If we are to build a successful economy we have to make work for us all, not just the chosen few. See our latest views on the Government's Keeping Britain review and retweet if you agree shorturl.at/eFwps

Procurement may sound boring yet it affects many of us working in the everyday economy. Our latest response to Government consultation calls for good work and RealLivingWage to be a condition of public contracts and bold action to tackle inequality shorturl.at/W49KX Please retweet if you agree

Procurement may sound boring yet it affects many of us working in the everyday economy. Our latest response to Government consultation calls for good work and RealLivingWage to be a condition of public contracts and bold action to tackle inequality shorturl.at/W49KX Please retweet if you agree

Further changes to procurement law in the Uk on the way but will they provide for Real Living Wages and Good Works Standards? The jury is out. Let's let the Government know what we think. Find out more about the proposals at betterforus.org.uk/news/. Respond by September 5th 2025 #procurement

Today government publishes latest consultation on #procurement including proposing relaxation of competition in certain areas and targets for #socialenterprise spend by public authorities. No mention of inclusive growth. The deadlne for responses is September 5th 2025 shorturl.at/Ulop8

UK government's #industrialstrategy mentions procurement 24 times, using it to create high qualtiy jobs. We now need deeds - having #RealLIvingWage and #GoodWorks standards for all public authority contracts would bring real change to real people. Retweet if you agree.

The Procurement Act has been in force for nearly three months, our research shows that not one contracting authority has used powers to reserve contracts for organisations that address disadvantages within the labour market.Read how they can shorturl.at/mA1yX and retweet if you think they should.

The Procurement Act has been in force for nearly three months, our research shows that not one contracting authority has used powers to reserve contracts for organisations that address disadvantages within the labour market.Read how they can shorturl.at/mA1yX and retweet if you think they should.

My eight year old daughter, Nina has come up with her own slogan - autistic. Because she believes that if you have autism you’re fantastic. If you agree please give this a like or a share (she’s been inspired by @francesryan.bsky.social activism)

This is an interesting idea, & would make our system a bit more like the way it works in much of Europe, where you get a % of your previous income when you become unemployed, but with a time limit (basically,more generous safety net than our system, but for a shorter time) www.gov.uk/government/c...

An important new development, there is a desperate need to rebalance the social security system to a more contributory system

Will the Procurement Act be a slow burner or simply a name change? Its up to us to bring public spending under control t by ensuring that public contracts provide Real Living Wages and Good Work. Read our latest blog for @trustforlondon.bsky.social and retweet if you agree. shorturl.at/voJta

Will the Procurement Act be a slow burner or simply a name change? Its up to us to bring public spending under control t by ensuring that public contracts provide Real Living Wages and Good Work. Read our latest blog for @trustforlondon.bsky.social and retweet if you agree. shorturl.at/voJta

UK Government to investigate seven #Grenfell suppliers under new powers under #ProcurementAct2023 - good to see early action being taken shorturl.at/LdbXX

UK Government to investigate seven #Grenfell suppliers under new powers under #ProcurementAct2023 - good to see early action being taken shorturl.at/LdbXX

Getting public spending fit for public purpose. Take a look at latest blog and retweet if you agree. shorturl.at/fEth6

Getting public spending fit for public purpose. Take a look at latest blog and retweet if you agree. shorturl.at/fEth6

The Procurement Act 2023 comes into force today. Will it simply be a name changer or could it be a game changer helpng to build #inclusive #communities and kickstart #sustainable economic growth. Take a look at the BetterforUs perspective shorturl.at/rIkz9

The Procurement Act 2023 comes into force today. Will it simply be a name changer or could it be a game changer helpng to build #inclusive #communities and kickstart #sustainable economic growth. Take a look at the BetterforUs perspective shorturl.at/rIkz9

Government has just published its National Procurement Policy Statement. It goes a long way to ensuring that public contracts need to ensure Real Living Wages and Good work conditions - now it is up to everyone of us to make sure they do! Take a look at our intitial response betterforus.org.uk

There are less than three weeks to go before the Procurement Act comes into force, if you agree all public contracts should guarantee #realivingwage please retweet, our employees deserve decency and respect

Welcome debate on outsourcing with Minister saying good things. The Government's policy statement is out any day - it should make the commitment to Real Living Wage and Good Work a precondition for all public contracts to avoid the race to the bottom and to promote inclusive growth shorturl.at/iw5eN

We should all be concerned about forced labour in UK supply chains.The Joint Committee on Human Rights has launched an inquiry to examine the legal and voluntary frameworks in place for international labour chains. Have your say by February 13. #humanrights #supplychains shorturl.at/IExE9

In #Procurement taxpayers' money should be spent to maximise public benefit -a race to the bottom benefits only those who extract value from local economies.Government should take the lead and make #RealLivingWage a condition for public contracts shorturl.at/d677w

In our latest #SocialValue2032 blog, CEO of Aspire Community Works Katharine Sutton highlights the practical ways new mission-led policymakers and policies can use public procurement to boost our communities. Read the full blog post: https://buff.ly/4g70zTA

Please retweet if you agree with my latest blog on how #procurement can build #inclusive growth and follow our#betterforus campaign supported by @trustforlondon.bsky.social @socialenterpriseuk.bsky.social @communityunion.bsky.social www.socialenterprise.org.uk/news/transfo...

White paper says that it continues work of devolution commenced in 1997 - Cardiff is the biggest local authority with 317,000 and the Highlands in Scotland with 275,00 is England being short-changed? Welcome moves but will they make the difference of bringing government closer to people

#Devolution white paper says average size of unitary authority will be 500,000 larger than most #London boroughs - danger that devolutions will become divorced from local people

The devolution paper has been published shorturl.at/bHKIx New strategic authorities will gain control of employment support and skills agenda, as lobbied by Mayors in welcom move but not sure that the paper recogises the importance of subsidiarity

UK government's Getting Britain working white paper says that "too many people are stuck in insecure, poor quality and often low-paying work . . ." That's why Government sholod take the lead by making #realliving wages a condition for every public contract. Please retweet if you agree

House of Lords calls on government to suspend tender for court and interpretaion services citing lack of minimum pay as one reason. All public service contracts should have minimum levels of pay in conditions of contract no lower than #RealLIvingWage shorturl.at/tKg8c

Government's #planforchange talks about standardising procurement, we need to use power of procurement to generate decent living standards through making the #real livingwage a condition for every public sector contract. Read more about our proposals shorturl.at/RmJce Please retweet if you agree

Levels of economic inactivity by qualification in the UK from Governments' white paper today.

Exciting new initiative from @covcampus on #goodprocurement exploring place-based public food procurement networks. We need more research on local based procurement which can create an alternative economy and support viable public services. Retweet if you agree. shorturl.at/aof3F

Regulatory Policy Committee rules #employmentbill impact assessment not fit for purpose, but its latest report calls for it to examine the wider societal impact of policy proposals which it says "can be far more significant than the direct impacts on business." Is the RPC fit for purpose?

report out today from @highpaycentre.bsky.social calls for incentives for fair paying employers in #procurement. We need real living wages and good work conditions to be a condition for every government contract. shorturl.at/e6bGZ Read and retweet

UK Govt launches consultation on NHS procurement and modern slavery in England. More than 21% of NHS suppliers are at high risk of involving modern slavery in supply chains. Deadline responses 13 February 2025. Public money should be used for public good. Retweet and respond shorturl.at/YIl1g

"Bluesky’s 20 full-time employees have been working around the clock to deal with the issues that come with hypergrowth: site outages, glitches in the code and content moderation issues. Most importantly, they have been trying to keep early users happy..." And they've done a great job too. 🙌

Happy #SocialEntepriseDay - and thank you to the wonderful employees at www.aspirecommunityworks.com who work so hard for a fairer, greener community

Today's letter in the FT - repost if you agree (please!) shorturl.at/dxFtY

Compared to England as a whole, a *16 London boroughs* have higher than average levels of poverty. Only three have lower - Bromley, Merton and Richmond. Poverty by London borough, the latest data: bit.ly/3ALubqd

Today's letter in the FT - repost if you agree (please!) shorturl.at/dxFtY

Who is going to start a starter pack for #communityinterest companies, we deserve a break and understanding.

Government could be thinking about where subsidies go, no point in supporting low paying employers that drag the labour market down and disadvantage the most disadvantaged most. Support could be channeled through positive action programmes working with organisations that exist to support particpants

More than 16 million people in the UK are living in poverty - the highest in the 21st century. Since the cost of living crisis began, the number of Disabled people in poverty has increased especially sharply. The Social Metric Commission's new report: www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

useful guide published for SMEs toay on #socialvalue and what it means across the devolved nations - identifies how quantiative measures of #socialvalue can act as a barrier to #smes shorturl.at/vRgav

Great blog from our partners @socialenterpriseuk.bsky.social

Great article we found on here about why and how #tradeunions should get involved in #procurement shorturl.at/fhOL6

You can catch up with news about public good procurement at www.betterforus.org.uk