#Austerity

Robert Palmer

robertnpalmer

A thread on @TaxJusticeUK's big 3,000 person poll on attitudes to public spending, tax and wealth. It was carried out as we went into lockdown. Full details here: https://www.taxjustice.uk/blog/new-poll-reveals-concern-about-the-state-of-public-s

Pilar Gomez FBPE

redalphababe

Interesting that this Tory MP talks about responsibility and also tackling reasons for child poverty. The Tories have been in power since 2010 /1 #FreeSchoolMeals Yet the DWPs own figures

Lana Payne

Lanampayne

I'm going to start a daily series on everything the pandemic has taught us. (Well many of these are things we already knew, but #COVID19 has confirmed them.)Day 1: Austerity

Congolesa Rice

judeinlondon2

Some more observation from my impromptu canvassing on the train yesterday. For a 20min journey that started off with being lectured to erroneously, we managed to discuss a lot. The

Sizwe sikaMusi

SizweLo

The South African government in it's infinite wisdom is looking to go to the International Monetary Fund for a loan. Here's a summary of what happened in Greece when that

Femi😷

Femi_Sorry

When No-Deal ruins our economic recovery the blame must be precise/fair.MPs who didn't support 2nd Ref by Nov 2018Pro-Brexit Media, inc BBC2016 Brexit voters- I could've easily voted Leave if

graceyswer

graceyswer

I was once close to becoming a radical feminist - or at least Nordic Model supporter.After having been assaulted, I was angry and wanted to rid the world of prostitution.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧Edward Thomas Black

edglasgow59

1/This thread will debunk the economic propaganda of the SNP. Please readAsk the average person in the UK (it doesn’t matter where they’re from) who has the best economic record

graceyswer

graceyswer

The people who tell sex workers to get another job are the same people who would not hire a homeless or drug using sex worker, but then expect us to

Barrister's Horse

BarristersHorse

THREADIN WHICH THE EU BREAK INTERNATIONAL LAW1. Their own Treaty to be precise. And not in a 'limited & specific way' either. I refer to the latest bailout, the €750

Simon

Simon_brat

The hidden crisis during Lockdown and arguably the second most devastating health crisis to face the UK. Yet services are withdrawn the drug it’s self is the most widely available

Joe Soss

jbsoss

This article by @avitale makes some great points about the limits of police reform and the need to shift public funding from policing to investments in community needs. It joins

Neil Coleman

NeilColemanSA

As we head towards the #budget @TitoMboweni announced the government intends to introduce #ZeroBasedBudgeting (ZBB)- the notion that budgets are justified from scratch- to radically cutback on spending. What does

CCPA-MB

CCPAMB

New research finds MB gov proposed workshare program and $750 million in additional cuts will result in loss of labour income, tax revenue & drop in GDP of $1.2-$1.5billion -

Karl Kitching

karl_kitching

There's been a lot of upset about the new guidelines for Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) in Ireland's Catholic schools. There have been calls to make RSE secular and science

Jonathan Portes

jdportes

Well-argued and thought-provoking as usual by @dsmitheconomics but for once I disagree with the conclusion (1/8 or so)https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-rules-of-a-true-depression-are-being-rewritten-like-everything-else-bq9z965gd I think this is