Sensible advice for the DWP from the Resolution Foundation as the number of long-term sick on Universal Credit doubles since the pandemic began. Another proof that if we don't control Covid, it will continue to control us.

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Already, the cost of treating people with Long Covid is so large as to be 'unfathomable'. We need to control Covid or it will continue to control us.

It’s incredibly disappointing to read Liberal Democrats policy motion for tackling persistent absence in schools.

It completely FAILS to address the primary cause of persistent absence…

You can read the policy here (p32): 🔗 libdems.org.uk/fileadmin/grou…

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Marion Fellows MP Hi can I ask why your bill to offer social tariffs on energy was removed in January? I'm sure there would be a huge support for this.

Seeing a lot of queries about debt from Local Authorties and the devestating effect it has on people running personal budgets. Here's a thought, if you pay them virtualy the same as agency (minus the profit), I believe you wouldn't have so many people in debt! Thoughts? ADASS

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This is happening in 2024.

In a country the Govt likes to boast is the “second most powerful in the world.”

That’s supposed to have ‘universal’ healthcare.

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Tell the PM to keep his promise.

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The UK Covid-19 Inquiry denied our request to join their 'Equalities Forum'.

We are concerned that our existing inequalities might worsen within the Inquiry processes.

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Are you a young person living in Buckinghamshire? Did you know there are lots of different discounts that you may be eligible for?

Find out more 👉 familyinfo.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/youth/discount…

A rare trip out by car yesterday with visiting friends. Went to Leeds & found every blue badge space in 11 storeys of car park occupied - so extremely irritating to find car valet service allowed to occupy them. Management should try getting mobility aids out in a regular space !

ICYMI: The government is proposing to abolish a central funding allowance that allows disabled students to access specialist nonmedical support. Jim Dickinson explains the justification wonkhe.com/blogs/now-dfe-…

It can be done, cheaply and easily. GPs, it's time to step up to your responsibilities and keep your staff and patients safer from Covid 👇

You've seen the US media reporting on the alarming Measles outbreak that has seen 121 cases reported so far this year?
In the UK there have been FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY ONE cases reported this year.
And the press here are silent.

Carer prosecuted for fraud and forced to pay back £20,000 in carer's allowance overpayments fights to clear his name after DWP acknowledges - six years on - he likely had made an 'innocent mistake'. Utterly enraging story, brilliantly told by Helen Pidd theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

We invite all the air pollution lobby groups to stop worrying about particulates and allergens and start focusing on an 'air quality issue' that has killed 240,000 people in 4 years. Deal with that as your obvious first priority before tinker issues like banning log burners.

🚨 Clinically Vulnerable people have been *denied access* to the Inquiry Equalities Forum, despite facing unique equality issues.

We have voiced our concerns in our written submissions below.

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