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On the wrong side of the tracks, it's 10.30pm at night and primary school aged children are still playing football in their back garden 😑

My Kingdom for a Brazil nut... 👀

It’s estimated that 16 million people could lose their health insurance under Trump's “Big Beautiful Bill.” That's like everyone who lives in the states of: Wyoming Alaska North Dakota Montana Maine New Hampshire Hawaii West Virginia Idaho Nebraska And Arkansas COMBINED.

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This image will go down in history and we all feel it.

Antisocial behaviour rises rapidly during hot weather. Neanderthals cannot take the heat.

@matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social 2 decades ago, John Prescott launched an affordable home design competition that captured the hopes for the future. I urge you to follow in his footsteps & aim higher in the hope of finding cost effective ways to house vulnerable people & lift them out of suffering 🏡🇬🇧

Netanyahu’s illegal, unilateral attack on Iran is just his latest violation of international law. The United States must not be a part of this war. My full statement:

I wonder where Marc Cucurella buys his studs from? He should get a refund 😕

Such a shame to see empty stadiums at the FIFA Club World Cup

As climate solutions reporter I find many 'solutions' don't scale- or reduce pollution at all. Which is why after months of reporting I want to tell you about Vienna. Vienna has found a way to make affordable housing and combat climate change, all at the same time. Now U.S. cities want in. 🎧⬇️

Praying for peace today and every day. In war it is often innocent civilians that lose their lives and this should remain unacceptable to the global community, whatever your background. 🙏🏼🌍

Traumatised people in triggering environments will exhibit coping behaviours, which can include avoidance strategies. If local & National Governments were more proactive at removing people from unsuitable environments sooner, they could unlock so much personal potential & national productivity. 🇬🇧🏡

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Girl who skipped dinner so parents could eat - the true reality of UK child poverty. Human suffering is hidden by numbers. 16m Britons live in poverty. 1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined. 50 families have more wealth than 34m people. Poverty is a political choice.

I was spoilt by my thoughtful daughter today, with some new shirts and enough chocolate to keep Belgium happy indefinitely. 😋

Young carer who unwittingly breached allowance rules forced to repay £2,145. Innocents suffer with cliff-edge benefits, complex rules and absence of Universal Basic Income. 144,000 UK carers repaying £250m. Soon Govt taking powers to remove money from claimants without court order.

She's known to millions as Miranda Hobbes from 'Sex and the City', but in real life, Cynthia Nixon is a powerful voice demanding a #WealthTax to fix our schools, make healthcare affordable & solve the housing crisis. ✊ We're with her. It's time to #TaxTheRich.

Let’s be fair, if you made your wealth here you should pay tax here, if you prefer to live abroad who cares - the US has a good system for that - all citizens pay tax wherever in the world they live.  It’s fair, citizenship has benefits nobody should freeload.

How many times can a politician say the sentence "making life better for working people" If we unpack that line, it has very dark undertones for the disabled, the mentality ill & anyone not fit to work. All this against a background of an increase in the Super rich. Dr Eugenics will see you now

I don't miss sharing a bed during the summer months. It is going to be another warm night 🔥🥴

Special love tomorrow to anyone with no dad, a dodgy dad, or a dangerous dad. We carry the ache, we rewrite the story — and we do deserve better. #FathersDay

As a taxpayer, I do not want people to live miserable lives because they don’t have enough money to feel safe and for the basics of life. Do you @leicesterliz?

95% of the world want the same thing. A decent roof over their heads. Nutritious food to eat. Clean water to drink. Pure air to breathe. Stimulating education. Meaningful work. Universal healthcare. A social safety net that leaves no one behind. Freedom to choose. The other 5% want to repress us 🌍

Awful news for democracy coming out of America. Keeping all those caught up in this tragic events in my thoughts 🙏🏼 www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...

The only people who win from wars are arms dealers and shareholders

If you are unfamiliar with this book series, I can highly recommend it. It is a set of hypothetical absurd questions, that science tries to answer.

If you really want to remove the two child benefit cap, you need a proper way to fund it. Not tax breaks for your rich banker mates. Wealth tax, now.  1/7

The UK Ministry of Defence has admitted that it’s currently training Israeli military personnel on British soil.

"Child deaths in wars: Iraq: 3,100 in 14 years. Syria: 12,000 in 11 years. Yemen: 3,700 in 7 years. Ukraine: +701 in 3 years. Palestine: +50,000 killed/injured in 600 days. Does the world condemn the killing of children or is it complicated when it is Middle Eastern children?" via Mohamad Safa

We live in a world where some people have enough money to buy 1,250,000 homes and millions of people can't afford to buy or rent a single essential human shelter. That is a sick and twisted world! 🌎

This is your reminder that 'job coach' is a bullshit made up job. It's not a skilled info, advice and guidance role e.g welfare/occupational health/employment agency role. It's a low paid gig that the DWP gives to cowards who will do their dirty work.

“Trust” and “safety” aren’t things to put in a description of how trauma-informed you — or your service — are. They’re qualities to embody. And for those of us who’ve had reason not to trust you, it may take a long time for that to go in. That’s ok. Just keep showing up.

An Idea 💡 A housing estate solely for quiet, introverted people... 🏡🏡🏡