Here's what the landlord lobby don't want you to know: If rents went down by 20%, renters would save £2400 a year. The government would save £2 billion a year. And landlords would still make 4.5 times as much profit as the average business.

A scammer posing as a letting agent went as far as registering with a deposit protection scheme and insuring the tenants deposit before doing a runner with their money. www.londoncentric.media/p/london-ren...

Any changes to PIP will disproportionately affect women, who make up the majority of PIP recipients, are more likely to be Disabled, have lower incomes & face greater economic inequality. Reducing or restricting support would undermine their financial independence, employment opportunities & health.

Replacing PIP with UBI is worth considering. Cut out the pointless, expensive + dehumanising assessment process. Give people the security they need first, then they can look for work (if they are well enough).

Universal programs are indeed the way to go — combined with taxes.

Journalists are civilians under international humanitarian law. Facilities and equipment utilized for reporting and disseminating news are also civilian structures. They must be respected and protected. Journalists are #NotATarget.

A new Prime Minister doesn't change our plan. Backed by a majority of MPs and the public, time must be made for the assisted dying bill. Parliament has unfinished business. It's time to get the job done. 🧵

We need government to double down to get 90,000 social homes a year for a decade to end the housing emergency. To do that, we must get councils building social homes again.

While ordinary people are forced to suffer through unliveable temperatures, risk their health and face soaring energy bills just to stay cool, the real culprits are raking in historic profits.

To feel the real essence of an Irish rainforest, go to one in the rain. You'll find yourself immersed in an alternate, magical realm of dripping, lush exuberance.

Almost one in six members of the House of Lords holds a paid political advisory role that, on Transparency International UK's analysis, carries a significant lobbying risk. "At least six peers go further still, sitting as directors or senior partners in lobbying and political advisory firms."

People think organized crime is some Italian mob boss who will send someone round to break your legs if you don't pay protection money Actually it is Big Business who buy up Energy, Food, Insurance, Banking, Healthcare, Housing and raise the prices until they have all your money

Saving lives isn’t terrorism. 🇵🇸 Damaging property isn’t terrorism. You can’t terrify a drone, an aircraft, or any other lump of metal.

NEWS: Filton 4 sentenced as terrorists and handed special custodial measures despite never being charged with, or convicted of, a terrorism offence. Samuel, Charlotte, Leona, & Fatema have all already been inside for almost 2 years. More at defendourjuries.net/savinglives/

"There is nothing more serious than whether we are going to be able to feed ourselves." Adrian Ramsay MP on LBC, calling for the full release of a government-commissioned report warning Britain's food and water systems could face catastrophic failure without urgent action.

Condemning riots isn't enough. We need policy action, including an immediate appraisal of X as a vehicle for coordinating far-right disorder. And we need political leadership, to challenge white nationalism as an idea, not to validate it daily and then complain when it turns violent.

⚡What if poverty isn’t an accident, but a result of how our economies are designed? 400+ experts, governments & UN agencies co-created a roadmap showing that ending poverty needs more than just economic growth. 👉 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... @doughnuteconomics.bsky.social

Our new research estimates at least £325 billion of dirty money flows through the UK every year. UK - especially City of London - remains a global hub for money laundering, corruption & tax abuse. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

South Africa has officially declared gender-based violence and femicide a national disaster - an acknowledgement that violence against women has reached devastating proportions, writes Jamal Osman. Read our latest newsletter:

New breed of political prisoner arises in Britain as anti-protest sentences rise “there is something going on which is profoundly political. Very often those protesters are reflecting majority rather than a minority view.” www.theguardian.com/law/2026/may...

My latest for @bylinetimes.bsky.social ... The Finance Curse - How Private Equity Upended Capitalism. Thanks to @hettieobrien.bsky.social - author of 'The Asset Class' PLUS @alexcobham.bsky.social @naomifowler.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/bylineti...

UN Special Rapporteur on rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association calls on UK to uphold its international human rights obligations following entry into force of the UK Crime and Policing Act and calls for blanket ban on pro-Palestinian demonstrations www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

“A reward” This is why so many voters want to see political donations capped at a low level, if not done away with completely

🚨 NEW RESEARCH: The Employment Tribunal system in England and Wales is in crisis. Our new report finds the open caseload has hit a record 65,117—a staggering 43% increase in just one year. The "New Deal for Working People" is hitting a brick wall. 🧵 1/5

"People won't work if you give cash." The evidence keeps piling up: guaranteed income increases employment and improves job quality. In CA pilots, full‑time jobs rose up to 2x vs control; higher‑quality jobs 3x.

No one expected Keir Starmer to solve our pressing problems overnight. But what we did expect – and had every right to expect – was that he would lay out a clear vision and roadmap for doing so. Instead, we’ve had drift, appeasement and a startling absence of ideas, values and ambition. 🧵1/6

"Companies like OpenAI and Palantir don't just want to be monopolies. They want to become extensions of the state itself - with all the political power that entails." substack.com/home/post/p-...

Modern slavery at record levels in UK and expected to worsen, report warns

Despite trying to paint himself as a "man of the people", Farage has taken over 60 trips in a private jet so far this year leftfootforward.org/2026/05/nige...

On World Press Freedom Day, listen to Afghan women journalists reporting under gender apartheid. We spoke with 23 of them. Read their stories at zantimes.com and subscribe to our free weekly newsletter.

"MPs have expressed alarm at the closure of the Foreign Office’s international humanitarian law unit, warning it “will impair the UK’s ability to anticipate, assess and respond to serious violations of international law across multiple contexts”. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Last year, 52% of Harvard graduates went into finance, consulting or (big) tech. I was invited by students to talk about this waste of talent, and what we can do about it. Link in next tweet →

“If someone tells you it’s raining outside and someone else tells you it’s not… the job of a journalist is to look outside the f***ing window and check if it's raining.” My speech at Zeteo’s two-year anniversary party about the the failure of corporate media and the need to speak truth to power:

Zack Polanski lays it out clearly, there are security risks linked to relying on Donald Trump. For example, just yesterday, Donald Trump threatened to impose “a big tariff” on the UK if it does not drop its digital services tax on US social media firms. It's time to look to Europe.

WATCH - Trudi Warner arrested, handcuffed, and carried for holding a placard with the law written on it outside Woolwich Crown Court. “There’s a High Court Ruling about this law” Trudi ought to know, because the case was “the Secretary General vs Trudi Warner”, and Trudi won.

If you thought the rape of Gisèle Pelicot was a unique story, you were wrong ✏️ @jamieklingler.bsky.social

❌ The Mandelson-Epstein emails again highlighted how the UK's lobbying transparency regime is woefully inadequate. Poor transparency allows well-connected individuals and companies with deep pockets to influence decisions that should be made in the public interest. More below ⤵

🗓️ TODAY is the last day you can register to vote in the local elections! Your council has the power to improve housing standards in your local area and weed out criminal landlords. With thousands of seats up for grabs, make sure you vote on 7th May. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

When Angela Rayner underpaid £40,000 in stamp duty, Richard Tice said it was "morally completely indefensible” and she should resign if she had “any moral decency”. Now we learn he set up four shell companies that let him avoid paying £100,000 he owed in tax and to then transfer the cash to Reform

"Greens who were long dismissed as “idealistic” and “unrealistic” now look like hard-headed pragmatists...demanding a transition that makes sense on every level: environmental, economic and political." #VoteGreen join.greenparty.org.uk www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

2,400 artists in NYC got $1,000 per month in basic income for 18 months beginning in 2022. Same as in Ireland, the results were overwhelmingly positive. Artists spent more time on their art and became more satisfied with the quality and impact of their work. DO UBI source.washu.edu/2026/04/guar...

13.4 million people in the UK are living in poverty. That’s not inevitable. It reflects how our systems are designed and the choices made about wages, housing and social security. Poverty is a human rights issue. Everyone should be able to rely on the basics to live well.

Want to know capitalism’s endgame? Just look at private equity – it has captured our everyday lives | Hettie O'Brien

🗣️“You name a jurisdiction where people have earned a lot of money through questionable means, it ends up in London property”. @stevejgoodrich.bsky.social speaking with the @wsj.com on the extensive London property holdings linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. More ⤵️

New research from Women’s Aid finds two-thirds of women fleeing domestic abuse could not access refuge in 2024-25 due to national accommodation shortages. livingunderpatriarchy.org/2026/03/30/w...

A billionaire can get what they want with one donation to a political party. The rest of us must fight for years to get even the most basic rights recognised. Money destroys democracy, more than any other cause. The first step towards a better world is to stop the rich buying political outcomes.

NEW POLL: Greens continue to surge. 🚀 Let's go! 💚🙌🏽 inews.co.uk/news/politic...

UBI is a freedom dividend to citizens as shareholders of the economy.

🔴Trump’s Iran War Is Pushing the Post War International Order to Breaking Point The US President’s reckless actions risk destroying the global political order, but could something good emerge from the wreckage, asks @alexhh.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2026/03/20/t...

Tonight, on the Senate floor, I will call up my War Powers Resolution to withdraw U.S. forces from this reckless and unauthorized war of choice with Iran. The Senate must do its job and hold this administration accountable.