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1 in 4 countries report backlash blocking gender equality—30 yrs after Beijing.
📘 Understanding Backlash Against Gender Equality by UNRISD & UN Women shows how it works & what can be done.
A must-read for anyone advancing gender justice. 🌍
🔗: https://tinyurl.com/47mt7rjv
📘 Understanding Backlash Against Gender Equality by UNRISD & UN Women shows how it works & what can be done.
A must-read for anyone advancing gender justice. 🌍
🔗: https://tinyurl.com/47mt7rjv
June 15, 2026 at 10:25 AM
1 in 4 countries report backlash blocking gender equality—30 yrs after Beijing.
📘 Understanding Backlash Against Gender Equality by UNRISD & UN Women shows how it works & what can be done.
A must-read for anyone advancing gender justice. 🌍
🔗: https://tinyurl.com/47mt7rjv
📘 Understanding Backlash Against Gender Equality by UNRISD & UN Women shows how it works & what can be done.
A must-read for anyone advancing gender justice. 🌍
🔗: https://tinyurl.com/47mt7rjv
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We created #DeregulationWatch to track the wave of deregulation in the EU, which is driven by corporate lobbies and targets climate, workers' rights and public protections.
This serves corporate power, not people.
Got tips? [email protected].
#ClimateJustice #SocialRights
This serves corporate power, not people.
Got tips? [email protected].
#ClimateJustice #SocialRights
August 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
We created #DeregulationWatch to track the wave of deregulation in the EU, which is driven by corporate lobbies and targets climate, workers' rights and public protections.
This serves corporate power, not people.
Got tips? [email protected].
#ClimateJustice #SocialRights
This serves corporate power, not people.
Got tips? [email protected].
#ClimateJustice #SocialRights
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A third of UK teenagers who vape will go on to start smoking tobacco, research shows.
Previous decline in teen smoking being reversed.
Tobacco industry profits from disease, disability and premature death; does not bear social cost of its trade.
Previous decline in teen smoking being reversed.
Tobacco industry profits from disease, disability and premature death; does not bear social cost of its trade.
Third of UK teenagers who vape will go on to start smoking, research shows
Findings suggest e-cigarettes increasingly act as ‘gateway’ to nicotine for children, undermining earlier falling rates
www.theguardian.com
July 30, 2025 at 6:14 AM
A third of UK teenagers who vape will go on to start smoking tobacco, research shows.
Previous decline in teen smoking being reversed.
Tobacco industry profits from disease, disability and premature death; does not bear social cost of its trade.
Previous decline in teen smoking being reversed.
Tobacco industry profits from disease, disability and premature death; does not bear social cost of its trade.
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Trumpism
HSBC becomes first UK bank to quit industry’s net zero alliance.
Banks take bailouts, subsidies, sell dodgy financial products, launder money and abuse taxes, but never accept social responsibility.
Voluntarism is a fig leaf. Change law. Impose public duties.
HSBC becomes first UK bank to quit industry’s net zero alliance.
Banks take bailouts, subsidies, sell dodgy financial products, launder money and abuse taxes, but never accept social responsibility.
Voluntarism is a fig leaf. Change law. Impose public duties.
HSBC becomes first UK bank to quit industry’s net zero alliance
Campaigners condemn ‘troubling’ move that follows departure of six of largest US banks after Trump’s election
www.theguardian.com
July 13, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Trumpism
HSBC becomes first UK bank to quit industry’s net zero alliance.
Banks take bailouts, subsidies, sell dodgy financial products, launder money and abuse taxes, but never accept social responsibility.
Voluntarism is a fig leaf. Change law. Impose public duties.
HSBC becomes first UK bank to quit industry’s net zero alliance.
Banks take bailouts, subsidies, sell dodgy financial products, launder money and abuse taxes, but never accept social responsibility.
Voluntarism is a fig leaf. Change law. Impose public duties.
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UK govts have declared war on the poor, old, sick & disabled. Benefits cut, real value lost.
No questions asked about corporate welfare. Billions handed to
Agriculture
Arts
Auto
Banks
Energy
Gas
Rail
Steel
Telecom
Water
More ...
Free money for corporations, misery for people.
Who governs?
No questions asked about corporate welfare. Billions handed to
Agriculture
Arts
Auto
Banks
Energy
Gas
Rail
Steel
Telecom
Water
More ...
Free money for corporations, misery for people.
Who governs?
Corporate vs human welfare: The story of Drax
There is no means-testing for corporate welfare payments.
leftfootforward.org
June 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
UK govts have declared war on the poor, old, sick & disabled. Benefits cut, real value lost.
No questions asked about corporate welfare. Billions handed to
Agriculture
Arts
Auto
Banks
Energy
Gas
Rail
Steel
Telecom
Water
More ...
Free money for corporations, misery for people.
Who governs?
No questions asked about corporate welfare. Billions handed to
Agriculture
Arts
Auto
Banks
Energy
Gas
Rail
Steel
Telecom
Water
More ...
Free money for corporations, misery for people.
Who governs?
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150,000 people will have benefit payments cut by DWP under PIP changes.
Not accompanied by assessment of the human cost of arbitrary fiscal rules.
Why pick on the disabled? Tax the rich.
Not accompanied by assessment of the human cost of arbitrary fiscal rules.
Why pick on the disabled? Tax the rich.
150,000 people will have benefit payments cut by DWP under PIP changes
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has put forward changes to PIP that will apply from November 2026
www.mirror.co.uk
May 14, 2025 at 6:14 AM
150,000 people will have benefit payments cut by DWP under PIP changes.
Not accompanied by assessment of the human cost of arbitrary fiscal rules.
Why pick on the disabled? Tax the rich.
Not accompanied by assessment of the human cost of arbitrary fiscal rules.
Why pick on the disabled? Tax the rich.
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Reeves flies to US to push Trump to sign trade agreement.
Within the EU the UK had access to the biggest market. After Brexit it scavenges for deals, any deal.
Parliament must debate and have a free vote on any deal with Trump.
Must rejoin the EU.
Within the EU the UK had access to the biggest market. After Brexit it scavenges for deals, any deal.
Parliament must debate and have a free vote on any deal with Trump.
Must rejoin the EU.
Reeves flies to US to push Trump to sign trade agreement
Chancellor hopes to persuade Trump to cut tariffs on Britain’s exports
www.theguardian.com
April 23, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Reeves flies to US to push Trump to sign trade agreement.
Within the EU the UK had access to the biggest market. After Brexit it scavenges for deals, any deal.
Parliament must debate and have a free vote on any deal with Trump.
Must rejoin the EU.
Within the EU the UK had access to the biggest market. After Brexit it scavenges for deals, any deal.
Parliament must debate and have a free vote on any deal with Trump.
Must rejoin the EU.
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Prosecution of people who help clients evade tax in UK falls by 75% in five years.
Less than 5 criminal cases in 2023-24, down from 16 in 2018-19
Data provided by Treasury to Parliament, in reply to my question, was inflated and incorrect.
Govts soft on tax dodge industry.
Less than 5 criminal cases in 2023-24, down from 16 in 2018-19
Data provided by Treasury to Parliament, in reply to my question, was inflated and incorrect.
Govts soft on tax dodge industry.
Prosecution of people who help clients evade tax in UK falls by 75% in five years
Fewer than five criminal cases were brought against those who aid tax dodgers in 2023-24, down from 16 in 2018-19
www.theguardian.com
March 30, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Prosecution of people who help clients evade tax in UK falls by 75% in five years.
Less than 5 criminal cases in 2023-24, down from 16 in 2018-19
Data provided by Treasury to Parliament, in reply to my question, was inflated and incorrect.
Govts soft on tax dodge industry.
Less than 5 criminal cases in 2023-24, down from 16 in 2018-19
Data provided by Treasury to Parliament, in reply to my question, was inflated and incorrect.
Govts soft on tax dodge industry.
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Further benefits cuts planned as Rachel Reeves forced to find extra £1.6bn.
It is continuation of the Tory austerity with the old, sick, disabled, unfortunate as targets.
No talk of reducing corporate welfare, ending tax perks of the rich, redistribution of income/wealth.
It is continuation of the Tory austerity with the old, sick, disabled, unfortunate as targets.
No talk of reducing corporate welfare, ending tax perks of the rich, redistribution of income/wealth.
Further benefits cuts planned as Rachel Reeves forced to find extra £1.6bn
Chancellor risks wrath of Labour backbenchers with spring statement set to confirm deeper cuts
www.theguardian.com
March 26, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Further benefits cuts planned as Rachel Reeves forced to find extra £1.6bn.
It is continuation of the Tory austerity with the old, sick, disabled, unfortunate as targets.
No talk of reducing corporate welfare, ending tax perks of the rich, redistribution of income/wealth.
It is continuation of the Tory austerity with the old, sick, disabled, unfortunate as targets.
No talk of reducing corporate welfare, ending tax perks of the rich, redistribution of income/wealth.
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Elon Musk’s X stands to benefit financially if the UK govt pulls £800m tax on US tech firms to appease Trump.
X, Facebook, Instagram get pay-off for supporting Trump, paid by welfare cuts in the UK.
What would Trump demand next?
UK on bended knees, behaving like the 51st state.
X, Facebook, Instagram get pay-off for supporting Trump, paid by welfare cuts in the UK.
What would Trump demand next?
UK on bended knees, behaving like the 51st state.
X stands to benefit if UK pulls digital services tax in trade deal with US
Prominent campaigner says Elon Musk’s platform qualifies for the levy, which is on the block in negotiations
www.theguardian.com
March 26, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Elon Musk’s X stands to benefit financially if the UK govt pulls £800m tax on US tech firms to appease Trump.
X, Facebook, Instagram get pay-off for supporting Trump, paid by welfare cuts in the UK.
What would Trump demand next?
UK on bended knees, behaving like the 51st state.
X, Facebook, Instagram get pay-off for supporting Trump, paid by welfare cuts in the UK.
What would Trump demand next?
UK on bended knees, behaving like the 51st state.
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In 2024, the UK’s billionaires increased their collective wealth by £35 million every day. Corporate profits are soaring. Instead of trying to balance the books on the backs of the poorest both in the UK and abroad by cutting welfare and aid, it's time this government started taxing wealth fairly.
March 6, 2025 at 11:24 AM
In 2024, the UK’s billionaires increased their collective wealth by £35 million every day. Corporate profits are soaring. Instead of trying to balance the books on the backs of the poorest both in the UK and abroad by cutting welfare and aid, it's time this government started taxing wealth fairly.
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Europe must trim its welfare state to build a warfare state.
Neoliberals targeting the old, poor, sick, disabled; spending on education, healthcare, pension, transport.
Neoliberal silence on curbing corporate welfare, subsidies, profiteering, tax dodging; making the rich pay.
archive.ph/6F0QU
Neoliberals targeting the old, poor, sick, disabled; spending on education, healthcare, pension, transport.
Neoliberal silence on curbing corporate welfare, subsidies, profiteering, tax dodging; making the rich pay.
archive.ph/6F0QU
Europe must trim its welfare state to build a warfare state
There is no way of defending the continent without cuts to social spending
www.ft.com
March 6, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Europe must trim its welfare state to build a warfare state.
Neoliberals targeting the old, poor, sick, disabled; spending on education, healthcare, pension, transport.
Neoliberal silence on curbing corporate welfare, subsidies, profiteering, tax dodging; making the rich pay.
archive.ph/6F0QU
Neoliberals targeting the old, poor, sick, disabled; spending on education, healthcare, pension, transport.
Neoliberal silence on curbing corporate welfare, subsidies, profiteering, tax dodging; making the rich pay.
archive.ph/6F0QU
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Liz Kendall says getting people into work is best way to cut benefits bill.
Must attend to real reasons
Low wages: 40% of Universal Credit claimants are in work.
Lack of healthcare disabling people.
Higher retirement age denies pension to people unable to work, forced to claim benefits.
Must attend to real reasons
Low wages: 40% of Universal Credit claimants are in work.
Lack of healthcare disabling people.
Higher retirement age denies pension to people unable to work, forced to claim benefits.
Liz Kendall says getting people into work is best way to cut benefits bill
Chancellor is eyeing welfare system for potential cuts but pensions secretary says more support for jobseekers is key
www.theguardian.com
March 7, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Liz Kendall says getting people into work is best way to cut benefits bill.
Must attend to real reasons
Low wages: 40% of Universal Credit claimants are in work.
Lack of healthcare disabling people.
Higher retirement age denies pension to people unable to work, forced to claim benefits.
Must attend to real reasons
Low wages: 40% of Universal Credit claimants are in work.
Lack of healthcare disabling people.
Higher retirement age denies pension to people unable to work, forced to claim benefits.
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30 years since the Beijing Declaration, what progress have we made in the fight for gender justice? Our new paper, #PersonalToPowerful, finds that government inaction and unjust systems are halting our progress. Read the full report here: policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/pe...
March 6, 2025 at 7:12 AM
30 years since the Beijing Declaration, what progress have we made in the fight for gender justice? Our new paper, #PersonalToPowerful, finds that government inaction and unjust systems are halting our progress. Read the full report here: policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/pe...
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📢30 years since the Beijing Declaration, we’re still holding the line for gender justice!
📖 NEW report! It connects leaders who promised gender justice 30 yrs ago, their decisions since, & rising anti-rights movements against gender justice.
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#PersonalToPowerful
📖 NEW report! It connects leaders who promised gender justice 30 yrs ago, their decisions since, & rising anti-rights movements against gender justice.
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#PersonalToPowerful
March 6, 2025 at 3:00 AM
📢30 years since the Beijing Declaration, we’re still holding the line for gender justice!
📖 NEW report! It connects leaders who promised gender justice 30 yrs ago, their decisions since, & rising anti-rights movements against gender justice.
buff.ly/buyFtZc
#PersonalToPowerful
📖 NEW report! It connects leaders who promised gender justice 30 yrs ago, their decisions since, & rising anti-rights movements against gender justice.
buff.ly/buyFtZc
#PersonalToPowerful