1 in 4 of us is Disabled. It’s time the UK government heard us buff.ly/yLwmT25 We need to be in the room when decisions about our lives are made, and we need all political parties to increase representation from our ranks @marisharay.bsky.social @disrightsuk.bsky.social @mariecgoldman.bsky.social

Brutal cuts coming, NHS Alliance report reveals buff.ly/XErnEj7 According to a recent report from the NHS Alliance, it seems an even tighter financial squeeze, with bigger and potentially more damaging cuts, is on the way in many areas for 26/27 @marisharay.bsky.social @helenmorganlibdem.bsky.social

Cable Street call out buff.ly/HZu34JZ This year marks the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street, when working people from London’s East End refused to let the fascist black shirts march through their community and stir up hatred @marisharay.bsky.social @hinabokharild.bsky.social @tuc.org.uk

RMT calls for insourcing of all railway staff following Thameslink nationalisation buff.ly/LwuQM6g @ollyglover.bsky.social @rmtunion.bsky.social @marisharay.bsky.social @aslefunion.bsky.social The Labour government needs to follow through on its commitment to undertake a mass wave of insourcing.

Safety net is broken buff.ly/0ZNRGRY Unite Community, PCS Union and Disabled People Against Cuts have come together and organised “Social Security is a Trade Union Issue? @unitesharon.bsky.social @pcsunion.bsky.social @marisharay.bsky.social @johnpring.bsky.social @unitesouthwest.bsky.social

A Trade Union Guide to Just Transition buff.ly/I7FVXYU Social justice must be at the heart of the development of a net-zero carbon economy @marisharay.bsky.social @greenlibdems.org.uk @pippaheylings.bsky.social @gjalliance.bsky.social @sarahwoolley1.bsky.social @tuc.org.uk @drjogrady.bsky.social

GMB latest union to abuse workers as branch secretaries go on strike buff.ly/rPp24a7 GMB branch secretaries have told the union to “practice what you preach” as they strike for pay and job security @marisharay.bsky.social @gmb.org.uk @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social @tssaunion.bsky.social

Government research shows activists were right to warn of impact of DWP work advisers on mental distress buff.ly/JAGOIwc @stevedarlingmp.bsky.social @inclusionlondon.bsky.social @marisharay.bsky.social @johnpring.bsky.social @disrightsuk.bsky.social

Shocking trade union poll is terrible news for Starmer’s Labour buff.ly/91891Cz Trade unionists overwhelmingly say ‘Labour has lost touch’ @marisharay.bsky.social @thecanaryuk.bsky.social @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social @gftu.org.uk @joshbabarinde.bsky.social @tuc.org.uk @unitesharon.bsky.social

Meta legal action forces Facebook whistleblower to sit in silence at Hay festival buff.ly/aYxsOHq Sarah Wynn-Williams did not speak during event after lawyers warned of possible sanctions from tech firm @marisharay.bsky.social @hayfestival.bsky.social @maxwilkinson.bsky.social #CarelessPeople

Introducing a wealth tax on the very richest people in our society has never been more popular amongst the electorate, with recent polls showing 90% approval buff.ly/vdQKdyh @libdemdaisy.bsky.social @tuc.org.uk @marisharay.bsky.social @novaramedia.com

The right is desperate for a solution to falling birthrates. Who’s going to tell them that the answer is immigration? buff.ly/VTQBADp @marisharay.bsky.social @jcwi-uk.bsky.social @calummillerld.bsky.social @workrights.bsky.social @tuc.org.uk @sarahwoolley1.bsky.social @gftu.org.uk

Motability pauses Drive Smart scheme, but customers raise concerns as wider changes remain in place buff.ly/eKYtjoZ Government says it wants to remove barriers to opportunity, but the changes to Motability in the budget achieved the opposite @marisharay.bsky.social @motabilityops.bsky.social

Tribunal orders company to pay Shabin Shaji for care work he was not given after coming to UK, in landmark case buff.ly/fMwRD56 Indian man awarded almost £30,000 after UK employer failed to provide work @marisharay.bsky.social @workrights.bsky.social @libdemlocalgov.bsky.social @tuc.org.uk

DWP Milburn Report is another excuse to throw disabled kids under the bus buff.ly/PSX24HX Milburn presents opinion as fact @rachelcdailey.bsky.social @inclusionlondon.bsky.social @marisharay.bsky.social @tuc.org.uk @stevedarlingmp.bsky.social @thecanaryuk.bsky.social

London bus driver stabbing: Urgent action needed to protect workers, Unite buff.ly/ODp2dhj “This is another shocking attack on a bus driver No one should go to work fearing they will be attacked" @unitesharon.bsky.social @marisharay.bsky.social @tflondon.bsky.social @ollyglover.bsky.social

Secret histories unearthed by author show how disabled people fought injustice through the centuries buff.ly/FwNbo1G David Turner says his book seeks to “rescue disabled people from historical neglect” @marisharay.bsky.social @johnpring.bsky.social @rachelcdailey.bsky.social @tuc.org.uk

UK government divided over minimum wage increase in face of youth jobs crisis buff.ly/0ZZr9hz Some fear raising rate for people aged 18-20 will exacerbate unemployment while others point to lack of evidence @joshbabarinde.bsky.social @usdawunion.bsky.social @marisharay.bsky.social @tuc.org.uk

Record temperatures in spring – ‘glorious weather’ or a wake-up call? buff.ly/ZrMlSMh British way of life under threat from heat, flooding and drought according to the Climate Change Committee @marisharay.bsky.social @gjalliance.bsky.social @pippaheylings.bsky.social @greenlibdems.org.uk @tuc.org.uk

The precariat has just spoken, and the commentariat did not notice! buff.ly/goy9KPg A fractured ‘dangerous class’ has spoken. @marisharay.bsky.social @opendemocracy.net @drjogrady.bsky.social @tuc.org.uk @unitesharon.bsky.social @youngliberalsuk.bsky.social

Mutual retailer triples boss’s pay to £2.2m despite fall in profits buff.ly/7cOBZQj OurCoop criticised by members for withholding annual profit-share payment despite soaring executive pay #CorporateGreed #CostofLivingCrisis @marisharay.bsky.social @midcountiescoop.bsky.social @usdawunion.bsky.social

Milburn report is contradicted by what the DWP is already doing to make life harder for unemployed and disabled young people buff.ly/IskUM47 DWP is forcing more disabled people into work, whilst doing absolutely nothing to support them @stevedarlingmp.bsky.social @marisharay.bsky.social @tuc.org.uk

'We all belong here' New Unite women in construction network demands fundamental change in male-dominated sector buff.ly/MkxfaJi On Thursday, June 4, Unite is convening an online meeting for women members in construction @marisharay.bsky.social @unitesouthwest.bsky.social @unitesharon.bsky.social

Serious questions over DWP pilot scheme at heart of ministers’ jobs strategy buff.ly/zziSRcM @stevedarlingmp.bsky.social @inclusionlondon.bsky.social @marisharay.bsky.social @ldhealthandcare.org @helenmorganlibdem.bsky.social @johnpring.bsky.social @nwlibdems.bsky.social

How Britain failed one million NEET young people: 'We're wasting a generation’s talent' buff.ly/EC6IkPB. @munirawilson.bsky.social @youngliberalsuk.bsky.social @drjogrady.bsky.social @tuc.org.uk @marisharay.bsky.social @bigissue.com

Most UK men should not be offered prostate cancer screening, experts say buff.ly/mnbLc8o “Without a screening programme for the UK’s most common cancer, we lose more than 12,000 dads, brothers and partners every single year,” @prostateuk.bsky.social @marisharay.bsky.social @tuc.org.uk

"Post-16 education crisis wreaks havoc" on young people, says Jo Grady buff.ly/p6cvEps Labour must intervene to fix a crisis in post-16 education, which is wreaking havoc on educators and the young people they teach and support @drjogrady.bsky.social @marisharay.bsky.social @libdems.org.uk

EHRC’s ‘heart-breaking and disgraceful’ failure to name its one disabled commissioner buff.ly/NclWDR8 @marisharay.bsky.social @ehrc.bsky.social @mariecgoldman.bsky.social @johnpring.bsky.social @laylamoran.bsky.social @pluslibdems.bsky.social

We will continue to stand with trans community, UCU says in response to EHRC Code of Practice buff.ly/m1kZ7L1 'This is a significant and unsettling moment for our members across higher and further education, and for trans people everywher.' @drjogrady.bsky.social @marisharay.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk

Union pushes to make workplace sexual harassment reportable as a safety risk buff.ly/Ceotgde @sarahwoolley1.bsky.social @libdemwomen.bsky.social @marisharay.bsky.social The Bakers Union have been pushing forward with their campaign to make sexual harassment in the workplace a reportable harm

Despite all the evidence, NHS chiefs turn again to management consultants buff.ly/2H8NF0p DHSC/NHS England still don’t have a clear strategy, and are mainly preoccupied with getting rid of thousands of staff, many of them in senior, leading roles @marisharay.bsky.social @nhsengland.bsky.social

Charities, unions and academics tell government to “stick to its guns” on secure contracts for workers buff.ly/4dGUSmd @marisharay.bsky.social @fawcettsociety.bsky.social @workfoundation.bsky.social @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social @timewise.bsky.social @libdemdaisy.bsky.social @womensbudgetgrp.bsky.social

NHS PENSION SCANDAL: How BSW Hospitals Group cut pensions to meet savings targets buff.ly/5rzQrf6 The Zero-Hours Loophole @marisharay.bsky.social @thelowdownnhs.bsky.social @helenmorganlibdem.bsky.social @ldhealthandcare.org @werahobhouse.org.uk The Financial Modelling Failure

Safety net is broken! Social security is a trade union issue buff.ly/NiuxqMP Unite Community, PCS Union and Disabled People Against Cuts have come together and organised “Social Security is a Trade Union Issue? @marisharay.bsky.social @unitecommunity.bsky.social @pcsunion.bsky.social @tuc.org.uk

Equality watchdog completes draft report into ‘unlawful acts’ by DWP and its Conservative ministers buff.ly/43LqiL7 My hope is that all those who have died at the hands of DWP ministers and discriminatory policies will get justice @marisharay.bsky.social @stevedarlingmp.bsky.social @tuc.org.uk

Unpaid carers of parents with dementia are propping up the NHS and social care system buff.ly/M9LDgAx @eddavey.libdems.org.uk @dementiauk.bsky.social @marisharay.bsky.social @carers-uk.bsky.social @zoefranklinld.bsky.social @libdemlocalgov.bsky.social @helenmorganlibdem.bsky.social @bigissue.com

Ministers urged to press ahead with UK ban on zero-hours contracts buff.ly/xspbkPA Campaigners reject claims that tougher rules will deter hiring and lock young people out of labour market @marisharay.bsky.social @cpaguk.bsky.social @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social @gftu.org.uk @libdemdaisy.bsky.social

Thousands of people face modern slavery in the UK. Why do we hear so few of their stories? buff.ly/ACWBQMX @mariecgoldman.bsky.social @tuc.org.uk @marisharay.bsky.social @bigissue.com @maxwilkinson.bsky.social @libdemlocalgov.bsky.social

Whately and McFadden compete to provide most misleading contributions to king’s speech debate buff.ly/MJAS1fB Liberal Democrat MP, Steve Darling told MPs how Disability News Service had revealed “behind-the-scene cuts” to the “broken” Access to Work scheme @marisharay.bsky.social @tuc.org.uk

Have your say on Access to Work - Carving our own career path buff.ly/nYjcdxB @MarishaRayLD @AccessToWorkCol @mariecgoldman @CampaignFDJ In 2024/25, Access to Work helped nearly 75,000 Disabled people in the workplace

SEND reforms offer only cuts and dismantling of rights, disabled people’s organisation tells ministers buff.ly/a9O6xIf @munirawilson.bsky.social @allfieuk.bsky.social @marisharay.bsky.social @disrightsuk.bsky.social @mariecgoldman.bsky.social @youngliberalsuk.bsky.social

How TBIJ showcased the human cost of offshore secrecy buff.ly/2GHTzIe Reporting on offshore secrecy throws up a constant challenge: who are the victims? So we set out to find them – and give their voices a platform @marisharay.bsky.social @tuc.org.uk @libdemdaisy.bsky.social @tbij.bsky.social

Extreme heat warning buff.ly/6vtaguG Calls grow for a maximum working temperature The maximum safe working temperature that Unite is calling for is “27 degrees Celsius for strenuous jobs and 30 degrees Celsius for sedentary jobs” @marisharay.bsky.social @hsegovuk.bsky.social @unitesharon.bsky.social

Anger over TUC drawing close links between PIP and work in Timms Review response buff.ly/yELgY2W Lee Starr-Elliott told the CWU conference there was a “dangerous silence” from the TUC on the “coordinated, systematic attack” on disabled people’s support @marisharay.bsky.social @tuc.org.uk

‘Attainment at all costs’ approach could undermine Send changes, school leaders in England say buff.ly/GFptD4P Union says emphasis on academic goals conflicts with proposed measures on special educational needs provision @marisharay.bsky.social @allfieuk.bsky.social @munirawilson.bsky.social

Profit has no place in social care buff.ly/PuaU9kr Join us in calling for a publicly funded, publicly delivered social care system in Wales that puts people, not profits, first @janedodds.bsky.social @libdemlocalgov.bsky.social @eddavey.libdems.org.uk @tuccymru.bsky.social @marisharay.bsky.social

Former minister with terminal cancer urges MPs not to bring back assisted dying bill buff.ly/gtF9E1g ‘It is our responsibility of members of the Houses of Parliament to make good law,’ @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social @eddavey.libdems.org.uk @disrightsuk.bsky.social @marisharay.bsky.social

TUC Cymru calls for new Welsh Government to establish a National Care Service and remove profit from Social Care buff.ly/j6KfP9y @MarishaRayLD @TUCCymru @EdwardJDavey @CarersUK @DoddsJane @UNISONWales Profit has no place in social care

DWP pursued woman’s employer for nonexistent ‘benefit debt’ buff.ly/BnKg5Lh Employer of woman who cares for disabled mother was asked to deduct ‘debt’ from salary despite court ruling she had nothing to pay @eddavey.libdems.org.uk @marisharay.bsky.social @stevedarlingmp.bsky.social

Breaking point for disability scheme? buff.ly/4YdSTgl Nearly 17 million people in the UK are disabled, representing about 25% of the population Yet the flagship Access to Work programme has been under severe stress @marisharay.bsky.social @accesstoworkcol.bsky.social @lrdnews.bsky.social @tuc.org.uk