Michael Shanks warns Scots on the Sunday Show;
‘‘Labour did NOT make a mistake on the cuts to the Winter Fuel Payment, and more cuts are coming.’’
At what point do Scots say enough is enough?….. When we are all starving and on the fcuking streets?
The chief executive of the Confederation of British Industry has said Scotland's resources are the "golden ticket to UK growth".
https://t.co/U1JnyhMkRH
A person on Benefits isn't allowed to get more than £80 a week from anywhere without losing their £4000 a year benefits.
But Politicians are allowed to get unlimited donations and keep their £95,000 wages and £250,000 tax free expenses.
The £600m of government money loaned to Ineos should be used for nationalising the refinery.
Or at the very least, it’s given on the condition the refinery stays open & jobs are saved.
It’s wrong that Antwerp gets invested in and not Grangemouth.
https://t.co/079I1SpLc5
@firthoforth It's won't happen under Labour.
This was Glasgow in the 1980s when Scotland was in the middle of the Great Black Gold bonanza from the North Sea.
We never saw the money....
It was used to finance the destruction of the trade unions and "monetarism"
The DWP has just published its Equality Analysis of winter fuel payment cuts (yes, on Friday night).
Around 71% of pensioners with a disability and 83% of the over-80s will lose the benefit. https://t.co/K4aWCkWLS3
"So much for too wee, too poor, too stupid for independence. ‘‘CBI chief executive Rain Newton-Smith said Scotland��s natural resources are the envy of the world and could provide a 'golden ticket for UK growth.’’ They really are ripping the p1sh out of us, aren’t they?" James C
🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨
Charity for Disabled children funnelling over 40% of its funds to right-wing think-tanks.
Utterly shocking - an example of what happens when disability organisations aren't run by us, for us, with lived-experience at the forefront.
https://t.co/cDg9bPTU9z
The government knew 83% (2.6m) over-80s, 780,000 poorest pensioners and 1.6m disabled pensioners would not be protected when it scrapped Winter Fuel Payment, FOI reveals https://t.co/o2cdyikY5C
Starmer's latest claim (lie) is that he has to cut pensioners' winter fuel payment to 'save the NHS'.
Last week, Reeves claimed (lied) it was to stop the economy 'crashing'.
They just can't stop telling lies.
The Tory tribute party axing winter fuel payment for 7 out of 10 disabled pensioners. Bankers and hedge fund managers heave a sigh of relief that they remain untouchable.
We demand an impact assessment be made & published prior to the Autumn Budget on all #DWP changes to Disabled People's Benefits @UKLabour@DWPgovuk
Not just an Equality Analysis, a full impact assessment
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