Ben Claimant 💚 #joinaunion
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Baby food bank says desperate mums are watering down formula
Glasgow Times 133d 1 tweets
Local groups have told harrowing stories of mums watering down infant formula to make it last longer.
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Ben Claimant 💚 #joinaunion Glasgow #babybanks back inquiry calling for easier access to infant formula for struggling families Harrowing stories tell of mums watering down infant formula to make it last longer & parents being turned away when trying to get formula. 133d
Higher Universal Credit payment 'gives people dignity'
BBC News 136d 1 tweets
Community leaders in Hartlepool warn people will struggle if higher Universal Credit payments end.
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Ben Claimant 💚 #joinaunion If £20 per week extra made such a difference in Hartlepool it makes it doubly unfair it wasn't extended to legacy claimants... #UniversalCredit: The extra £20 means people can have a bit of dignity & families do not have to choose between food or heating 136d
Warm Home Discount Scheme - GOV.UK
Gov.uk 1196d 4 tweets
The Warm Home Discount Scheme could take £140 off your winter electricity bill - eligibility, how to claim your discount, deadlines
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Ben Claimant 💚 #joinaunion If you are on a low income and haven't done so already, now is the time to apply for the £140 Warm Home Discount payment If you use a pre-payment meter you will get vouchers. Otherwise, it's a one-off discount on your electricity bill. 137d
Short Videos needed for Disability Pride Event – DPAC
Dpac.uk.net 140d 1 tweets
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Ben Claimant 💚 #joinaunion Disabled people invited to make short videos to celebrate International Day of Disabled People #IDPD2020 To be shown: Disability Pride Event on 03/12/2020 Theme: 'From Relaxation to Resistance – a Celebration of our Lives in Lockdown'. 140d
Met Police restraint contributed to ill man's death
BBC News 144d 1 tweets
Jurors say it is highly likely at least one officer heard Kevin Clarke say: "I can't breathe."
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Ben Claimant 💚 #joinaunion UK: The way in which police restrained a mentally ill man contributed to his death in custody, inquest finds #BlackLivesMatter Kevin Clarke, who had schizophrenia, told officers who handcuffed him twice that he "couldn't breathe". 144d
Millions face income hit as government plans to cut universal credit
The Independent 144d 1 tweets
Benefits system ‘ripe for reform’ says Institute for Fiscal Studies, as millions face £1,000-a-year cut
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Ben Claimant 💚 #joinaunion IFS: Four million families face ‘significant decline’ in income under plans to scrap universal credit increase Many households are expected to be reliant on the UK's benefits system over winter, which is one of the least generous of any wealthy nation... 144d
Commission on Social Security
Commission on Social Security 161d 2 tweets
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Ben Claimant 💚 #joinaunion The Commission on Social Security is a project to make proposals for a better welfare benefits system All the Commissioners are Experts by Experience. This means they each have lived experience of the benefits system. Find out more from 144d
The worrying rise in disability hate crime reports in our area
BristolLive 145d 1 tweets
It is the second most reported hate crime in the Avon and Somerset Constabulary policing area behind race
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Ben Claimant 💚 #joinaunion Disability hate crime reports surge but victims may not even be aware it is an offence 145d
Extreme poverty 'set for first rise since 1998'
BBC News 146d 4 tweets
Covid-19 is expected to cause a big rise in those living on less than $1.90 a day, says the World Bank.
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Ben Claimant 💚 #joinaunion Extreme poverty set for first rise since 1998, World Bank warns The coronavirus expected to push up to 115 million people into that category. By 2021, this could rise to 150 million. Extreme poverty is defined as living on less than £1.50 a day. 146d
How A 'Design Flaw' In The Universal Credit Algorithm Is Forcing People To Go Hungry
HuffPost UK 155d 1 tweets
The government is using a "poorly designed" system which “threatens the rights of people most at risk of poverty", claims Human Rights Watch.
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Ben Claimant 💚 #joinaunion “I skip a meal so my children can eat and to ensure that the bills are paid.” A design flaw in #UniversalCredit's algorithm is forcing people to go hungry, fall into debt and face psychological distress, a human rights charity says 155d
‘Devastating’ COVID deaths figures ‘show government breached disabled people’s right to life’
Disability News Service 159d 6 tweets
“Devastating” new official figures showing how many disabled people have died from coronavirus demonstrate that the government has violated its obligation to protect their right to life, says a lea…
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Ben Claimant 💚 #joinaunion Dr Marie Tidball: “devastating” ONS figures confirm that govt violated its obligation to protect disabled people’s right to life “It feels like there's a collective acceptance that disabled people will die because that’s ‘just what is to be expected’." 158d
A third of premature deaths in England are linked to social inequality, study finds
The BMJ 452d 9 tweets
Almost 900 000 deaths in England over the past decade and a half have occurred prematurely because of social inequalities, a study has concluded.1 Researchers at University College London examined records from the UK Office for National Statistics...
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Ben Claimant 💚 #joinaunion Almost 900 000 deaths in England between 2003 and 2018 have occurred prematurely because of social inequalities, a UCL study has concluded. 159d
Desperate mum stole kids' lunch from Asda after lockdown redundancy
Liverpool Echo 162d 1 tweets
The woman, who has 'worked all her life', was referred to a charity which says her story is not unusual
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Ben Claimant 💚 #joinaunion A desperate mum at her wits' end after losing a job & waiting for #UniversalCredit during the pandemic, was caught stealing fruit & sandwiches for her children. But, instead of charging her for theft, police sent her to to get food & support. 👏🏽 162d
What the pandemic has taught Manchester’s food banks in preparing for winter
Manchester Evening News 162d 1 tweets
'The pandemic has exposed the power of what happens when we stand together in the face of adversity'
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Ben Claimant 💚 #joinaunion "The pandemic has exposed the power of what happens when we stand together in the face of adversity. We must harness this power to create the changes needed to prevent many more people being locked into poverty this winter." 162d
BLM dance routine on Britain's Got Talent triggers 15,500 complaints
the Guardian 172d 2 tweets
Performance by Diversity was inspired by the killing of George Floyd in the US
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Ben Claimant 💚 #joinaunion 15,500 reasons why it was right for to do a routine about #BlackLivesMatter 172d
The ‘lost decade’ of austerity: the UK makes no progress on child wellbeing
British Politics and Policy at LSE 180d 3 tweets
Yekaterina Chzhen discusses how the UK fares on child wellbeing when compared to other developed countries. She writes that, although progress had been made on child poverty reduction and child hea…
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Ben Claimant 💚 #joinaunion The 'lost decade' of austerity: the UK makes no progress on child wellbeing | LSE blogs The latest UNICEF report on child wellbeing in developed countries puts the United Kingdom in 27th place out of 38, wedged between Latvia and Slovakia. 180d
Poorest hit hardest by coronavirus crisis as living standards 'severely damaged'
mirror 189d 2 tweets
About eight of out 10 of those questioned admitted they were in a worse financial position than before the Covid-19 outbreak struck in March, according to a study by the Child Poverty Action Group and the Church of England
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Ben Claimant 💚 #joinaunion Research reveals that living standards of the poorest families have been clobbered during the #coronavirus crisis 83% struggled to pay for food 76% struggled to pay utility bills 47% struggled to pay housing costs. 53% struggled with child-related costs 189d
Benefit sanctions statistics to April 2020 (experimental)
GOV.UK 203d 1 tweets
Statistics on the number of sanctions imposed on people who receive JSA, ESA (WRAG), IS or Universal Credit.
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Ben Claimant 💚 #joinaunion Despite DWP saying they would suspend benefit sanctions from March 30th, their own statistics show that thousands of #UniversalCredit claimants continued to have money deducted due to a benefit sanction throughout the lockdown. Stats available here: 203d
Iain Duncan Smith admits the five-week wait for Universal Credit is pointless – but wouldn’t change it
Newstatesman.com 244d 2 tweets
When individuals apply for benefits, they have to wait five weeks for their first payment. This is part of the Universal Credit welfare system, conceived in 2010 by the then work and pensions secretary, Iain Duncan Smith. This payment delay is one...
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Ben Claimant 💚 #joinaunion What an absolute bastard Duncan Smith really is, admitting this now when he had so many opportunities to change it when he was in charge 207d
Universal Credit monthly allowance is more than House of Lords daily allowance – for now
Full Fact 209d 1 tweets
Temporary increases to Universal Credit introduced because of the coronavirus pandemic mean the monthly allowance is now higher than the daily allowance for peers in the House of Lords.
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Ben Claimant 💚 #joinaunion An edited version after seeing this 209d