Colin Parker

From Guardian website: According to the figures, allowing asylum seekers to work after six months would save the country £4.4bn in government expenditure, grow the economy by £1bn, increase tax revenue by £880m, reduce the mental health impacts of worklessness and destitution on asylum seekers, promote better integration, and reduce dependence on taxpayer support.

A Home Office spokesperson said: “While the wellbeing of those in the asylum system is important, we remain determined to continue cracking down on anyone working illegally in the UK, and we certainly have no intention of creating a fast-track process so that people who come to the UK outside the established work visa rules are simply allowed to ignore them.”

If you want a pristine example of how absolutely everything in this country is distorted by the perceived need to perform for right wing voters, look no further than the question of permission to work for asylum seekers

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But think of our trade deal!

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I’ve seen the small boats crisis first-hand - Starmer’s crackdown is making it worse Last week Keir Starmer held yet another summit for world leaders, this time focused on ‘organised immigration crime’.

Wrote about why Labour's dual approach of enforcement and externalisation won't work and will only lead to more crossings and more deaths in the Channel.
@lbc.co.uk

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More lies.

Starmer is manufacturing hate and division because his government is yet another political failure.

(Video credit: @saulstaniforth)

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Expanding mega-polluting airports that burn our futures.

And now cutting support for the most vulnerable.

All the while letting the very richest amass more wealth than ever before as living standards decline for millions.

Who is this government for?

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Tracing inclusivity at UNFCCC conferences through side events and interest group dynamics - Nature Climate Change Side events of annual UNFCCC Conferences of Parties are one of several channels by which non-state actors influence climate negotiation. By analysing discourse and networks of actors, this research ex...

You know that fossil fuel & food companies work their way into UN COP climate negotiations.

You know they secretly push their corporate agendas.

Would you like to see how?

This new paper uses machine learning to uncover what happened at 20 years of COP side events:

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Eight people standing in front of the large clock tower of Big Ben

To build a fairer asylum system, we must listen to those who've endured the chaotic, cruel and costly system we have today.
Yesterday an amazing group of lived experience campaigners visited Westminster to tell MPs, including asylum minister Angela Eagle, what needs to change.

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"These are places of de facto detention"

Terrible food, doors which won't lock and chronic damp. Our Chief Executive @timnaorhilton.bsky.social spoke to BBC Radio 4's File on Four about the poor conditions people seeking asylum are housed in, and proposes an alternative way.

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