As we retire from #LabourDoorstep for the evening, we want to wish all The Labour Party candidates best of luck tomorrow🍀 Special wishes to all our graduates standing to be cllrs, mayors or police & crime commissioners🌹Get some sleep tonight. Leaders & winners prioritise resilience!🥊

New The Michael Marmot Institute of Health Equity UCL analysis confirms since 2010 central government spending cuts to local authorities were highest in areas with lower life expectancy and more health inequalities, further harming health in these places @MichaeMarmot @UCL bit.ly/LEGAP

*TW: suicide.* We have co-signed an open letter to the Government highlighting the increased risk of suicide that autistic people face and are calling for urgent action to be taken.

What is the disability price tag?

Jameisha here to explain...

There’s lots in the news about Personal Independence Payment (PIP). PIP is designed to offset the extra costs of disability. But it doesn’t cover what disabled people need to achieve an equal standard of living.

In what moral universe can this be the right thing to do: the lower the life expectancy of a local area in 2010-12, the greater the cuts to government funding in the subsequent years. Was this a deliberate policy to increase health inequalities?

Today is the 27th anniversary of the 1997 Labour Landslide that heralded the intro of the minimum wage, Surestart & the resurgence of the NHS. In a campaign never see the like of before by The Labour Party 1st woman & youngest ever General Secretary. So proud of her.

Analysis by NEF shows that HALF of local authorities are 'childcare deserts' (three or more 0-5yos for every available place)

Those local authorities are much more likely to also have high levels of deprivation

But this simply reflects the priorities of government policy... 🧵

This May Day, we honour the resilience, dedication, and solidarity of workers everywhere.

Fighting for fair wages and safe working conditions in the workplace.

#MayDay #InternationalWorkersDay

Standing in solidarity with workers and trade unionists around the world today, and every day. #MayDay

Let's remember what unions have delivered✊

😷 Sick pay
⏰ The 8hr day
🏖 Annual leave
🌤 The weekend
💷 Minimum wage
✅ Health & Safety legislation
✊ And much more

On Friday, the Prime Minister announced his intention to make changes to Personal Independence Payments (PIP).

Right now, many disabled people understandably have questions and concerns about how this will affect them.

Here’s what we know so far about these changes, and how…

Happy anniversary to all who celebrate. Especially those of us old enough to remember!

I hate to say it but we need to be focussing on far more than just the fact that the DWP are targeting mental health with PIP and UC.

Mental health is something everyone feels passionately about but millions of disabled people are under attack. What about our mental health?

Happy #InternationalWorkersDay ❤️

Join a union!❤️

As both a councillor for this district and a Marsh resident who was impacted by this fire I cannot stress enough how grateful I am for Mark Davies and Phillip Black’s tremendous leadership. Not just for fighting tooth and nail to get it sorted but asking the real questions

This #MayDay let's remember what trade unions have delivered:

😷 Sick pay
⏰ The 8hr day
🏖 Annual leave
🌤 The weekend
💷 Minimum wage
✅ Health & Safety legislation
✊ And so much more

Here's to building even more wins for workers into the future 💪💪

From May 6-10 we will host over 100 sessions pushing the envelope on social innovation focusing on building sectors and uniting forces to create an inclusive economy and transformative systems.

Register to be a part of #CCW2024 !

The Enviroment Agency has 'questions to answer' after the huge Supa Skips fire in Lancaster, city councillors have heard. See my report from Lancaster City Council in the Lancaster Guardian Lancaster Guardian here: lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/national/…

This is the key paragraph in the PIP Green Paper ... they know people can't afford to live on UC or wages ... they don't want people to be able to use PIP to live, as undermines drive to exploit people as workers in their shitty insecure economy for the benefit of capital.

The Government published its consultation on modernising support for independent living. The current system is not suitable for autistic people and needs reform but a simple cost-cutting exercise will mean autistic people are let down: gov.uk/government/con…. (1/5)

New The Michael Marmot Institute of Health Equity UCL report 6/9 English regions showed increases in inequalities in life expectancy for women (NE, NW, Yorkshire & Humber, East of England, E Midlands, SW) @UCL bit.ly/LEGAP