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Exploited migrant farm workers in UK paid for picks, not hours. Workers not paid for in-work travel, time spent moving between workstations, team meetings, receiving instructions on equipment use. Employers violating employment rights. Need effective enforcement, not deregulation.

submitted 19 hours ago • 32 comments

"DOGE does not have power over established government agencies, and Musk has no role in government. It does not matter that he is an ally of the President. Musk is a private citizen taking control of established government offices. That is not efficiency; that is a coup."

submitted 23 days ago • 135 comments

HMRC denies running a "deliberately poor" phone service to push taxpayers to seek help online instead. 44,000 customers cut off without warning after being on hold for 70 minutes last yr, even worse now. So, wrong taxes paid, little people prosecuted and fined. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 32 days ago • 38 comments

Spread the word. ✊

submitted 37 days ago • 47 comments

I was bullied by HMRC at the time of set up as I was told if I didn't pay this every month then the other £7k would be added to the settlement This whole period has been very stressful & I believe unjust in the way it has been claimed @lcag2019.bsky.social #LoanChargeScandal

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

Mental stress for such a long time since 2011 - not knowing where I stand. I have considered suicide as a way out The liability could be two or three hundred thousand pounds, maybe more because I participated in what was perfectly-legal schemes for so long @lcag2019.bsky.social #LoanChargeScandal

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

Please support constituents #Aldershot #Farnborough whose lives destroyed by retrospective #LoanChargeScandal & join c50 fellow Labour MP's on LC APPG @msalexbaker.bsky.social. Government already committed #LoanChargeReview, must be fully independent. No more #LoanChargeSuicides Thank you.

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

I feel like I have broken the law, despite the schemes I operated in being compliant when utilised. I totally understand the requirement for evolution of legislation but the ability to retrospectively apply this feels ridiculous @lcag2019.bsky.social #LoanChargeScandal pbs.twimg.com/media/Gg25-1...

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

I have had phone calls from APN enforcement and house visits to intimidate my family and I. They would sit on my shared driveway for long periods after knocking and eventually put a letter through the door before leaving #LoanChargeScandal @lcag2019.bsky.social pbs.twimg.com/media/Gg23o4...

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

My mental state has become fragile during this period which hasn't been helped by the lack of empathy shown in correspondence from HMRC Sometimes the anger I feel can can be greater than the anxiety I often feel about this whole thing #LoanChargeScandal pbs.twimg.com/media/GgytJG...

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

A day does not pass without me thinking and worrying about how the Loan Charge could ruin my life. This spills over into my marital relationship and attitude to socialising with friends #LoanChargeScandal pbs.twimg.com/media/GgysSX...

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

If you’re in the UK, the moon is absolutely stunning tonight, with Mars twinkling pink just above it.

submitted 40 days ago • 5 comments

This is DOGE already at work. They are taking letters out of words to make them more efficient.

submitted 40 days ago • 150 comments

They are such mrons

submitted 40 days ago • 1012 comments

Watching @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social and it is disgusting that the sub-postmasters have still not received compensation or the money the Post Office stole from them. It is also disgusting that nobody from the Post Office has faced justice for their part in the #PostOfficeScandal

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

Repost this and spread the word.👇

submitted 43 days ago • 9 comments

A pair of Lynx spotted in the Rhondda, Iolo Williams says they're likely young males looking for a female, marking their new territory with a distinctive scent. Police have asked the public to be vigilant.

submitted 44 days ago • 4 comments

They are all the same.

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

Anyone out and about please check your local area.

submitted 56 days ago • 0 comments

Cracking new film,Gromit!

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

Prepayment meters, mostly used by the poor, cost UK households more than 30% of income in winter. Leaving little for other essentials. Poor punished by low wages/benefits, high cost of living, profiteering. Govts do little to address causes of poverty. www.theguardian.com/money/2024/d...

submitted 61 days ago • 35 comments

Spot on

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

Shocking how this can happen in a supposedly first world country. If I didn't have the NHS this most likely would be my fate. Saddens me.

submitted 65 days ago • 0 comments

Starmer may indeed understand the law but he has not got a clue about understanding people. Point scoring against the scum Tories is not helping OAP's , not helping the homeless living in a single room at some awful hotel. Not helping waspi woman not helping anyone , well maybe Sue Gray.

submitted 65 days ago • 0 comments

Starmer is a terrible terrible prime minister. I thought the Tories were bad enough but this guy is awful. Though Badenoch is unbelievably even worse. What an absolute shambles.

submitted 66 days ago • 0 comments

Throwing good money after bad. A human health scandal in the making. Privatise all utilities now.

submitted 67 days ago • 0 comments

Thames Water wins court approval to secure ‘critical’ £3bn loan st 10% interest. Increasing the debt pile can't solve the crisis. Customers will pay extra £250 a year. Sewage dumping, dividends, high exec pay will continue. End the scam. Nationalise. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

submitted 67 days ago • 23 comments

Neoliberals have hollowed out the UK economy. Insecurity follows. UK imports 40% of food 40.8% of energy 500m bricks a years 30%-40% of cement Self-sufficient in what? Businesses are gambling chips in the mergers & takeover bazaars of City of London leftfootforward.org/2024/12/the-...

submitted 70 days ago • 70 comments

Yes. Quite.

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

Good to see the Archbishop out meeting the people of York.

submitted 70 days ago • 1 comment

Police investigating crimes linked to the Post Office Horizon IT scandal looking at "dozens" of potential suspects Don't expect trials until 2027. Issues first raised 30 yrs ago How many big-wigs will say they are too old/fragile, have selective amnesia to escape trial? www.bbc.com/news/article...

submitted 74 days ago • 26 comments

Standing Desk Celebrates 4th Year At Lowest Possible Setting

submitted 81 days ago • 102 comments

Dear President Biden, In the spirit of Dark Brandon, please use one of your Executive Orders to CANCEL ALL STUDENT DEBT. That way, if trump wanted to reverse it, he'd have to disappoint all those families and reinstate all that debt. You have immunity. Just do it. Signed, US

submitted 81 days ago • 1071 comments