(Not to mention the fact that, because there is no right to compassionate leave in this country apart from for dependents, quite a lot of sick notes are actually signing people off work because e.g. one of their parents has just died)

Maybe this is because you can't turn on the radio without hearing hourly updates on the number of people arriving in small boats.

As the Smiths didn't quite put it, 🎵 Ban the vox pop, Ban the vox pop. Ban the vox pop, Ban the vox pop 🎵

Most people want a fairer society, a working democracy, a protected planet. So why split the vote and let the far-right in to destroy it all? Sign the @compassoffice.bsky.social open letter urging progressive leaders to cooperate at the next election: actionnetwork.org/forms/unite-...

These are the kinds of groups getting behind Tommy Robinson's Unite the Kingdom march today. They are showing their true colours. We cannot allow this to be normalised.

“When populist parties are the first to seize on the opportunity to supply (mis-)interpretations of local changes, they can realise a first-mover advantage in the market for narratives. In the British context, the radical right has succeeded in tying local decline – even when it was, in fact,

Finally, we have data to show vast majority of landlords earn supernormal returns: even with high interest rates, 63% outperform a 60:40 equity-gilt portfolio & 71% beat the broader real estate sector. Proud to have co-authored this with @autonomy-institute.bsky.social autonomy.work/portfolio/th...

Millionaires are five times more concerned about doctors leaving the UK than they are about other millionaires emigrating 💸 Our poll also found millionaires are proud to live in the UK, and they're willing to pay more tax to invest in our country and its young people.

this really does make me despair. this is a woman who has just got elected as a Reform councillor. she works for the NHS and wants to know “where the money is going”. it’s going on social care, babe

🚨BREAKING: We've run the numbers. Independent Green Voice, a "fascist front" for Holocaust denier Alistair McConnachie, cost the Scottish Greens an MSP

Having been raised by the black community as a child, this is so painful to see in 2026. Racism is such a cancer in our society.

Thanks for this, there's always hope. Always.

What politics should be like: “What effect will this policy have on health and climate change?” What politics is actually like: “What effect will this policy have on the gilt market and how will the Daily Mail demonise it?

🚨BREAKING🚨 Our friends @taxwatch.bsky.social expose how one of the UK's biggest oil traders, Glencore Energy UK, shifts 80% of its profits to Switzerland & why HMRC can't take them to court in the UK over their outstanding £1.5 billion tax bill. bit.ly/4ulkkxl

The decision public figures have made to remain on Twitter, whether politicians or other, will look really stupid in the future. It looks stupid now tbh

Cars have come a long way in the last 100 years. The working week hasn’t. It’s time for change. Support the campaign for a 4-day working week, with no loss of pay.

The start of this article is really pertinent. Why is the unpaid care of families seen as a duty but no other aspects of life not? Britain's shadow workforce is paid as little as 65p an hour. Who cares for the carers? | Frances Ryan www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Help RT please. If it's spring where you live & swans are nesting, the male cobs often go walkabout to patrol their territory. They may appear on roads or unsafe places. Best plan is to shepherd them gently into a garden & call your local waterbird or wildlife charity to rescue them. #swans #birds

Fifa are a disgrace. They treat the beautiful game as a commodity. They are greedy wealth extractors and have no shame.. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

🟨 Print Edition — Farage’s Staggering Side Hustles Nigel Farage has spent more than 1,113 hours – or 140 working days – on his various other jobs since being elected to Parliament in July 2024. https://subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/84/farages-staggering-side-hustles

You may recall the serious allegations by Reform about voting offences at the Gorton and Denton by-election. This detailed thread sets out what happened next. All too late, and this won’t get the same circulation as the original allegations.

War is always a disaster for ordinary people. But once again it will be a bonanza for arms manufacturers, oil & gas giants & their financial backers. The govt must work for peace abroad & tax excess profits to protect people at home. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Proud that Care Full is a co-signatory on this important letter.

hey if "the economy" is completely decoupled from the welfare of the people, WHAT IS THE FUCKING POINT OF THE ECONOMY

Lovely sensible M&S being very clear and sensible.

Good dogs! 🐾

Can’t help feeling it’s the word ‘patriot’ that should be in inverted commas here, not ‘drunk’, Manchester Evening News. www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...

We’re done watching the super‑rich hoard wealth while the rest of us struggle & we won’t fall for scapegoating & division. ✍️ Sign the petition: www.taxjustice.uk/HopeAgain A message from our ED Faiza Shaheen, Daniel Kebede (@neunion.bsky.social) & Zak Coleman (@gndrising.bsky.social).

UK authors - I urge you to read this article about a school in Manchester who removed hundreds of our books from their library they deemed ‘inappropriate’ and share. This is appalling censorship - and it’s coming from the school’s head and SLT themselves. @indexoncensorship.org

We got a DM the other day with a fun request from a local family: Could we find this nice BART train operator who always waved and beeped at this special little rider? And if we found him, could we deliver him a thank you card!?  So we got to work …

We've got a new campaign out today ahead of the local elections: act.debtjustice.org.uk/contact-your...

Denmark are bringing back their #WealthTax - Do you think the UK should follow suit?? 👉 bit.ly/4rSxXn2

🤑 Bogus self-employment costs the UK about £8.5bn every year, I told the BBC. ✍️ This includes Uber, Deliveroo, Oxbridge colleges, construction firms + hair salons writing sham self-employment contracts for their staff. ⬇️ Listen to this excellent BBC Radio 4 show. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

This is a great write up of an underreported story. (a) it's crazy that a minister responded "that's life" to a council in financial straits; (b) it's crazier still that £3m of extra funding will apparently fund so little care because the system is entirely run in private interests.

Steve Reed, HCLG Minister allegedly said, “That’s life” in response to a discussion about Hartlepool’s request for additional funding to cover their children’s social care costs. Read our latest blog by @ruthhannan.bsky.social on the big problem in care carefulleconomy.co.uk/2026/03/04/t...

This is a great idea, because until now Ai uptake has been limited only to the most discerning and well-informed.

Those below the poverty line are, increasingly, well below it New @statspeter.bsky.social @katieschmuecker.bsky.social @jrf-uk.bsky.social study www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Let’s shut this whole fucking country down. Stop the ICE murders. Boycott USA is you are abroad. We don’t need a World Cup or a rock band’s tour, we need justice and serious fucking help.

I know I bang this drum a lot, but the Covid Public Inquiry largely passed by with barely a ripple. We seem to be memory-holing the whole thing and it's warping diagnosis and debates.

Tinkering around the edges isn't going to fix the injustices at the heart of our tax system. Our Director, Faiza Shaheen, giving the Government a reality check on BBC Politics Live this week.

Long-term claimants of employment and support allowance could be moved over to a new, time-limited disability benefit – equating to cuts.

Looks like Sheffield Uni have picked the absolutely perfect Chancellor if this is the way they treat staff.

3K billionaires control $18.3 trillion, and this concentration of wealth is reshaping democracy itself. Billionaire money changes who gets heard, who decides, and who gets left behind. Read the evidence: www.oxfam.org/en/resisting... #RuleOfTheRich #FightInequality #TaxTheSuperRich

To relaunch our blog we're sharing our thoughts on the New Zealand court ruling on family carers employment status and rights. carefulleconomy.co.uk/perspectives/

This is a bad headline. But I guess, ‘add 0.1% to total employment costs’ is less exciting. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Thanks to @highpaycentre.bsky.social for showing how deep inequality runs. Is a CEO worth 1500 of the rest of us? We've (naturally) run the numbers for unpaid carers too; Melrose's CEO package is over 13,600x what carers live on. Our priorities are upside down. Let’s change them.

Hopefully this will soon become #ReclaimTheEconomyMONTH and then Year and then #ReclaimTheEconomyFOREVER - how about it @earth4all.life?

I keep thinking about all the legitimate orga & people still posting on X whilst it produces CSA images. Why not commit fully and start popping your statements on PornHub.

HPC data shows the FTSE 100 CEO just over two days to earn the median UK worker’s full time annual salary. Average CEO pay is £4.4m — 113× the median worker’s salary of £39,039. With long-term wage stagnation, how can this possibly be justified? highpaycentre.org/fat-cat-day-...

📣 New York setting the tone for 2026, on day one. #TaxTheRich. Bernie Sanders electrified the crowds at Zohran Mamdani's inauguration with a clear message: invest in our communities by making the super rich and corporations pay their fair share. We're in.