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Keir Starmer’s Government is facing criticism over its opposition to a United Nations tax reform plan aimed at tackling global tax avoidance, as formal negotiations resumed on Monday in New York. #FFS 🤬 It's miles beyond the pale. bylinetimes.com/2025/02/04/k...

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Economic growth will never happen. Pay rises due in April 2025 won't cover the extortionate price hikes from utility companies, council tax, BT, privatised transport, that Starmer said would stop. Found online.

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@thesnp.bsky.social The Scottish Government giving free rein 2 Scottish Health Boards 2 drag out annual health checks 4 adults with Learning Disabilities. Having 2 years 2 implement the policy wasn’t long enough apparently ! NHS Lanarkshire must be thrilled. www.healthandcare.scot/stories/4039...

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People have had enough of Elon Musk interfering with our country’s democracy when he clearly knows nothing about Britain. It’s time to summon the US ambassador to ask why an incoming US official is suggesting the UK government should be overthrown.

submitted 49 days ago • 51 comments

Great to see @ukparliament.parliament.uk & related accounts so active on here. But where are UK Government Departments?

submitted 49 days ago • 1 comment

Happy #followbackfriday I'm Siobhan a Nurse activist fighting for better conditions for NHS Workers & against privatisation. Post about healthcare from a lay perspective. Don't follow big accounts that won't fb or interact support the little guy 😉 Please consider a 🔁 help me build on Bluesky. TY

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Deaths, lies and cover-ups: the case for a public inquiry into the ‘unthinkable cost’ of DWP’s systemic violence www.disabilitynewsservice.com/deaths-lies-...

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CDC report confirms the long-term COVID issues. Navigating the transition back to the workplace with post-COVID conditions presents significant hurdles. buff.ly/4gnBnsf #LongCOVID

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I am researching the experiences of disabled people finding work. I'm focussing on people who, like me, have a physical impairment. Please consider participating or sharing. The survey link is below and further information is attached. Thank you. cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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My first post here definitely has to be Tendril Theory, because when I made this in 2015 I had no idea how often it would be ripped off. Tell your friends and your enemies to tag me please 😂

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UK govt wrong to deny pension compensation to the 1950s women. Ombudsman urged apology and compensation. Govt apologized but no compensation. No point of an independent report if recommendations ignored. Govt that funds foreign wars can fund justice. www.theguardian.com/money/2024/d...

submitted 68 days ago • 52 comments

In the week of #HumanRightsDay, I challenged Scottish Government to come good on its promise to put human rights at the heart of decision-making. I spoke up for culture & creativity in the Scottish Parliament & attended an EIS Union event about their ASN campaign. Here's a snapshot of my week:

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This is absolutely shocking. It just can’t go on

submitted 72 days ago • 113 comments

I only found @desibility.bsky.social disability debrief a little while ago, but wanted to give a shout out to it as more folk join Bluesky - a great resource for news and in dept thinking across the sector: www.disabilitydebrief.org/signup/ Free, but subscribe if you can!

submitted 82 days ago • 1 comment

I make a newsletter on international disability news and I need your help. The two biggest challenges for a project like this are visibility and financing. Please share, to help others find it. And if you're comfortable, it runs on pay-what-you-can. www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/open...

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The use of #AI in government bureaucracy is problematic. You only need look at the Horizon scandal to see the dangers when computers get it wrong. Now it is being deployed against welfare claimants in the UK despite knowing it is biased. #disability www.bigissue.com/opinion/dwp-...

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📍 ♿️ #Disability feed pinned post 📍 Any post that contains the keywords of disability, #disability, #pwd, #NDIS, #accessibility, and ♿ will be picked up in this feed. Please ensure that you also like - ♡ - the #Disability feed so that it remains in the top 50 Discover Feeds list.

submitted 578 days ago • 154 comments

Very pleased that @wheelsforwellbeing.bsky.social are now on here. Definitely worth a follow and a share if you have any interest in #ActiveTravel, transport, infra, #disability rights or cycling!

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A majority of Brexit supporters now want to accept free movement in exchange for a return to the single market. Will this finally rid Labour of its Brexit bogeyman? East Anglia Bylines’ acerbic political diarist, Pecksniff, asks this and other thorny questions.

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UK’s economy shrinks 0.1% in October. Result of Labour following Tory policies, eroding people's purchasing power. Real wage cuts Benefit cuts No curbs on profiteering Graduate debts Poor taxed more than the rich Lack of skilled jobs Govt must change policies www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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This #LearningDisability Starter Pack includes a growing number of #JusticeforLB ers go.bsky.app/J6k8Rsr inc @sarasiobhan.bsky.social @lizpiercy.bsky.social @jennywalkabout.bsky.social @alexadwilson.bsky.social @profkrc.bsky.social @karachrome.bsky.social @davidh7.bsky.social @sabasalman.bsky.social

submitted 91 days ago • 4 comments

Ive just been stopped on X from direct messaging too so if @mikeo56977865.bsky.social @danwhite1972.bsky.social @formercarer.bsky.social could share my handle on here and twitter that would be great please.

submitted 75 days ago • 3 comments

For anyone who was following Amy and J on Twitter/X her Bluesky details are below.

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Eh, the barriers are necessary, Ms Reeves, because your country lowers standards, refuses legal oversight, refuses to contribute to the community, and refuses the conditions that are attached to the genuine free trade found within the European four freedoms. 1

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Sweden's remarkably clean power grid. In November, this was its electricity generation mix: Hydro 38% Wind 31% Nuclear 28% Bioenergy 4% Zero coal or gas. - Ember data

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Brexit ‘delivered the opposite of what it promised’, Angela Rayner admits Hopefully we can now begin an honest & open discussion about the catastrophic impact Brexit has inflicted on the country’s economy www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ang...

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The most spectacular use of the word “most” to minimise a disease that persisted at two years in 30% of all kids that had symptoms at three months. That is a massive number of kids not recovered. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says “We need to leave the ECHR so we can deport people that come illegally & take back control of our borders & that’s what the public wants” Share if you disagree with his populist boll**** the UK should join Russia & Belarus outside the ECHR youtu.be/iSTN-h8NoyY

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Hmm…interesting Yorkshire Post column by businessman Dominic Macauley hitting out at charges of profiteering in children’s social care. But…

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Terminally ill people can face high energy costs when they are least able to mange them. @consumerscotland.bsky.social’s new report recommends the Scottish Government targets extra support through the Special Rules for Terminal Illness, which allow for quicker access to benefits.

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When fascism arrives in America it won’t know how to spell it.

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Dear @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social You said that part of the reason you couldn’t vote for the AD bill was the lack of adequate palliative care in the UK. You are the health secretary. Will you now pledge publicly & immediately to fix that? Or are dying people not enough of a priority?

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Oh come on Labour - so depressing to hear Pat McFadden say UK has no plans for a youth mobility scheme with the EU. We have schemes with NZ, Australia, Canada, Japan, Iceland, Uruguay & more - only reason not to have one with EU is fear of right wing press. Such cowardice @bbclaurak.bsky.social

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Scotlands National Care Service: If not now,when ? The people let down the most are those with disabilities, people like my son whose social care charges went up by a third this year. Paying to have a life outside the family home. All while politics r put b4 people healthandcare.scot/stories/4007...

submitted 90 days ago • 0 comments

Good to hear this from PM: “end the culture of blaming and shaming people who for too long haven’t been getting the support they need.” We desperately need this change in attitudes as well as policy. For years gov focused on hassling & punishing people. Time to try genuine support & opportunity.

submitted 90 days ago • 5 comments

Dear media, 4 key points keep being ignored in coverage of Get Britain Working/Welfare reform: 1. Stop asking 'where's the stick?' We've had YEARS of stick. Making people ever more scared, hungry, cold & in debt just pushes them further away from work, health & support. 1/3

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Dear media/commentators (2): More people are on health/disability benefits because more people are ill. & they’re iller for longer because: A. Getting treatment is hard & takes ages. B. We trap them in abject poverty. NOT because health/disability benefits are too easy to get or too generous. 1/2

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Great piece from ⁦‪@BigIssue‬⁩ giving a fair assessment of government plans to ‘Gat Britain Working.’ Lots to welcome, but experts all point to the same gaps & risks - ⁦‪@trussell‬⁩ ⁦‪@nef‬⁩ ⁦‪@scope‬⁩ ⁦‪@Z2K_trust‬⁩ www.bigissue.com/news/social-...

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