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❗ 1 in 6 people referred to food banks in our community are carers. When you're looking after a loved one, you should NEVER have to worry about whether you can afford food and essentials. Our social security system should be there to provide support to carers. 💚 #CarersWeek

The second issue of BRADFORDIANA is now on sale. 'Pilgrimage' features Valley Parade #BCAFC with photos from last season. Available from Tiffin Coffee, Bank St #Bradford / The Photographers Gallery, Ramillies St, Oxford Circus LONDON W1F 7LW / online: bradfordiana.net.

Another of Lincoln Cathedral.

Eight years on

As MPs are so often disappointing — and as I’ve just spent my Saturday night trawling through DWP parliamentary questions — I refuse not to find the nuggets of hope. So here’s a moment to celebrate this brilliant question from the fantastic 💙Rachael Maskell MP.

Baildon Moor #bradford

this is not "some bongo drums and a dvd" that is clearly a copy of the Nintendo Gamecube rhythm game Donkey Konga with the included bongo controller. get it right

Today the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Poverty and Inequality has published its report from its inquiry into the disproportionate impact of poverty and inequality on disabled people. Read the full report here: tinyurl.com/appg-poverty

Good morning everyone. Another 'big country' shot. 60047 'Scafell Pike' does its thing as only a class 60 can do as it passes Salt Lake Cottages, south of Ribblehead, with the 6E47 Arcow-Hunslet on 12/6/2025. Have a great Monday all 😉👍

With another government focusing on 'incentives' in the benefits system to try to get more disabled people into work, NEF is hosting this event on Thursday to discuss a much greater barrier - the availability of suitable & supportive work. Sign up here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/its-not-me-i…

Eight beauty spots across Bradford district have been designated as new nature reserves. Sites in Keighley, Queensbury, Ilkley and Shipley. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

We hear a lot about the two child limit, but less about its ugly sister: the benefit cap- another policy breaking the link between needs & income, driving hardship New data shows families hit by the cap rose to 115,000 in Feb 2025, 96,000 of whom had kids.

Writer's block.

No other map says "decline" more clearly than this one. If we can never again build big things like a new railway between our major cities then we are going to keep slipping backwards relative to our peers. Glad that this govt is reforming planning and serious about

Really positive to see this proposal in Scotland for a minimum income guarantee, along the lines of NEF's Living Income, to give everyone a solid financial foundation Great work by Russell Gunson & many others in the working group who produced the report bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

6 months ago I lost my job because of #LongCovid. I fought to keep my job, but I'm simply too ill to work and I'm not getting any better. How will cutting my #PIP and #ESA get me back to work when I was dismissed on ill health grounds ? #WelfareBill #DisabilityBenefits

Govt just published the Bill to cut disability benefits for > 3 million people, revealing that mitigations for those with the most severe conditions ministers have been telling MPs about will protect only up to 10% of new claimants from a halving of UC's health element 1/5

Yesterday the government published their welfare reform bill. These cuts could pull up to 400,000 more people into poverty ✂️ New JRF figures show that nearly 8 in 10 low-income working-age families in receipt of disability benefits went without essentials in May 2025. 1/2

The new welfare bill could cut billions from health & disability benefits, putting hundreds of thousands of disabled people at risk of poverty. Join CitizensAdvice on 26 June to hear from a panel of experts and explore our data ⤵️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/citizens-adv… #CADataInsights

Leeds-Liverpool canal and Salt's Mill, Saltaire #Bradford. #bfdmonochrome #blackandwhitephotography