'economic inactivity levels in the UK are well below average for other major economies. You might also be surprised to learn that the levels of economic activity – usually defined as adults not working (or actively looking for work) – are at historic lows' jpit.uk/sick-note-cult…

Tory 'welfare reform' 'resulted in around 1 million antidepressant prescriptions and 600 suicides in its first three years of full operation'. That's 2010-2013. #SickNoteSunak #SickNoteCulture

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The economy has improved unless you have a mortgage, are renting or if you’re one of these people who insist on eating food.

The Women of #Santiago for #Palestine

Is Britain is suffering from “sick note culture”?
'proportion of 16-24 year-olds not in work is indeed higher than before the pandemic, but if you look at the proportion not in work or education the number is 15%: exactly the same as before the pandemic'
jpit.uk/sick-note-cult…

🚨Media Statement by Nkosi ZMD Mandela, MP (and a response to David Lammy)

We call on students all over the world to emulate the student protest encampments on USA University Campuses.

Friday, 10th May 2024: Today, marks 30 years since the inauguration of President Nelson…

Made in Manchester: Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-65). Her wide-ranging work is valued for its social history, including first-hand accounts of Manchester’s poor, as well as its literary qualities. Much of what she wrote was innovatory or controversial. 1/5

Fiona Bruce, 'Do you think we should stick with the current funding model for the NHS?' #BBCQT

Grace Blakeley, 'Yes.. Because The Lancet found that greater involvement of private companies in the NHS corresponded to more people dying from treatable causes' Grace Blakeley

Rishi Sunak should correct record on arms sales to Israel
“On something as gravely important as this it’s shocking that Rishi Sunak appears to have misled the House of Commons and he should correct the record as soon as possible.'
#Israel #ArmsSales
ekklesia.co.uk/2024/05/10/ris…

Next government ‘must extend devolution to 85% of England’
Metro mayors have already shown how they can improve regional economic performance, by improving transport systems, investing in training, or leading urban renewal projects.
#devolution #England
ekklesia.co.uk/2024/05/10/nex…

SCOOP: Pupil data is being used to check for benefit fraud and pursue parents under a secret deal between Department for Education and Department for Work and Pensions

An extraordinary revelation uncovered by the unfaltering Defend Digital Me. Full story brought to you by Schools Week

schoolsweek.co.uk/revealed-secre…

40p an hour. That's the amount Jenrick thinks care worker wages need to rise to attract thousands of UK workers into the sector. It's in the CPS report he co-authored.

#r4today

Water companies in England have incurred debts of more than £64,000,000,000.

We won't get the water infrastructure we need with privatised water.

I have co-sponsored Early Day Motion 738, calling for English water companies to be brought under public control.

Grace Blakeley, 'We are one of the most regionally unequal economies in the OECD... The gap in life expectancy for a girl between the poorest regions of the UK and the richest, is 20 years' #BBCQT Grace Blakeley

'People need money.. Local areas need money to get things done..…

⚠️ BIBBY STOCKHOLM RELOCATION ALERT ⚠️

🚨 Our friends are being forcibly relocated to the Bibby Stockholm right now. Help us stop another transfer

📍Location: Driscoll House, 172 New Kent Road, London SE1 4YT

☀️ Bring your friends, water, noise and masks

After being forcibly displaced again, the people who were sheltering in Rafah are returning to Khan Yunis where it is utterly uninhabitable as seen in this video most of this area has been completely obliterated in previous Israeli bombing campaigns.

This evening, Israeli residents set fire twice to the perimeter of the UNRWA Headquarters in occupied East Jerusalem.

This took place while UNRWA and other UN Agencies’ staff were on the compound.
While there were no casualties among our staff, the fire caused extensive damage…

The Government is trying to give itself new powers for surveillance of tens of millions of people's bank accounts. This cannot go ahead. There's no democratic mandate for increasing spying and treating the public as criminals by default.