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[Mind @MindCharity]

Today, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has launched an investigation into the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions over concerns about the treatment of some disabled benefits claimants.

For years Mind has been calling for assessment reform, so we are pleased to see this being investigated. 1/4

[Trades Union Congress @The_TUC]

The cost of living crisis is not over.

Millions of people are still having to cut back on everyday essentials.

The UK has suffered the worst inflation in the G7.

The Tories are presiding over the worst period for living standards in generations.

[Debbie Abrahams @Debbie_abrahams]

🔴I have been calling for an investigation into @DWPgovuk over the deaths of sick & disabled claimants since 2018.

I welcome today’s news that @EHRC will be using the full force of its powers to investigate the discrimination of disabled people including many tragic deaths.

[Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis]

Water companies have taken out £78 billion to pay shareholders.

Does anyone think they'll invest in a water system they've broken?

That's what I asked the Ofwat CEO. This was his response.

[Ben Claimant 💚 Join a Union @BenClaimant]

DWP to hire ‘external agents’ in crackdown on benefit fraud that government’s own data shows doesn’t exist.

"If the govt is concerned about fraud, it would be serious about the £15.2bn that multinational companies hide from the UK via tax havens..."

https://t.co/aaVn3SEOBT

[Dr Andrew Meyerson @AndrewMeyerson]

Dear 🇬🇧,

The wealthiest PM in history is now even wealthier than the King, and paid only 23% tax last year all while our hospitals, schools, and councils crumbled and homelessness and food bank use soared. @GarysEconomics is right: wealth inequality is destroying this country.

[Disability News Service @johnpringdns]

The Department for Work and Pensions has refused to explain why its new policy paper on benefit fraud has ignored concerns raised by a coroner about a disabled woman who died following a “targeted” review of her universal credit claim.
https://t.co/KSfThw2nDc

[Disability News Service @johnpringdns]

New figures that show more than 5,000 disabled people spent time sleeping on the streets of London last year are “truly shameful”, according to the capital’s leading disabled people’s organisation.
https://t.co/R56DqHgdfe

[Richard Burgon MP @RichardBurgon]

🚨BREAKING

The annual Rich List published today shows the total wealth of the 100 richest people in Britain is now £589 BILLION

That's more than DOUBLED since the Tories were elected in 2010

The Tory plan is working - just not for you.

We need a Wealth Tax on the Super-Rich!

[PCS Defence Sector Group @DefenceCutsCost]

Safe travels to everyone travelling today and tomorrow to the PCS Defence Sector group conference 2024.

[Carol Vorderman @carolvorders]

Had a rant about the crooked Tory party on #LateNightLycett @joelycett @jackrooke
WHERE HAS ALL THE MONEY GONE?

"Earlier in the year they'd been in power for 5,000 days since David Cameron became Prime Minister.. I calculated how much they have added to the national debt.. It's over £300,000,000 a day for 5,000 days.. Where's all the money gone?"

"Everything: NHS, prisons, schools, water, rivers.. Even the water in the taps.. Everything has turned to sh*t"

[Carol Vorderman @carolvorders]

BREAKING
Should 4 Tories be reported to police?

Four Tory MPs made £5 MILLION selling taxpayer-funded homes but won't say if they paid capital gains tax @DailyMirror

🔹One Tory MP sold his property in London making an ­estimated profit of £2m.
🔹 BUT from 2004 to 2009 he claimed £106,745 in mortgage payments from Parliament as a second home
🔹When he sold it, he was on the electoral register at that house AS WELL AS a second one in Billingshurst
🔹second homes need capital gains tax accounted for, for that period
🔹did he pay tax?

Tories have reported Angela Rayner to the police and demanded her tax affairs be made public

Is it time for Labour to report these Tories to police for the same reasons?

After all what's sauce for the Tory goose...

https://t.co/B580bCqFL5

[Mind @MindCharity]

It’s Mental Health Awareness Week 🎉

If you’re needing a little support, here’s who to call ☎️

[RMT @RMTunion]

"So where we've had private-sector operation they proved to be totally inept."
Some lessons on the railway for Tory MP Jack Brereton from @RMTunion General Secretary Mick Lynch.

[Guardian politics @GdnPolitics]

Labour and unions reach agreement on workers’ rights proposals https://t.co/cQMOuX0N8b

[Debbie Abrahams @Debbie_abrahams]

The UK has had the biggest increase in child poverty between 2010 & 2020 out of the 39 of the wealthiest economies https://t.co/cbJruZCLwu

[John McDonnell @johnmcdonnellMP]

A resistance movement is mobilising amongst groups representing or allying themselves with disabled people. The fight back against the way disabled people are being treated by this government is moving up to the next level. Full support to @Dis_PPL_Protest

[Debbie Abrahams @Debbie_abrahams]

Congratulations #Oldhamer #SarahLancashire for winning #BestActress at the #BAFTAs

[Civil Service World @CSWnews]

Following our exclusive on a new 60% in-office civil service mandate, departments have begun to announce their policy staff, with some sticking below the 60% remit
https://t.co/Su6FlomRNk

[PCS - the civil service union @pcs_union]

So sorry to hear this very sad news.
Our union sends condolences to Jane's family, friends, and to her CWU comrades. She was an incredible woman. RIP