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Unpaid carers ordered to repay benefits despite DWP knowing rules were unlawful Officials sent out repayment letters to about 1,400 people relying on discredited guidance that had been scrapped

High time senior civil servants in DWP were charged with misconduct in public office. It might concentrate their minds www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Monty Don and a new series of Gardeners World. God’s in His heaven, all’s right with the world - as Browning put it.

Estimating Worker Population Exposed to Silica Dust in India Estimates based on Periodic Labour Force Survey data point to over 55 million Indians employed in silica-exposed occupations, mainly in construction. The vulnerability of this workforce is a major pub...

55 million workers in India exposed to silica dust and there are no effective controls www.theindiaforum.in/economy/esti...

Unite workers at BAE Systems celebrate huge pay victory after strike action Staff had been furious at the lack of a fair pay award after seeing colleagues in other parts of the BAE business being awarded pay rises and decided to take industrial action.

A courageous stance from our workers on a picket line!

4.8% backdated to 1 Jan and a further 0.75% from 1 Oct 2026. All staff will receive an additional day of annual leave, Unite members receive a one-off further days leave. All staff receive a one-off £500 & 1/2 hour earlier finish time each day.

Healthcare Workers Are Confronting the Climate Crisis Across Ghana’s Health Facilities Health workers in Ghana moved from silently enduring heat, floods and snake infestations to organising, documenting and demanding climate-resilient workplaces through union action.

Terrific work here, climate change has a huge impact on care workers, and the care they give.

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Almost certainly a huge underestimate.

That’s a hefty premium. If Keir Starmer wants to help people with the cost of living, a good place to start would be rolling back privatisation.

To celebrate International Womens Day (sorry a day late) this great picture from the itslian resistance. Grazie al @workingclasshistory podcast. i0.wp.com/workingclass...

Crypto Cash and Putin Praise: Reform Under Fire YouTube video by Ben Goldsborough MP for South Norfolk

Crypto donations are a new back door for foreign interference.

Only one Westminster party accepts them: Reform UK.

We must close every loophole and defend our democracy.

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We should follow this lead and amend the Procurement Act; or just rejoin the EU! www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...

It’s now almost 2 months since Nigel Farage was scheduled to appear on #bbclaurak as part of her Leaders Interview but pulled out due to being “under the weather”

He’s currently in America supporting a foreign president over his own country

Which is why we need to unite the left and centre against them.

Revealed: The Staggering Amount of Time Nigel Farage has Spent on ‘Second’ Jobs Since Becoming an MP The Reform UK leader has logged more than 1,100 hours for 14 outside employers since his election in July 2024

Revealed: The Staggering Amount of Time Nigel Farage has Spent on ‘Second’ Jobs Since Becoming an MP

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The union premium in the USA. $250 a week. More for groups like black and Hispanic women ble-t.org/news/u-s-uni...

How many millions of public money lost by what can only be called scams? Crony contracts and not for for purpose PPE.

Sign to impose meaningful penalties on bad bosses labourunions.org.uk/access/

Utterly disgraceful. It’s as if Reform were already in power.

A logarithmic line chart shows COVID‑19 trends in England from early 2020 to February 2026. Four lines track positive cases, hospital patients, deaths involving COVID‑19, and PCR test positivity. All indicators rise and fall in multiple waves. The most recent data shows around 611 cases, 617 hospital patients, 43 weekly deaths, and 2.7% PCR positivity. The chart uses official UKHSA, NHS England, and ONS data.

COVID messaging is fading but the virus is still here.
Data keeps warning us, yet without clear guidance on ventilation, vaccination, and indoor risk, people navigate blind.
Treating the pandemic as over weakens readiness for the next one.
Clear communication and resilient data systems => essential.

115 years on – still fighting for the basics for working women

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True Labour- great concept. Great stuff @stellacreasy.bsky.social

Congratulations, richly deserved.

Starmer is facing a cocktail of dissent that is growing ever more potent After the Greens’ byelection win, PM’s failure to make a progressive offer has angered Labour’s soft-left majority

If Starmer won’t change, he has to go ASAP. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Cruelty to immigrants is not what my party stands for. It’s time for True Labour, not Blue Labour | Stella Creasy We must get back to the party’s roots before it is too late. That means embracing difference, rejecting division – and fighting for opportunities for all, says MP for Walthamstow, Stella Creasy

"There is an alternative way forward: being True – not Blue – Labour. True Labour doesn’t fear those who are different. Instead, it demands everyone contribute their abilities to society – and works to unlock such skills."

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Not something you would expect to read, very interesting. Green policies often don’t stand up to close scrutiny.

Join Reform, the home of crooks, traitors, Russian agents, and failed Tory MPs.

The trade union premium in action. Trade union members get around 10-12% higher pay than non union counterparts and lots of other benefits, not least being half the likelihood of being killed or injured at work.

Feminist labour organising: Community Health Workers in India Achieve Historic Victories This International Women's Day, we celebrate the women who turned "volunteer" exploitation into worker power through feminist organising and collective action to secure maternity leave and wages.

Brilliant! Feminist labour organising. Like the sound of that, especially needed in India. publicservices.international/resources/ne...

Proof of the slogan we used in the campaign for ILO Convention on safety in mines: “the stronger the union, the safer the mine!”
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Should be on every leaflet whenever Reform stand in an election.

Just as the Foreign Affairs Select Committee- of which my excellent MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social is a member - has said the same thing. Come on Keir, set the throttle on the reset to max!