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Speaking at our event last week, @JWatsonONeill from @sensecharity spoke about the need for welfare reforms to protect disabled people who will never be able to work ⤵️
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Meri Åhlberg
@AhlbergMeri
Senior Policy Advisor @jrf_uk. Views are my own not my employer's.
London, UK Katılım Haziran 2016
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Meri Åhlberg retweetledi
My reaction on behalf of @jrf_uk, on today's labour market statistics and the Government's plans to cut disability benefits. The threat of widespread hardship among disabled people, unable to replace the incomes they lose out on through work, is even starker.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation@jrf_uk
New @ONS figures show job vacancies have fallen by 42,000 between Feb and April 📉 Disabled people who are able to work already find it more difficult to find suitable work that accommodates their needs. The fall exposes the need to rethink plans to cut disability benefits. 1/2
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Meri Åhlberg retweetledi
New @ONS figures show job vacancies have fallen by 42,000 between Feb and April 📉
Disabled people who are able to work already find it more difficult to find suitable work that accommodates their needs.
The fall exposes the need to rethink plans to cut disability benefits. 1/2
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Analysis from both @NEF & @jrf_uk shows that the government's original 250k figure for the number pushed into poverty is an understatement & should be closer to 350k
Combined with these new figures, that's over 1m people pushed newly or deeper into poverty due to these cuts
Chaminda Jayanetti@cjayanetti
NEW: Internal DWP figures show 700,000 families *already* in poverty are forecast to be hit by planned disability benefit cuts That's on top of the 250k+ who are predicted to be newly pushed into poverty by the changes By me, for the Guardian: theguardian.com/society/2025/m…
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Meri Åhlberg retweetledi
New Policy Adviser role 📢
You will:
Deliver projects that generate policies and ideas to address social and economic challenges underpinning poverty in the UK
Connect with people or orgs developing new ideas that contribute to our mission
Shape the national conversation 1/2
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Meri Åhlberg retweetledi
Extensive media coverage today on the need for Statutory Sick Pay to rise.
With MPs debating sick pay tomorrow, it’s clear that more needs to be done to protect millions of workers from being forced into work before they have recovered from illness ⬇️
independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
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"Anti-migrant politics will not build a single house, staff a single hospital or raise anyone’s wages. Instead, by echoing its rhetoric, the government is simply fuelling the rise of Reform UK"
Well done to these Labour MPs, trade unionists & members.
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Meri Åhlberg retweetledi
Today is our national day of action on #SafeSickPay 🥳
No one can survive on £116 of Statutory Sick Pay. It is time this changed.
Please share your support on social media and let your MP know why they should back an increase in the rate of Statutory Sick Pay.
The Centre for Progressive Change@Prog_Change
📣 Today's our national day of action on #SafeSickPay! 📣 We're united with workers, health groups, charities and businesses across the UK calling on the Government to raise the rate of Statutory #SickPay. ✍️ Take part by writing to your MP here: buff.ly/4hJQMTS
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🔴How Right-Wing Media Spread the False Claim That One in Twelve Londoners Are ‘Illegal Migrants’
There is a deliberate attempt to mislead the public, in order to push for Trump-style mass deportations, argues @ZoeJardiniere
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/30/how…
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FLEX is delighted to be one of @BigIssue's Top 100 Changemakers for 2025.
We will never stop working to challenge and transform the systems and structures that make workers vulnerable to abuse, until we live in a world free from all forms of labour exploitation.
Big Issue@BigIssue
This week's issue is out now! 📰 Inside: 💯 We introduce our Top 100 Changemakers for 2025, celebrating people and organisations who have focused not on themselves but on the rest of society, as voted for by YOU 🎹 Italian composer and pianist Ludovico Einaudi tells us about becoming the most-streamed classical artist of all time 🏆 Joe Alwyn talks about Oscar frontrunner The Brutalist Find out more ▶️ bigissue.com/news/activism/…
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At yesterday's @CommonsBTC inquiry session on Making Work Pay, it was great to see the @UKDirectorLME call for protections for migrant workers reporting exploitation so they don't lose their right to remain in the UK by doing so.
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Great blog from @hcslaughter_ on the importance of enforcement for the government's employment rights push.
I really hope govt. listens to this point on data sharing. Otherwise the #FairWorkAgency will miss out on vital intelligence and fail to help those most vulnerable. 👇
Resolution Foundation@resfoundation
An awful lot rides on the Government’s welcome commitment to complement its package of labour market reforms with a new single enforcement body. In our latest blog @prospect_clark and @hcslaughter_ asses its challenges and chances⤵️ Read now➡️ buff.ly/4guhiQs
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£3 an hour sick pay is not enough! We all have the right to take time off sick, yet thousands of people have to worry about not being able to pay the bills whilst recovering from serious illness and injury. Tell your MP to to raise sick pay: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-yo…
#SafeSickPay
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If you're not familiar with the issue, you can read more about it in our report.
SSP is the biggest employment issue that @CitizensAdvice helps people with. We help ~50 people/day with SSP. 1 in 5 need access to charitable support, including food banks.
citizensadvice.org.uk/about-us/previ…
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ICYMI - Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) is in desperate need of reform. At £117/week, it's not enough to live on. @CitizensAdvice data shows it's causing serious hardship.
That's why we're calling for #SafeSickPay. You can take part too by writing to your MP 👇
actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-yo…
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You can also read about it in this @guardian article
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theguardian.com/law/2024/nov/2…
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Taking the time you need to recover from cancer shouldn't be cut short because of your income. Raising statutory sick pay would help make taking time off easier for people affected by cancer.
The Government has a chance to change this. We're supporting the #SafeSickPay campaign and asking you to write to your MP.
Add your voice here: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-yo…
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The government has confirmed plans to extend the time limit for bringing tribunal claims.
Currently it is three months and will be extended to six.
unsn.uk/3ZKITYf
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