Thames Water wants to set its own rules. The Board of Ofwat is split over whether to let them. Tip the scales in favour of people and planet: email the Board now, and urge them to reject Thames Water's creditors @weownit.org.uk tinyurl.com/85m396az&nbs...
Energy companies made £125bn profit from UK operations for 2020-25, fueling inflation, poverty.
They get subsidies. During high winds, turbines are turned-off because the UK does not have adequate energy transmission and storage.
Profits will rise from Iran war.
Nationalize energy.
Our huge petition hand-in to save Freeview was supported cross-party by cross-party MPs and peers, here are some of them. You can still sign the petition on:
www.change.org/p/save-freev...
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Three months on strike, tell Village Hotels it's time to negotiate with it's workers!. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/thre...
'I didn't grow up wanting to be a politician, I'm a plumber'
The green Party's Hannah Spencer has won the Gorton and Denton, with Reform in second and Labour finished third
Well, what do you know!
Used by so many local and not so local kids and adults.
Now so many memories and new opportunities about to be trashed.
One of the richest countries in the world.
And the council is flogging it off.
Ruddy heartbreaking.
chng.it/bJ9VjSSnvx
Help fund free legal representation for Windrush
compensation claims.
So many are still suffering and no end in sight.
#Windrush
chng.it/p9wfpgKpFK
Covid infection levels in England have reduced to nearly the lowest level seen this year. Around 1 in every 306 people in England were infected in the week to 6 July, and the overall Covid risk remains Moderately High.
buds.org.uk/covid-19-ris...
🚨 Pressure is building on Keir Starmer to tax extreme wealth. Even Labour heavyweight, Lord Kinnock and unions are calling for a bold wealth tax to fund our public services. If you agree, add your name now. 38d.gs/sdyc
Rachel Reeves hints at tax rises in autumn.
The bottom 20% pay a higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%. This must change.
Tax capital gains and dividends at same rate as wages, charge them NIC too.
Levy wealth tax, financial transactions tax, windfall tax on profiteers.
Let baby milk into Gaza.
Sign and join the international campaign.
#Gaza
#Babies
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
If govts want to cut welfare spending they need to tackle
Poverty
Low wages
Inequitable distribution of income/wealth
Poor healthcare
Corporate profiteering
High rents and cost of living
Regressive taxation
They rarely do.
Instead they scapegoat and punish the poor, old, sick, disabled,
Bailouts won't fix the sewage scandal and won't reduce bills. Join me and @GoodLawProject to call on Steve Reed to stop water company greed
goodlaw.social/uk6y
Pink and purple text above an icon of a pen on a white square with a pink and purple border reads "Disabled people rely on PIP to meet essential costs. Ask your MP to vote against the cuts today"
Disabled people rely on disability benefits to meet essential costs like food, bills and housing.
⏰There's less than two weeks to ask your MP to vote against cuts which will see over one million disabled people denied vital support.
z2k.eaction.org.uk/cuts-legisla...
Palestinians are being killed near aid-distribution sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which is staffed by private security contractors and backed by the United States and Israel. @mosababutoha.bsky.social writes about the worsening crisis.
Last Thursday, a second motion was passed at City Hall calling for a Disability Equality Champion for London. A dedicated role to represent Disabled people, shape policy, and hold decision-makers accountable.
This is urgent. 🧵(1/6)
Rough sleeping to be decriminalised in England and Wales. 1824 law to be repealed.
About time.
Must attend to causes of homelessness - poverty, power of landlords, low benefits.
Must provide public shelters for those on hard times, reintegrate people on hard times.
Tax wealth!
Don't cut disability support.
#Disability
chng.it/7VMfs7KSPs
Will these new homes Labour keep crowing about building be fully accessible?
Just 1% of new homes are planned to be wheelchair accessible, despite approx 1.2 million wheelchair users living in the UK.
Source: www.pbctoday.co.uk/news/building-control-news/accessible-housing-lockdown/84458
I just signed the petition to to demand the Government tax the super rich to rebuild our NHS, schools, and other public services. Will you sign too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
14,000 babies could starve to death.
Join the global outcry.
Sign this urgent appeal.
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
I just signed the petition to to demand the Government tax the super rich to rebuild our NHS, schools, and other public services. Will you sign too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
This is why disabled people are worried.
