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My letter in yesterday's @yorkshirepost, on the failure of our politicians to support children and families in poverty, with a particular focus on #Bradford. With analysis from @EndChildPoverty @CPAGUK @ruthpatrick0 @KateAndersen_ @reader_mary @aaronsreeves @kittyjstewart

Settle Carlisle Railway Development Company S&C 150th Anniversary charter train on the return to Carlisle yesterday evening at Ribblehead #yorkshiredales. @SettleCarlisle @foscl @yorkshire_dales

“Less than half of overall benefit spending on young people — including personal independence payments and universal credit — involves requirements to look for work or support to help find a job”. THAT IS BECAUSE PIP IS NOT AN OUT-OF-WORK BENEFIT.

@jpdewhirst @therutsdc @Nath_Brudenell Got to be one of the best music venues in the UK @Nath_Brudenell

Ruts DC at Brudenell Social Club on Saturday. @therutsdc @Nath_Brudenell

Blue Peter at Hest Bank nr Morecambe. #steamtrain

Tangmere heading south on the Settle & Carlisle railway at Denthead Viaduct. #yorkshiredales

This, as you can see, is the greatest map in the history of the world. At Manchester Victoria station.

@GLCTours What day/times are these on? I'd love to come along!

Cmon doon for a swatch of our wee museum,we think you’ll like it 🚂🚂🚂🙏🙏

🚨BREAKING NEWS 🚨 We have published our response to the Timms Review, backing calls for an Additional Cost Disability Payment (ACDP). We demand an end to hostility, with a system based on support not punishment. Read the full response 👇 disabilityrightsuk.org/news/dr-uk-res…

"The reality is that when decisions are being made, businesses and other stakeholders can smell blood because the government just aren't that strong." Alex Chapman on @bbc5live talking about why the government needs to be much bolder if they're to tackle the cost of living

40 years ago the average speed of a train in China was….40 miles an hour. More bizarrely for Britain, HS1 cost 50 million a mile, rather than a billion, and took a decade to build. These aren’t long lost abilities, this was built in the 2000s. Something is seriously wrong!

💼 | NEW REPORT: 460,000 children are now in poverty despite all adults in their household working full time. Child poverty risk has risen sharply even among families where all adults work. Work isn’t working - read our solutions 👇 ippr.org/articles/work-…

Arten Gill Viaduct, southbound on the Settle & Carlisle railway #steamtrain #steamSunday.

Great initiative from @orbooks just in my inbox. Discount codes for those seeking work, those recently let go, those stepping away from job-hunting, and a premium for employers 👀 More of this, please! (Max. uses of each code: 50)

Social housing in London has taken a lot of heat on twitter this weekend. Are social renters disproportionately economically inactive people? (Who should be moved / encouraged out of the capital to make way for productive young professionals?) Wanted to look into the numbers ⬇️

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has set out his views on Labour's path forward and the policy challenges facing the country. Speaking to Channel 4 News' Andrew Misra, Burnham said he wanted Labour to become “a party that they can believe in again, a party solidly on the side of working class people.”

🚨 BREAKING: half of people in the UK have lost access to community spaces - with families in the most deprived areas losing them fastest. Parks, libraries, leisure centres are essential for our mental and physical health. We all need places to connect. Especially when life is tough.

If you feel like a shit person because you’re on benefits, you’re not. You feel that way because power needs you to - it’s a distraction from the real takers. You are alright.

Our economic system is broken. The climate crisis is accelerating. Inequality is deepening. But what if we did things differently? For our next Downstream IRL at @EartHackney, @AaronBastani will sit down with visionary economist @MazzucatoM. They'll discuss what it means to radically reimagine the economy around the ‘common good’ and whether it’s possible - or indeed desirable - to fix capitalism. To kick the evening off, @ayocaesar will be speaking to long-serving Labour MP and former Shadow Chancellor @johnmcdonnellMP about whether Britain is ready for socialism in the next decade. Get your tickets here: novara.media/4wrrQZD

Burnham wearing a Hafnia Everton shirt? It’s over for Reform.

Lets talk about the fear of losing your benefits if you are too sick to work, or have disabilities, or have significant barriers to work. You cant walk into a job. There is a job shortage. This isnt an irrational fear - this is fear of being homeless and destitute with no income.