Vivien Smith

Proud feminist and equality champion. Law student. Policy Researcher at Citizens Advice. Views my own.

[Vivien Smith @VivienMSmith]

Long term, underpaying disability benefits only increases the burden on the welfare system and the NHS by worsening health conditions and failing children with disabled parents. https://t.co/aq0z4Btot4

[Vivien Smith @VivienMSmith]

Check out my latest article: Financial Disadvantage: Addressing Gender Discrepancies in Income and Expenditure https://t.co/A4vw3NQ1e3 via @LinkedIn

[Vivien Smith @VivienMSmith]

Congratulations to @peshy for receiving the British Citizen Award last week - the person who founded the food bank on my local high street and largest in Epping Forest, which serves so many of those hardest hit by the CoL crisis in my area. So well deserved.

[Vivien Smith @VivienMSmith]

@daniel_barnett Door of Hope, who work day and night to provide support for women exploited by prostitution https://t.co/9NMuT7wAI7

[Gina @ginamartinuk]

Retweet if you think big media channels have a responsibility, when women are dying every three days from misogyny and male violence, not to legitimise and embolden abusive misogynistic views.

ITV should fire Jeremy Clarkson.

[Martin Lewis @MartinSLewis]

Spread the word over the Severe Mental Impairment council tax discount (some with alzheimers, parkinsons, dementia, strokes are eligible) it can be worth £1000s to some. Yet far too few know about it. Full info here... https://t.co/rBw7TO8uTt

[Vivien Smith @VivienMSmith]

Some great news and featuring a quote from me about the rising demand we're facing as a result of the cost of living crisis. It's ever more important to donate to and support your local Citizens Advice, because even a small donatio…https://t.co/ZszTpxHnQs https://t.co/wGX4q2k3ID

[Vivien Smith @VivienMSmith]

This disproportionately affects women, single mothers and couples on a low and/or unstable income and, frankly, defeats the object of a social welfare system. #inequality #maternity #socialjustice @WEP_UK

[Vivien Smith @VivienMSmith]

Did you know that if you have a baby whilst self-employed, or you're new to a job and so not yet entitled to Statutory Maternity Pay, you're a whopping £419.19pm worse off under the UK benefits system than if you were an employee for over 26 weeks? https://t.co/zcx1ptHGzU

[Vivien Smith @VivienMSmith]

Extremely cool achievement @MakerSot @autoscientific

[Dr. Sotiris Kakanos @MakerSot]

It’s out! Our preprint in biorXiv detailing the development and validation of a device that automates the single pellet reach-and-grasp (SPRG). Here’s a video taken by one of our ReachingBots. Well done to this mouse! 🧵

https://t.co/RgGCZoIg3M

[Enough is Enough @eiecampaign]

Enough is enough. It's time to turn anger into action.

Join the campaign to fight the cost-of-living crisis.

https://t.co/1SeHcIXdMr

[Jess Phillips @jessphillips]

Last year 4800 women were turned away from a refuge due to lack of space. Victims deserve so much better. #EndVAWG #16Days

[Vivien Smith @VivienMSmith]

@NoContextBrits @ManduReid I love your work but… why would you like this?

[Vivien Smith @VivienMSmith]

@daniel_barnett Listening to The Legal Hour on @LBC and the way you just spoke to caller Dave who questioned potential unfair dismissal of sales people who fail to reach unrealistic targets was incredibly rude and frankly unacceptable. An apology is in order.

[Vivien Smith @VivienMSmith]

A brutal and devastating reminder that our bubble of relative gender equality is so fragile, and can be popped overnight by the men in power. #roevwade #abortionban #mybodymychoice enoughisenough #patriarchy #womensrights https://t.co/ev6xJaIQSz

[VICE News @VICENews]

BREAKING: After a jury heard a string of texts from Johnny Depp saying he wanted to “burn” Amber Heard and that he would “fuck her burnt corpse” to “make sure she is dead,” they decided Heard defamed Depp and acted with “malice.”
https://t.co/UXXJcvTepa

[Vivien Smith @VivienMSmith]

@DrProudman THANK YOU!

[Vivien Smith @VivienMSmith]

Had a distinctly weird conversation with the @CareQualityComm, who lectured me on the difference between a complaint and a concern. Got a reference number and told not to expect anything to come of my call.

[Vivien Smith @VivienMSmith]

Is anyone else’s experience of the NHS that it’s pretty much non existent? I’ve been trying to get seen by a doctor for over 8 months and it’s been admin error after admin error. What is going on? @NHSEngland

[Vivien Smith @VivienMSmith]

Not only is the healthcare nonexistent, you can’t even complain about it. Good luck finding your GP practice’s complaints policy or getting a response to a complaint email. @NHSEnglandLDN