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Green party surging as Polanski’s social media strategy w... Green Party membership has more than doubled, driven in part by its platform messaging on apps like TikTok

"Polanski has blended anger with hope.

“Hope is much more difficult to sell than outrage, but he’s finding a way to do it that connects with people.”

Let's make hope normal again!

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Alt text: A protest-style graphic with a bold red background and large white block letters reading “STOP OXEVISION.” Below, black text on a white background reads: “The continued use of Oxevsion is not safe or ethical. Rights abuses are happening right now. The Lampard Inquiry is not due to publish its final report and recommendations until 2027. This is too late. We call on all mental health trusts using Oxevsion to immediately suspend its use on the basis of safety and legality concerns.” — National Survivor User Network (NSUN), October 2025, following evidence from the Stop Oxevsion Campaign at the Lampard Inquiry.

Stop the Government from spying on all of our bank accounts Sir Keir Starmer is pushing plans we defeated under the Conservative Government - to spy on all of our bank accounts on the premise of dealing with welfare fraud and error. It will force banks to fla...

Keir Starmer is bringing back powers that would let the Government spy on our bank accounts. Yep, you read that right. I just joined the campaign to stop this - add your name and join the fight here: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st... via @38degrees.bsky.social

Ask your MP to make the Mental Health Bill better We’re calling on MPs to vote for changes to the Mental Health Bill and make it transformative for the 54,000 people sectioned each year.

Soon,MPs will have a final chance to amend #MentalHealth Bill.I’m supporting Mind’s campaign to improve the Bill to give people more say in their treatment,end racial inequalities and make it work for young people. I’ve emailed my MP,will you email yours too?👇🏼
campaigns.mind.org.uk/page/176593/...

The Telegraph Labour 'won't abandon young people to a life on sickness benefits' New Work and Pensions Secretary pledges to put 'importance of work very much at the heart' of future reforms to welfare system Pat McFadden has vowed to ramp up back-to-work support Credit: Eddie Mulholland Nick Gutteridge Chief Political Correspondent 13 September 2025 6:03pm BST "Young people must not be abandoned to a life on sickness benefits" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/09/13/labour-pat-mcfadden-sickness-benefits-welfare-reform/

Interrogation of publicly accessible DWP statXplore database reveals: February 2025: only 73,685 16-21 year olds were in receipt of an Incapacity ("sickness") benefit (LCW/LCWRA/ESA) https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk

Office for National Statistices People aged 16 to 21 years, population and employment rates (2020): 16-21 yr old population total: 4,520,201 https://www.ons.gov.uk/aboutus/transparencyandgovernance/freedomofinformationfoi/peopleaged16to24yearspopulationandemploymentrates

McFadden misleads The Telegraph

"Last thing we want to do is assess a snapshot...assess once & that’s the end of it”

Wrong! The WCA is a RIGOUROUS & REPEATED process

"Youngsters mustn't be abandoned on sickness benefits"

Wrong! Only 73,685 under 22s receive sickness benefits (1.6%)

#CareNotCuts

600,000 disabled people at risk of Labour's next round of benefit cuts

Campaigners have warned that nearly 600,000 disabled people could be at risk from the next round of the government’s benefit cuts.

I just signed the petition "No Digital ID: Stop the Surveillance State" on CitizenGO.

It's important. Will you sign it too? Here's the link:

citizengo.org/en-gb/fr/163...

Stop the Government from spying on all of our bank accounts Sir Keir Starmer is pushing plans we defeated under the Conservative Government - to spy on all of our bank accounts on the premise of dealing with welfare fraud and error. It will force banks to fla...

Sign & Share this #Petition to STOP the Government from spying on all of our bank accounts
: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

Single parents four times more likely to be homeless

Single-parent families are almost four times as likely to experience homelessness than those with two parents, Shelter has warned

This is PRECISELY why ME has to be universally recognised as a physical illness, so doctors can do justice to the patient in front of them - this letter shows EXACTLY how, by blurring the issue (mind/body blabla), we can do justice neither to a person’s physical nor their mental health.

Open Letter to BACP magazine, Therapy Today - Chronic Living Therapy A recent article in the magazine for members of the British Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP) has highlighted again the need for research, factual investigation and informed debate abo...

We are very happy to have signed this letter and fully support this Chronic Living Therapy campaign.

chroniclivingtherapy.com/open-letter-...

#pwME

‚It is an appalling failure of research, fact checking and editorial supervision that an otherwise informative and necessary piece about the experiences people with chronic health conditions has misled readers in such crucial ways and perpetuated these damaging myths.‘

#ME

UK Government: Keep your promise to protect workers Zero hours contracts, unfair ‘fire and rehire’, waiting months or even years to be able to access benefits – the world of work in our country is weighted against actual workers. It’s billionaire bosse...

A new law could give millions of us better rights at work, but corporate lobbyists & politicians are trying to gut it. Tell the Government: protect workers, not profits!
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/uk...

WILL NEW DWP BOSS MCFADDEN BE WORSE THAN KENDALL Last week, Liz Kendall was sacked as secretary of state for work and pensions, and was replaced by Pat McFadden. But will a cabinet enforcer who talks tough on welfare, but has a strong liking for freebies and handouts, be worse news than his predecessor for claimants? In July 2012, just before MPs expenses rules were changed to stop them claiming mortgage interest, McFadden moved out of his own home and rented the house next door. He was able to claim the £625 rent he paid as allowable expenses whilst installing a tenant into the home he owned and charging them £700 a month rent to cover the mortgage. This is the same man who told Sky News last September "It's really important that if money is spent on benefits, it goes to those who are genuinely in need of it, and where there's fraud in the system that we try to root that out." Yet between March and July 2024, McFadden received gifts of football and concert tickets to the value of £5,620. That's more than many claimants get in benefits.

Our new DWP Secretary of State.
Labour = Tories.
Curtesy of benefits and work.

Full text of The Telegraph article in screenshot plus weblink below 👇

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#CareNotCuts 💪🏼

Pat McFadden:newly appointed #DWP Secretary of State misleads telegraph with wrong statistics to ruin lives of our #disabled #YoungAdults #Youth👇🏼 #CareNotCuts

#UniversalCredit #LCW #LCWRA #WCA #ESA #WRAG #Employment #disability

Save young lives from suicide Suicide is the leading killer of young people in the UK. Everyday an estimated 300-450 young people aged 16-35 in the UK attempt suicide, with rates now at their highest in 30 years. (Office of Nation...

#SuicidePreventionDay
This cause is close to my heart -
please Sign/Share:

you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

🚨UN Special Rapporteur slams UK Gov over #UCHealth & #disabilitybenefits👇🏼

Gov must respond truthfully—unlike past lies to UN—esp. as #LCW #LCWRA #ESA face axe in #AutumnWhitePaper

Read/share urgently. Lives depend on it.
#UCBill #PIP #UCAct #CareNotCuts

Great work Oliver . Much appreciated!

I just signed the petition "No #DigitalID : Stop the Surveillance State" on CitizenGO.

It's important. Will you sign it too? Here's the link:

citizengo.org/en-gb/fr/163...

Action on healthier working lives must begin with accessible and inclusive workplaces |
www.health.org.uk/features-and... @healthfoundation.bsky.social 👇🏼

Keep fracking out of Britain! I live in Lincolnshire, and a new gas field has been found nearby. Reform UK are already shouting “drill, baby, drill,” and fracking isn’t banned - it’s only paused. That means they could start drilli...

Reform UK are yelling “drill, baby, drill” 🙄 But fracking is reckless & won’t even cut bills. Time to end this nonsense. Tell Ed Miliband: BAN FRACKING permanently. Add your name:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ke...

Please share & oppose the Autumn White Paper

#disabilitybenefits #UC #LCWRA #ESA #WCA

Is the Universal Credit Standard Allowance really increasing enough under Labour? A blog by Liz @LurgeeLife ——– A recent ‘boast’ post on X by a particular Government minister has reignited concern and outrage at the woefully inadequate Universal Cre…

I've written a blog about the Universal Credit Standard Allowance, the probable new rates following the Universal Credit Bill, it's continuing failure to meet the cost of essentials, and the restrictive Benefit Cap

#UniversalCredit

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The 5 remaining “Pathways to Work” proposals & the 2025 autumn White Paper: What’s the likely impact? A blog by Liz @LurgeeLife ——– Since the Universal Credit Bill passed the House of Commons and the House of Lords you’d be forgiven for thinking the current ‘welfare war’ for the d…

🚨 My new blog is about the 5 remaining Green Paper proposals likely to be in this autumn's White Paper

It looks at each individual 'Health Element' (LCW/LCWRA/ESA) proposal & the corresponding key impacts 👇

OPPOSE THE WHITE PAPER!

#DisabilityBenefits

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#Wales #Scotland #NorthernIreland #Ireland #England #Cornwall #UK #SavePIP #Disability #Autism #DWPinquiry #DWPfail #EndPoverty #Notmyking #UN #HumanRights #AutismWales

You’re welcome my friend . Such a important petition and wish it gets the attention it deserves x

Response from Minister regarding delay to LeDeR report - Autism Action In July we sent a letter to the Health Secretary, with over 40 signatures including those from bereaved families and disability campaigners. Since then, over 200 additional people have added their sup...

🚨Unsatisfactory Response from Minister regarding delay to LeDeR report - Autism Action

#Autism #Deaths #review #disability #disabled

If you haven’t already added your name in support of this work, you can do so via the form👇🏼

autismaction.org.uk/statement/re...

Reject plans for a mandatory BritCard (digital ID) Sir Keir Starmer is considering a mandatory digital ID scheme called “BritCard” that would make us all reliant on a digital pass to go about our daily lives. Mandatory digital IDs give the state enor...

The Government is planning to roll out mandatory digital ID. It’s invasive and could mean millions of people unable to go about their daily lives. Right now it's just an idea - we need to stop it becoming a reality. Join me and sign the petition now! 38d.gs/cx2a

Sign the Petition Create a Dedicated Minister for Disabled People Role

Create a Dedicated Minister for Disabled People Role - Sign and Share @mefoggydog.bsky.social the Petition!

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