or changing the poverty impacts materially).
April 22, 2025 at 9:17 PM
A critical point from @resfoundation.bsky.social @ruthcurtice.bsky.social at today’s Work & Pensions committee short inquiry on the disability green paper.
Millions will lose out. And, at best, any employment effects will be very small.
Millions will lose out. And, at best, any employment effects will be very small.
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See more on the impacts of the Govt's disability benefit cuts here from @jrf-uk.bsky.social :
www.jrf.org.uk/social-secur... 2/2
www.jrf.org.uk/social-secur... 2/2
Where will cuts to sickness and disability benefits fall hardest?
JRF analysis shows that more people receive social security for health issues and disabilities in Labour’s heartlands.
www.jrf.org.uk
April 22, 2025 at 9:33 PM
See more on the impacts of the Govt's disability benefit cuts here from @jrf-uk.bsky.social :
www.jrf.org.uk/social-secur... 2/2
www.jrf.org.uk/social-secur... 2/2
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Please share in your networks. Goldsmiths, UoL are offering 5 scholarships in Undergrad & MA courses for Palestinian students. The scholarships include: tuition fee waiver, £19,550 allowance, return trip to & from the UK.
Eligibility details & further info at link👇🏽
www.gold.ac.uk/fees-funding...
Eligibility details & further info at link👇🏽
www.gold.ac.uk/fees-funding...
Palestinian Scholarship
www.gold.ac.uk
April 12, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Please share in your networks. Goldsmiths, UoL are offering 5 scholarships in Undergrad & MA courses for Palestinian students. The scholarships include: tuition fee waiver, £19,550 allowance, return trip to & from the UK.
Eligibility details & further info at link👇🏽
www.gold.ac.uk/fees-funding...
Eligibility details & further info at link👇🏽
www.gold.ac.uk/fees-funding...
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The unkindest cut: what PIP changes mean for torture survivors
Torture survivors seeking safety in the UK risk losing vital support due to government plans to restrict disability benefits
By Jennie Kermode for @yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Torture survivors seeking safety in the UK risk losing vital support due to government plans to restrict disability benefits
By Jennie Kermode for @yorkshirebylines.co.uk
The unkindest cut: what PIP changes mean for torture survivors
Torture survivors seeking safety in the UK risk losing vital support due to government plans to restrict disability benefits
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
April 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The unkindest cut: what PIP changes mean for torture survivors
Torture survivors seeking safety in the UK risk losing vital support due to government plans to restrict disability benefits
By Jennie Kermode for @yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Torture survivors seeking safety in the UK risk losing vital support due to government plans to restrict disability benefits
By Jennie Kermode for @yorkshirebylines.co.uk
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Warm wishes to all Roma, Gypsy, Sinti and Traveller communities on International Romani Day #internationalromaniday
#OpreRoma
#OpreRoma
April 8, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Warm wishes to all Roma, Gypsy, Sinti and Traveller communities on International Romani Day #internationalromaniday
#OpreRoma
#OpreRoma
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Our Laura Robertson in today's Herald Scotland on how 10 Downing Street can fix our child maintenance system.
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
April 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Our Laura Robertson in today's Herald Scotland on how 10 Downing Street can fix our child maintenance system.
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
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Did you know that Wes Streeting has removed a ‘cost cap’ from private companies delivering NHS care- therefore giving them special treatment over publicly-owned NHS services?🚨
Imagine if publicly-owned NHS services had an unlimited budget to treat patients!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Imagine if publicly-owned NHS services had an unlimited budget to treat patients!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
NHS scraps plan to cap costs of bringing down waiting lists
Patients in England can expect to be seen quicker as cost-cutting plans that capped the amount paid to private hospitals for treating NHS patients are abandoned
www.thetimes.com
April 7, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Did you know that Wes Streeting has removed a ‘cost cap’ from private companies delivering NHS care- therefore giving them special treatment over publicly-owned NHS services?🚨
Imagine if publicly-owned NHS services had an unlimited budget to treat patients!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Imagine if publicly-owned NHS services had an unlimited budget to treat patients!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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"A war crimes complaint against 10 Britons who served with the Israeli military in Gaza is to be submitted to the Met police by one of the UK’s leading human rights lawyers."
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/apr...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/apr...
Ten Britons accused of committing war crimes while fighting for Israel in Gaza
Exclusive: Met to be handed dossier of evidence alleging crimes including killings of civilians and aid workers
www.theguardian.com
April 7, 2025 at 7:14 AM
"A war crimes complaint against 10 Britons who served with the Israeli military in Gaza is to be submitted to the Met police by one of the UK’s leading human rights lawyers."
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/apr...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/apr...
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The spring statement hides a brutal truth: Britain is being reshaped to serve overseas capital | Bryan Rylands
@kentandsurreybylines.co.uk
@kentandsurreybylines.co.uk
Rachel Reeves’ high-interest rate UK: foreign investors to profit as households pay the price
The spring statement hides a brutal truth: Britain is being reshaped to serve overseas capital
kentandsurreybylines.co.uk
April 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
The spring statement hides a brutal truth: Britain is being reshaped to serve overseas capital | Bryan Rylands
@kentandsurreybylines.co.uk
@kentandsurreybylines.co.uk
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Chancellor confirms ‘final adjustments’ to the welfare benefit reforms outlined in last week’s Pathways Green Paper
www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/61945
www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/61945
March 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Chancellor confirms ‘final adjustments’ to the welfare benefit reforms outlined in last week’s Pathways Green Paper
www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/61945
www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/61945
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So the Chancellor’s books didn’t balance after the @OBR_UK checked Liz Kendall’s sums bit.ly/3Y14JFs The solution? Simple. Take yet more from the poorest. There’ll be some very tough decisions ahead - not for politicians but for those with not enough to pay bills and eat
Rachel Reeves to announce further benefit cuts
Liz Kendall, the work and pensions secretary, was forced to seek further cuts after the Office for Budget Responsibility rejected her welfare savings estimate
bit.ly
March 25, 2025 at 9:53 PM
So the Chancellor’s books didn’t balance after the @OBR_UK checked Liz Kendall’s sums bit.ly/3Y14JFs The solution? Simple. Take yet more from the poorest. There’ll be some very tough decisions ahead - not for politicians but for those with not enough to pay bills and eat
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£1 in every £5 spent by low-to-middle income households’ goes on rent.
Food insecurity has increased significantly, as housing costs have risen, with 1-in-5 Britons in 2023 skipping meals or eating less.
Read 'Unsung Britain' now, to learn more ⤵️ buff.ly/TBswk7F
Food insecurity has increased significantly, as housing costs have risen, with 1-in-5 Britons in 2023 skipping meals or eating less.
Read 'Unsung Britain' now, to learn more ⤵️ buff.ly/TBswk7F
March 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
£1 in every £5 spent by low-to-middle income households’ goes on rent.
Food insecurity has increased significantly, as housing costs have risen, with 1-in-5 Britons in 2023 skipping meals or eating less.
Read 'Unsung Britain' now, to learn more ⤵️ buff.ly/TBswk7F
Food insecurity has increased significantly, as housing costs have risen, with 1-in-5 Britons in 2023 skipping meals or eating less.
Read 'Unsung Britain' now, to learn more ⤵️ buff.ly/TBswk7F
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Social care isn't a burden - it's a £5.2 billion boost to Scotland's economy. We need to change the narrative and make it a priority.
Missed last week's discussion on with Donald Macaskill?
Watch in full on our website or check out this short clip here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyLT...
Missed last week's discussion on with Donald Macaskill?
Watch in full on our website or check out this short clip here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyLT...
March 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Social care isn't a burden - it's a £5.2 billion boost to Scotland's economy. We need to change the narrative and make it a priority.
Missed last week's discussion on with Donald Macaskill?
Watch in full on our website or check out this short clip here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyLT...
Missed last week's discussion on with Donald Macaskill?
Watch in full on our website or check out this short clip here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyLT...
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In 1945 Labour laid the foundations for the modern welfare state. Ever since the idea has been central to Labour ideology. But 80 years on that state is delivering poor results for those who need it and facing spiralling costs. Stephen McNair considers what has gone wrong.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
How to reform the welfare state: Labour’s challenge
The government argues that our welfare system is failing. But its proposals for reform are facing criticism from left and right. Why?
eastangliabylines.co.uk
March 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
In 1945 Labour laid the foundations for the modern welfare state. Ever since the idea has been central to Labour ideology. But 80 years on that state is delivering poor results for those who need it and facing spiralling costs. Stephen McNair considers what has gone wrong.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
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🚨 Today, we publish new research that lays bare the scale of child poverty in migrant families.
46% of children in families with non-UK born parents live in poverty - almost double the rate for other children. The govt cannot tackle child poverty without tackling issues in our migration system. 🧵⬇️
46% of children in families with non-UK born parents live in poverty - almost double the rate for other children. The govt cannot tackle child poverty without tackling issues in our migration system. 🧵⬇️
March 7, 2025 at 8:14 AM
🚨 Today, we publish new research that lays bare the scale of child poverty in migrant families.
46% of children in families with non-UK born parents live in poverty - almost double the rate for other children. The govt cannot tackle child poverty without tackling issues in our migration system. 🧵⬇️
46% of children in families with non-UK born parents live in poverty - almost double the rate for other children. The govt cannot tackle child poverty without tackling issues in our migration system. 🧵⬇️
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It should be obvious by now that Netanyahu won't stop until every Palestinian in #Gaza (and perhaps the West Bank) has been murdered, maimed or expelled. He wants it all. Governments like ours should cut off all military equipment, diplomatic support and other relations until the genocide ends.
March 24, 2025 at 7:36 AM
It should be obvious by now that Netanyahu won't stop until every Palestinian in #Gaza (and perhaps the West Bank) has been murdered, maimed or expelled. He wants it all. Governments like ours should cut off all military equipment, diplomatic support and other relations until the genocide ends.
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Avoid ‘political anthrax’ of austerity with better EU deal, think tank urges
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Avoid ‘political anthrax’ of austerity with better EU deal, think tank urges
Best for Britain said improving trading relations with the EU would be more popular than cutting benefits.
www.independent.co.uk
March 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Avoid ‘political anthrax’ of austerity with better EU deal, think tank urges
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...