At Hellesdon Hospital with counsellors from Norfolk & Waveney @mind.org.uk
They're being paid trainee pay, despite being qualified & accredited.
Unfair, unacceptable, unethical.
Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation Trust shd intervene with their contractor
Petition:
action.unison.org.uk/page/173007/pe…
24.09.2025 11:13 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Counsellors working for mental health charity Norfolk & Waveney Mind are being paid trainee pay, despite being qualified & accredited.
It's unfair, unacceptable, & unethical.
@drsarahhughesceo.bsky.social, CEO of @mind.org.uk, should step in & help resolve this dispute.
@unison.org.uk
23.09.2025 08:52 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Families in Britain are £20,000 worse off than 20 years ago, report warns
Income stagnation over the past two decades is ‘unprecedented in modern times,’ damning new report warns
The real world consequences of austerity & neoliberal policy for working class families.
Meanwhile, the super rich sit atop record mountains of cash like dragon hoards.
Wealth inequality is decimating the UK.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
18.09.2025 06:15 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Barclays boss urges UK ministers to limit public sector pay rises
TUC says CS Venkatakrishnan has ‘brass neck’ calling for curbs when his pay packet has doubled to £10.5m
Millionaire on £10.5 million last year says public sector workers like nurses, care workers, school support staff, should have their pay rises limited...
You couldnt make it up!
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
14.09.2025 09:25 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Bank lobby chief warns Reeves over budget tax raid
In a letter to the chancellor obtained by Sky News, the UK Finance boss David Postings said she risked undermining economic growth if she increased the tax burden on UK lenders.
Holding govts to ransom.
Head of UK's banking lobby warns chancellor about additional tax on banks.
Banks happy to be bailed out, take £895bn QE, £10bn+ interest a year on central reserves.
Banks make excessive profits, must face windfall tax.
07.09.2025 07:39 — 👍 392 🔁 161 💬 15 📌 5
Nigel Farage is not on the side of working people.
04.09.2025 10:50 — 👍 454 🔁 170 💬 35 📌 11
YouTube video by Garys Economics
Is a wealth tax actually possible?
Wealth inequality is out of control. A runaway train decimating the working class. Rebalance is critical.
"Is a wealth tax possible?"
*Spoiler: Yes. But will be hard & needs collective work for efficient & effective policy.
@garyseconomics.bsky.social
#TaxWealthNotWork
youtube.com/watch?v=gHrx...
01.09.2025 12:24 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
"When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it - always" - Mahatma Gandhi
31.08.2025 10:54 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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