The announced changes to disability benefits will lead to very substantial falls in income for some families. While some families will gain a small amount from the changes, others will lose thousands of pounds a year.

Excellent article calling out the government's failure to address how the visa system drives exploitation and their choice to increase hostility instead. "Contrary to what this white paper suggests, exploitation doesn’t happen because there are too many of us..." www.bigissue.com/opinion/immi...

Powerful piece by a care worker in response to the immigration changes. I echo her point re the failure to address abuse. "Meanwhile, nothing said by the Labour government aims to robustly investigate serious abuses we often face by British employers." www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...

New report from us on changes needed in statutory sick pay, written up in the Guardian today. UK has one of the lowest levels of SSP anywhere - £3 an hour for someone in full time work www.theguardian.com/law/2024/nov... @joshhalliday.bsky.social