Our Exec Director Caroline was earlier on @BBCTwo talking about the draconian increase to the Minimum Income Requirement and the ways in which the families we support will be impacted by this increase.
Family Life is a Human Right for everyone not just for rich people.
@JamesCleverly@ukhomeoffice Raising the threshold for spouses from £18,600 to £38,700 is a disgrace. You will effectively be condemning British citizens with foreign spouses to live abroad and likely never be able to return to their home country without separating families for months or possibly years.
@OctopusEnergy Accounts can fall into debit with DD. People either have the money or they don’t. Having access directly to people’s bank doesn’t miraculously mean they solvent.
@OctopusEnergy Can you break down the exact admin cost involved in that. My card payment goes directly onto your back account and takes at most 2 hours and at best a few minutes. If you could give me an exact cost analysis I would be grateful.
I have just sent the Chancellor @Jeremy_Hunt - supported by major charities - a letter asking him to postpone the government's 20% increase in energy bills on 1 April.
The letter is at attached (plus supplementary explanation) please read and feel free to share
@MarinaPurkiss He’s a liar. Always has been, always will be. Same for the rest of the cabinet and current PM. It won’t be fixed until 2024. That might be too late.