‘Nanny state’? In the ‘50s the govt believed all kids should grow up healthily. Thus we were given orange juice, free milk, vitamins & cod liver oil. We had school doctors, nurses and we got free NHS dentistry. Today kids have rotten teeth, rickets , and are fed via foodbanks.

The Department for Work and Pensions has been asked to explain why it is rejecting so many requests from its own civil servants to carry out secret reviews into the deaths of benefit claimants. buff.ly/48vExG8

More than a fifth of PIP appeals lodged last year were 'lapsed', meaning DWP realised it would lose so made a higher award. That's better than forcing seriously ill and disabled people to attend a hearing, but DWP should be getting these right first time.

Disabled people with blue parking badges in England are frequently being threatened, insulted, followed and even attacked as part of a “never-ending ordeal”, new research has revealed. buff.ly/4aW5951

New bank snooping powers defended by govt. With 6.2m claimants and rising #UniversalCredit will be the first focus of DWP's fraud crackdown. The Orwellian bill sparks major privacy concerns and follows curbs on the right to protest & withdrawing labour. manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/d…

Women harmed after Wiltshire police failed to disclose partners’ violent pasts Force finds at least two women were harmed after failings in its response to their inquiries under Clare’s law ow.ly/Mm1o50Qqsi6

SENTENCED: Alberto Fioletti, 31, has been given a life sentence with a min. of 15 years for murdering Stephanie Hodgkinson, 34, whom he stabbed eight times in May 2023. She has recently ended their 7-month relationship. The judge said Fioletti was a 'significant danger to women'

A man in mental health crisis was restrained by police with his hands cuffed behind his back & legs bound. Officers concerned at his low oxygen levels & the amount he was sweating during the restraint but did not release him before ambulance arrived. theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/j…

📓 Our latest #UKPoverty report will be released on 23 January, looking at the current state of poverty in 2024. 📚 Read our 2023 edition to gain valuable insights, understand the challenges and be prepared for the latest version next week. ⬇️ jrf.org.uk/work/uk-povert…

Coercive Control is not hidden behind closed doors, it’s not invisible, it’s right there in the open. It can be seen, it can be proved. So says Prof Evan Stark and he’s absolutely right.

People who have reported unimaginable abuse in #FamilyCourts have been mocked, villfied and had their children given to the very people who were abusing them. The worse the abuse, the less likely they were to be believed. Judges, social workers, mental health practitioners and

Today's Twitter Poll: What'd your perfect home temperature be? If you could set it day and night no cost or environmental issues what would you go for. Which of these is CLOSEST to your answer? PS Degrees Celsius not Fahrenheit (or it'd be bloomin freezing)

“Trafficked girl slept with over 100 Asian men.” This Rotherham headline was in 2018. The media have been complicit with their victim blaming language. A child was raped and trafficked by over 100 Pakistani Muslim men. Let’s be accurate.

Huge congratulations to our Vice Chair Daphne Hall on your appointment to SSAC. We are all so proud of you - your expertise and experience have been fully realised! gov.uk/government/new…

@NeverSuprisedX He was named by me in my own case.

The Post Office admitted it took £35.8k from me in 2007. I was forced to bankruptcy and breakdown and ruined my life They have still not paid this back to me I have been offered £10k in compensation This has to stop NOW . All SPMS need recompense now .#mrbates

"...real income losses among larger families were not due to changes in the distribution of relevant family characteristics... but due to changes in the penalties associated with family characteristics. This was particularly so for having a child under three in the household..."

UK police officers mocked body-worn footage showing woman's groin - but the regulator was not informed, BBC learns bbc.in/4bbLK01

Dan Wootton cleared of alleged criminal behaviour after six-month investigation theguardian.com/media/2024/feb…

11 November 2023: Annette Smith, 74, went missing from her home in Bedfordshire. Human remains were found in a storage unit in Hertfordshire on 30 April. Scott Paterson, 44, has been charged with murder.