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Exploring care in a new economy at
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Byline Times
2 days ago
šØ Print Edition ā Farageās Staggering Side Hustles Nigel Farage has spent more than 1,113 hours ā or 140 working days ā on his various other jobs since being elected to Parliament in July 2024.
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Farageās Staggering Side Hustles ā Byline Times Digital / Print Edition
Nigel Farage has spent more than 1,113 hours ā or 140 working days ā on his various other jobs since being elected to Parliament in July 2024.
https://subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/84/farages-staggering-side-hustles/
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6 days ago
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 wonāt get the same circulation as the original allegations.
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Tax Justice UK
6 days ago
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...
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Rachel Reeves urged to raise taxes on companies profiting from war on Iran
Charities say energy companies, banks and defence companies stand to benefit from the economic fallout
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/26/rachel-reeves-urged-to-raise-taxes-on-companies-profiting-from-war-on-iran
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Proud that Care Full is a co-signatory on this important letter.
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Stevia Ray Vaughan
12 days ago
hey if "the economy" is completely decoupled from the welfare of the people, WHAT IS THE FUCKING POINT OF THE ECONOMY
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Rachel Coldicutt
8 days ago
Lovely sensible M&S being very clear and sensible.
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Richie Daiches Barlow
8 days ago
Good dogs! š¾
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Jo Kibble (Political Animal)
9 days ago
Canāt help feeling itās the word āpatriotā that should be in inverted commas here, not ādrunkā, Manchester Evening News.
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
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Tax Justice UK
9 days ago
Weāre done watching the superārich hoard wealth while the rest of us struggle & we wonāt fall for scapegoating & division. āļø Sign the petition:
www.taxjustice.uk/HopeAgain
A message from our ED Faiza Shaheen, Daniel Kebede (
@neunion.bsky.social
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@gndrising.bsky.social
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Simon James Green
13 days ago
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 āinappropriateā and share. This is appalling censorship - and itās coming from the schoolās head and SLT themselves.
@indexoncensorship.org
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School book banning escalates in the UK as Greater Manchester secondary school censors scores of books - Index on Censorship
A school librarian faced a disciplinary hearing and scores of books were removed from her school library after she stocked Laura Batesā Men Who Hate Women
https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/school-book-banning-escalates-in-the-uk-as-greater-manchester-secondary-school-censors-scores-of-books/?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAdGRleAQqS3tleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xMjQwMjQ1NzQyODc0MTQAAactfYGRwHyKF3KFBID1PpARjdd31SAVSdNOGtCaTuoICTj4wzXwNT96l5jb0g_aem_9Ue6gcuHKItG2-_j5WfWuw
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BART
16 days ago
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!?Ā So we got to work ā¦
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Toby Murray
28 days ago
We've got a new campaign out today ahead of the local elections:
act.debtjustice.org.uk/contact-your...
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Contact your council: Ban the bailiffs!
With local elections happening in hundreds of councils across the country this spring itās time we told our local councillors that we want to see action on council tax debt and an end to bailiff use.
https://act.debtjustice.org.uk/contact-your-council-ban-bailiffs-0?utm_medium=impactstack&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=Household_debt&utm_content=ydais&utm_source=Debt+Justice+mailing+list&utm_campaign=357372bd36-26_Mar_HD_BailiffPledge_Toby&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_046a95cfed-7afa8ca2cc-276837471#first_name=Toby
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Oxfam GB
28 days ago
Denmark are bringing back their
#WealthTax
- Do you think the UK should follow suit?? š
bit.ly/4rSxXn2
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Ewan McGaughey
28 days ago
š¤ Bogus self-employment costs the UK about Ā£8.5bn every year, I told the BBC. āļø This includes Uber, Deliveroo, Oxbridge colleges, construction firms + hair salons writing sham self-employment contracts for their staff. ā¬ļø Listen to this excellent BBC Radio 4 show.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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File on 4 Investigates - Bogus self-employment - who pays the price? - BBC Sounds
Why is the rise in bogus self-employment a problem for all of us?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002s4f0
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Toby Murray
29 days ago
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.
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Care Full
29 days ago
Steve Reed, HCLG Minister allegedly said, āThatās lifeā in response to a discussion about Hartlepoolās request for additional funding to cover their childrenās social care costs. Read our latest blog by
@ruthhannan.bsky.social
on the big problem in care
carefulleconomy.co.uk/2026/03/04/t...
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Alasdair Beckett-King
2 months ago
This is a great idea, because until now Ai uptake has been limited only to the most discerning and well-informed.
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Tom Clark
2 months ago
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...
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Record number of people in UK live in āvery deep povertyā, analysis shows
Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds problem is ādeeper and more damaging than at any point in the last 30 yearsā
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jan/27/very-deep-poverty-uk-record-numbers-joseph-rowntree-foundation-analysis
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Noel Casler Comedy
2 months ago
Letās shut this whole fucking country down. Stop the ICE murders. Boycott USA is you are abroad. We donāt need a World Cup or a rock bandās tour, we need justice and serious fucking help.
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Indy
2 months ago
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.
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Tax Justice UK
2 months ago
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.
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Big Issue
2 months ago
Long-term claimants of employment and support allowance could be moved over to a new, time-limited disability benefit ā equating to cuts.
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Disabled people could face benefit cuts ā even if they cannot work
https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/disabled-people-benefit-cuts-citizens-advice/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1769068497
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Looks like Sheffield Uni have picked the absolutely perfect Chancellor if this is the way they treat staff.
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Oxfam International
2 months ago
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
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Care Full
3 months ago
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/
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Perspectives
After pushing care to the margins for too long, we think it deserves a transformative relaunch. Thatās why weāve started Care Full, a space to think more expansively about care in a newā¦
https://carefulleconomy.co.uk/perspectives/
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Duncan Weldon
3 months ago
This is a bad headline. But I guess, āadd 0.1% to total employment costsā is less exciting.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Care Full
3 months ago
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. Letās change them.
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Richard Hull
3 months ago
Hopefully this will soon become
#ReclaimTheEconomyMONTH
and then Year and then
#ReclaimTheEconomyFOREVER
- how about it
@earth4all.life
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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.
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High Pay Centre
3 months ago
HPC data shows the FTSE 100 CEO just over two days to earn the median UK workerās full time annual salary. Average CEO pay is Ā£4.4m ā 113Ć the median workerās salary of Ā£39,039. With long-term wage stagnation, how can this possibly be justified?
highpaycentre.org/fat-cat-day-...
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Tax Justice UK
3 months ago
š£ 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.
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A wonderful piece on grassroots, local focused women-led solidarity action in Liverpool. Very inspiring. Worth a read
@hannahwebster.bsky.social
especially the march with the bin workers.
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Sheila McKechnie Foundation (SMK)
3 months ago
The David & Goliath award is all about the little guys. It celebrates individuals or small campaign groups that take on much bigger organisations and challenge vested power. Nominate your favourite 2025 underdog campaign at
https://smk.org.uk/what-we-do/connect/awards/
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4 Day Week Foundation
3 months ago
Weāre preparing for not one, but TWO major 4-day week trials this year. If you work for a: - School š or - Council š« And youāre interested in taking part, fill out a form via the link below to get the conversation started.
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The Autonomy Institute
3 months ago
Much of the Act's significance will now depend on secondary legislation, enforcement, and political will. Without strong institutions and resources, legal rights risk remaining paper protections.
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The Autonomy Institute
3 months ago
However, the Act also falls short of the full āNew Deal for Working Peopleā originally promised by Labour. Proposals like a single āworkerā status and a statutory right to switch off were dropped š
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The Autonomy Institute
3 months ago
After an uncertain 2025, the Employment Rights Bill has become law.
@liammullally.bsky.social
takes a closer look at whatās actually in the legislation, and what it means for workers, unions and employers š
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Duncan U Fisher
3 months ago
Some good work news against the backdrop of a grim start to 2026: new article in Sociological Research Online by myself and Liam Foster on independent union organising of paid care workers
@centreforcare.bsky.social
@sagepub.com
@socresonline.bsky.social
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Act Build Change
4 months ago
We're hiring! š£ Join Act Build Change to play a vital role in building the power of people experiencing systemic injustice by delivering relational, engaging, and accessible organising training and support. Find out more about the role and how to apply here:
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Community Organiser at Act Build Change
Support communities fighting for justice to build power and win campaigns. Deliver training, develop leaders, and grow as an organiser.
https://actbuildchange.com/opportunities/community-organiser-at-act-build-change-23630
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For me, this interview sums up what's wrong with the modern Labour Party. Too quick to link extremist far right rhetoric with popular left wing positions. Too quick to say what they're against & not what they're for. To dismiss wealth tax cos it won't solve ALL the problems is foolish.
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Anna Dent
3 months ago
Again, we learn that most people can make sensible decisions regardless of their level of income or wealth. Trouble is, many politicians base their careers on the myth of the irresponsible poor
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Four day week has real potential to shape a new improved way of working for us all. Especially those with a relationship to care. Deeply disappointing & maddening from the Gvnt.
@autonomy-institute.bsky.social
@4dayweek.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Four-day week may be considered a sign of failure, England councils told
Local government secretary writes to town halls warning them against āpart-time work for full-time payā
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/23/four-day-week-sign-of-failure-england-councils-told-steve-reed?CMP=share_btn_url
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We Care Campaign
3 months ago
The latest in the Carers Allowance Overpayment Review and DWP's 'misleading' response from
@joshhalliday.bsky.social
Quotes from Professor Sue Yeadle and We Care
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Pressure grows on DWP over āmisleadingā response to carerās allowance scandal
Senior officials face criticism after review found systemic failings plunged hundreds of thousands of unpaid carers into debt
https://buff.ly/mPIFKBf
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Compass
4 months ago
š“ó §ó ¢ó ·ó ¬ó ³ó æ Labour polling at 10% in Wales would have been incomprehensible at one point. Brave new world. But this projection shows that Welsh voters are still overwhelmingly progressive. Parties should do everything in their power to ensure a progressive majority in May.
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Kirsten Grady
4 months ago
Hello fellow Social Workers and Happy Jane Addams Day! As you know, Jane Addams was a social worker, organizer, and peace activist who co-founded Hull House in Chicago. She's also the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931.
#JaneAddamsDay
#OGSocialWorker
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Tax Justice UK
4 months ago
š„ "Billionairesā wealth has more than doubled since 2010. How many of our constituents can say that their wages have doubled, their standard of living has doubled, that their wealth has doubled in that time?"
@richardburgon.bsky.social
asking the real questions in the Budget debate.
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This looks like the opening scene of a football themed zombie apocalypse movie.
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Debt Justice
4 months ago
17 MILLION PEOPLE would have access to clean drinking water if debt repayments were slashed...Imagine if all debts were CANCELLED We campaign to win debt justice for millions of people around the world. Support us today and get your donation matched!
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
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Reporting on the £28bn investment on energy infrastructure is making my blood boil. 2 days after our fuel poverty report. Green energy is seen as a cost but never any scrutiny of the £125billion energy company profits.
carefulleconomy.co.uk/publications/
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Publications
Reports and publications Running on empty: unpaid carerās experiences of fuel poverty in the UK An estimated 6.1 million households in the UK are in fuel poverty, their finances strained undeā¦
https://carefulleconomy.co.uk/publications/
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Care Full
4 months ago
What does the gig economy reveal to us about the wider systems that connect us all? And what do we do about it? In our latest episode of Words of Affirmation - out now - our brilliant guest Joe Durbidge from
@iwgbunion.bsky.social
joins us fo discuss. Listen at
linktr.ee/carefulleconomy
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