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Jonathan Portes in July: "Theres a lot of nonsense talked, including on Sky, about the spiralling welfare bill.. as a proportion of our national income.. its lower than it was 15yrs ago & its pretty much back to what it was under Thatcher.. this idea its out of control is just wrong"
September 3, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Jonathan Portes in July: "Theres a lot of nonsense talked, including on Sky, about the spiralling welfare bill.. as a proportion of our national income.. its lower than it was 15yrs ago & its pretty much back to what it was under Thatcher.. this idea its out of control is just wrong"
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Private equity owns 11 of England’s 20 biggest children’s care providers.
Companies loaded with debt. Profiteering, high prices, profit shifting, tax abuse is rife.
Paid £205m to shareholders/investors, leaving less for front line services.
Public purse robbed.
Must end privatisation
Companies loaded with debt. Profiteering, high prices, profit shifting, tax abuse is rife.
Paid £205m to shareholders/investors, leaving less for front line services.
Public purse robbed.
Must end privatisation
Private equity owns 11 of England’s 20 biggest children’s care providers, research finds
Investigation comes amid growing calls for an end to ‘obscene’ profit-making in care sector
www.theguardian.com
September 3, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Private equity owns 11 of England’s 20 biggest children’s care providers.
Companies loaded with debt. Profiteering, high prices, profit shifting, tax abuse is rife.
Paid £205m to shareholders/investors, leaving less for front line services.
Public purse robbed.
Must end privatisation
Companies loaded with debt. Profiteering, high prices, profit shifting, tax abuse is rife.
Paid £205m to shareholders/investors, leaving less for front line services.
Public purse robbed.
Must end privatisation
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Carbon emissions from just two planned datacentres in England will exceed all of ExxonMobil’s UK fossil fuel emissions.
Bad for health, environment.
Huge pressure on energy/water supplies
Few long-term jobs generated
Local people, not ministers, must decide if they want datacentres.
Bad for health, environment.
Huge pressure on energy/water supplies
Few long-term jobs generated
Local people, not ministers, must decide if they want datacentres.
Two planned datacentres will have higher UK carbon emissions than ExxonMobil, analysis finds
Exclusive: Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire sites predicted to emit 4.5m tonnes a year when fully running
www.theguardian.com
August 26, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Carbon emissions from just two planned datacentres in England will exceed all of ExxonMobil’s UK fossil fuel emissions.
Bad for health, environment.
Huge pressure on energy/water supplies
Few long-term jobs generated
Local people, not ministers, must decide if they want datacentres.
Bad for health, environment.
Huge pressure on energy/water supplies
Few long-term jobs generated
Local people, not ministers, must decide if they want datacentres.
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England water regulator OFWAT to be abolished.
Rearranging the deckchairs alone won't do.
Must bring water into public ownership.
Need employee & customer elected directors on company boards; workers/customers must have right to vote on exec pay.
Must hold failed Ministers to account.
Rearranging the deckchairs alone won't do.
Must bring water into public ownership.
Need employee & customer elected directors on company boards; workers/customers must have right to vote on exec pay.
Must hold failed Ministers to account.
Ofwat to be abolished as ministers look to create new water regulator
Move follows intense criticism of utilities over sewage spills, shareholder payouts and ballooning debts
www.theguardian.com
July 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
England water regulator OFWAT to be abolished.
Rearranging the deckchairs alone won't do.
Must bring water into public ownership.
Need employee & customer elected directors on company boards; workers/customers must have right to vote on exec pay.
Must hold failed Ministers to account.
Rearranging the deckchairs alone won't do.
Must bring water into public ownership.
Need employee & customer elected directors on company boards; workers/customers must have right to vote on exec pay.
Must hold failed Ministers to account.
With AI round the corner, we should beball benefitting from it and working less not more.
At this rate our Grandchildren will be back working 6 day weeks.
At this rate our Grandchildren will be back working 6 day weeks.
July 17, 2025 at 10:37 AM
With AI round the corner, we should beball benefitting from it and working less not more.
At this rate our Grandchildren will be back working 6 day weeks.
At this rate our Grandchildren will be back working 6 day weeks.
Shame on Labour.
Child poverty has reached a new record high with 4.5 million children falling below the poverty line in the year to April 2024.
March 27, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Shame on Labour.
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UK billionaires added £182,000,000,000 to their wealth last year. That’s £35,000,000 every single day.
Their combined wealth is £795,361,000,000.
So don't let anyone tell you austerity is a “necessity”. There’s more than enough wealth to fund our NHS, public services & welfare.
Their combined wealth is £795,361,000,000.
So don't let anyone tell you austerity is a “necessity”. There’s more than enough wealth to fund our NHS, public services & welfare.
March 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
UK billionaires added £182,000,000,000 to their wealth last year. That’s £35,000,000 every single day.
Their combined wealth is £795,361,000,000.
So don't let anyone tell you austerity is a “necessity”. There’s more than enough wealth to fund our NHS, public services & welfare.
Their combined wealth is £795,361,000,000.
So don't let anyone tell you austerity is a “necessity”. There’s more than enough wealth to fund our NHS, public services & welfare.
Worst Labour Government, no doubt
March 22, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Worst Labour Government, no doubt
1 year ago, only one of these images was condemned by Labour, Lib Dems, Tories and Reform. The other was not mentioned at all.
March 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
1 year ago, only one of these images was condemned by Labour, Lib Dems, Tories and Reform. The other was not mentioned at all.
So much for a
"Changed Labour Party, back in service of Working people"
"Changed Labour Party, back in service of Working people"
🚨 REVEALED: Head of world’s biggest asset manager, Blackstone, lobbied chancellor Rachel Reeves on tax rules weeks before policy was tweaked | from @ethanshone.bsky.social
Find out more 👇
www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-mone...
Find out more 👇
www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-mone...
March 8, 2025 at 11:06 AM
So much for a
"Changed Labour Party, back in service of Working people"
"Changed Labour Party, back in service of Working people"
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🚨 REVEALED: Head of world’s biggest asset manager, Blackstone, lobbied chancellor Rachel Reeves on tax rules weeks before policy was tweaked | from @ethanshone.bsky.social
Find out more 👇
www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-mone...
Find out more 👇
www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-mone...
March 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
🚨 REVEALED: Head of world’s biggest asset manager, Blackstone, lobbied chancellor Rachel Reeves on tax rules weeks before policy was tweaked | from @ethanshone.bsky.social
Find out more 👇
www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-mone...
Find out more 👇
www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-mone...
Excuse me for my language for 1 second.
Fuck these evil Bastards
Fuck these evil Bastards
March 7, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Excuse me for my language for 1 second.
Fuck these evil Bastards
Fuck these evil Bastards
These Pricks have class solidarity for each other. We need to up our game and develop ours.
March 7, 2025 at 12:22 PM
These Pricks have class solidarity for each other. We need to up our game and develop ours.
Britain is in a Austerity Doom Loop.
For many people, Reform look like the only option to break the cycle.
We're fucked.
For many people, Reform look like the only option to break the cycle.
We're fucked.
March 5, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Britain is in a Austerity Doom Loop.
For many people, Reform look like the only option to break the cycle.
We're fucked.
For many people, Reform look like the only option to break the cycle.
We're fucked.
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How can the Government reduce child poverty?
An ambitious strategy could support around 900,000 children out of poverty by the end of the decade.
An ambitious strategy could support around 900,000 children out of poverty by the end of the decade.
March 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
How can the Government reduce child poverty?
An ambitious strategy could support around 900,000 children out of poverty by the end of the decade.
An ambitious strategy could support around 900,000 children out of poverty by the end of the decade.
What is the Labour party for if they are on track to deliver record amounts of child poverty?
February 28, 2025 at 9:51 AM
What is the Labour party for if they are on track to deliver record amounts of child poverty?
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Rising inflation is particularly worrying for working-age families receiving benefits.
Benefits will rise by 1.7% in April, below January’s 3% figure, and well below the expected 3.7% peak this summer.
Annual benefit increases are based on inflation the previous September.
Benefits will rise by 1.7% in April, below January’s 3% figure, and well below the expected 3.7% peak this summer.
Annual benefit increases are based on inflation the previous September.
February 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Rising inflation is particularly worrying for working-age families receiving benefits.
Benefits will rise by 1.7% in April, below January’s 3% figure, and well below the expected 3.7% peak this summer.
Annual benefit increases are based on inflation the previous September.
Benefits will rise by 1.7% in April, below January’s 3% figure, and well below the expected 3.7% peak this summer.
Annual benefit increases are based on inflation the previous September.
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Life expectancy growth stalls across Europe as England sees sharpest decline.
Inequalities; poverty; poor access to good food, housing, healthcare, dentists; junk food take toll.
Austerity kills. Govts obsessed with it. Redistribution is off the political agenda.
Inequalities; poverty; poor access to good food, housing, healthcare, dentists; junk food take toll.
Austerity kills. Govts obsessed with it. Redistribution is off the political agenda.
Life expectancy growth stalls across Europe as England sees sharpest decline, say researchers
Poor diet, obesity and inactivity blamed on decline with Norway the only country seeing a rise
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Life expectancy growth stalls across Europe as England sees sharpest decline.
Inequalities; poverty; poor access to good food, housing, healthcare, dentists; junk food take toll.
Austerity kills. Govts obsessed with it. Redistribution is off the political agenda.
Inequalities; poverty; poor access to good food, housing, healthcare, dentists; junk food take toll.
Austerity kills. Govts obsessed with it. Redistribution is off the political agenda.
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🚨Thames Water gets to add £3bn to its debt mountain. 🚨
@NwogboJohnbosco
reacts to the High Court verdict on Sky News this morning.
No other country in the world runs its water like this.
Public Ownership NOW! weownit.org.uk/act-now/brin...
@NwogboJohnbosco
reacts to the High Court verdict on Sky News this morning.
No other country in the world runs its water like this.
Public Ownership NOW! weownit.org.uk/act-now/brin...
February 18, 2025 at 10:02 AM
🚨Thames Water gets to add £3bn to its debt mountain. 🚨
@NwogboJohnbosco
reacts to the High Court verdict on Sky News this morning.
No other country in the world runs its water like this.
Public Ownership NOW! weownit.org.uk/act-now/brin...
@NwogboJohnbosco
reacts to the High Court verdict on Sky News this morning.
No other country in the world runs its water like this.
Public Ownership NOW! weownit.org.uk/act-now/brin...
It's clear who this Government work for.
February 18, 2025 at 10:08 AM
It's clear who this Government work for.
Starmer is gonna kill people via austerity like the Tories
February 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Starmer is gonna kill people via austerity like the Tories
You wouldn't think in a million years that Starmer was a Human Rights Lawyer.
February 12, 2025 at 9:16 PM
You wouldn't think in a million years that Starmer was a Human Rights Lawyer.
Should be a Major story, but haven't seen it on the News at all.
While many struggle to make ends meet, the wealth of the super-rich has soared. It doesn’t have to be this way. There’s another way—one that prioritises fairness, sustainability, and equality. It starts with making those at the top pay their fair share.
Find out more ➡️ bit.ly/40FunBq #Davos
Find out more ➡️ bit.ly/40FunBq #Davos
January 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Should be a Major story, but haven't seen it on the News at all.
Has Starmer ever been consistent?
December 10, 2024 at 12:49 PM
Has Starmer ever been consistent?