🧵I think the shift in messaging from being seen to help/encourage people with depression off benefits and into work (popular) to been seen actively punishing people with depression risks backlash - and in particular from swing voters. Some work we did with Rethink Mental Illness suggests why

Alan and Clare are just 2 of 250,000 patients who couldn’t afford to take time off work following a cancer diagnosis. 🏥

The Centre for Progressive Change are calling for an urgent change in the Statutory Sick Pay system to help people like Alan and Clare.

Learn more. 👇
bigissue.com/news/employmen…

I spent a week as a Deliveroo rider. And learnt a lot.
First up, Deliveroo likes to claim you should earn at least the minimum wage of £11.44 while working. Me?
I worked for 22hrs 50mins, rode 105 miles, did 27 drop offs and earned £120.38.
That works out at £5.28 an hour🧵

Fascinating piece on Reform UK's unusual structure by Rafe Uddin

Nigel Farage insists he's not a politician — but within the rightwing populist party, he's kingmaker... Company fillings show he owns a 53% share!

ft.com/content/4059c9…

International trade is vital to escape extreme poverty, & adapt to climate change. The #EU must listen to calls for more time to adapt to new green trade measures, from #Ethiopia : theconversation.com/new-eu-trade-r… .ODI_Trade .ODI .Dirk Willem te Velde

Snap Holyrood election looking like an increasing possibility... If my calculations are right, even if Tory motion of no confidence also backed by Labour and Greens, they might need one more vote - that of former SNP leadership contender and now Alba Party MSP Ash Regan

This is spot on.

“Data reporters tend to think their studies are interesting, but they’re not — people are.”

— Sarah Cohen, Knight Chair in Journalism at Cronkite School, said during #NICAR2024 .

More lessons learned: buff.ly/4dmEKP0

Cop29 president Mukhtar Babayev says that countries climate plans (NDCs) and climate finance for developing countries are the two issues which will be the core of the Cop29 agenda #Petersberg2024

Field work conducted after the sick notes / Rwanda announcements. No movement at all from the recent policy blitz.

I have hired a lot of these young people who've gone through this 'totalitarian indoctrination' and have found them to be thoughtful, pragmatic and hardworking. If they herald a dark age, sign me up for the Dark Age of Diligence.

Exactly this.
I didn't know how much I would like Frank Field before I met him. We worked on many stories together over the years. I was in awe of his laser vision for solving problems & getting things done.
He was fabulous to disagree with, and also just really, really kind.

Ofcom's weakness exposes the rot at the heart of media regulation and ownership in the UK.

A new Government should make regulatory reform of (both newspaper and broadcast) ownership and news output balance rules a priority.

So, Nigel Farage - one of the founders & owners of Reform UK - can present an “impartial” programme on a TV “news” channel during the general election according to the broadcasting regulator @ofcom. The leader of the party Richard Tice 🇬🇧 & its only MP Lee Anderson MP can

Civil servant press offices should also be held responsible for what figs they put out.

Stop enabling fake news.

To make matters worse, when briefing the press the government said that this would 'only' cost £4.4 billion in 2028/29. That assumes a baseline of 2.3% of GDP and so is inconsistent with the £75 billion number. They're just picking whichever baseline suits best.

Why do so many national newspapers not do the maths and just take increasingly dodgy figures on trust.

🧵Was great to have hundreds attend the webinar today on #BritainTalksClimate 2024. More in Common were delighted to be Climate Outreach's research partner once more. Here's some of what we found. 1)There continues to be overwhelming support for the UK's climate transition.

A £250 cap on ground rents is a win.

It means leaseholders can sell up and get on with their lives.

20 years to peppercorn is not ideal, but if The Labour Party Angela Rayner 🌹 Matthew Pennycook MP wish to make a counter-offer, leaseholders and journos will be all ears. insidehousing.co.uk/news/continuat…

Seems rational right?