A real honour that Benjamin’s family have chosen @INQUEST_ORG to support. He was our Patron who we loved and whose work and passion for social and racial justice will continue to inspire us. ❤️
Boris Johnson's £37BILLION Test & Trace service, run by Dido Harding & using private firms Serco & Deloitte, has lost track of 550 MILLION COVID tests & failed to reach nearly 100,000 people who had tested positive, failing to identify their contacts. 🤬
https://t.co/mbxEvdkscc
Boris Johnson is to strip the Electoral Commission of the power to prosecute law-breaking, just weeks after it launched an investigation into his controversial flat refurbishment - via @Rob_Merrick
https://t.co/SqZgCBZJo5
Exclusive: One woman every week is coming forward to report their spouse or partner in the police is seriously abusing them or their children - nearly 130 have come forward in the last 2 years.
Every woman we spoke to said police failed to investigate their own.
This is a big victory - Uber drivers have battled for years for the most basic recognition and rights. Solidarity and power to the worker, we fucking love to see it ✨🙏✊ https://t.co/bNh4pPWqgf https://t.co/bNh4pPWqgf
Pick your scandal. Is it the £570k, Bingham has spent on PR? The fact that she looks to profit from taxpayer-backed stake in her private equity firm? Or that 'a venture capitalist married to a Treasury minister' got the top vaccine job in the first place?
https://t.co/8h4MVuC9QP
EXCLUSIVE: Kate Bingham, chair of Boris Johnson's vaccine taskforce, has charged taxpayers £670,000 for her own team of boutique PR consultants
According to leaked docs, eight full-time consultants from London firm Admiral Associates are on the equivalent of £165K salaries
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Today I again voted against the Covert Human Intelligence Sources Bill.
The Bill poses a grave threat to civil liberties. It allows undercover agents to commit murder, torture and sexual violence.
The Conservatives just voted it through.
Shameful.
This evening I voted against the Covert Human Intelligence Sources Bill.
I can't support legislation that could give undercover state agents the licence to murder, torture and commit sexual violence.
one of the most shocking stories i’ve worked on during the pandemic. the manager of a cleaning company here caught telling staff she’d get them PPE and a london living wage, but only if they dropped the union. listen + read the full story below: https://t.co/VW9CAYKYQg
The reason broadcasters are not allowed to reveal postal votes before 10PM polling day is it influences the vote.
I really have no explanation of how this is allowed under broadcasting code
Today is a day set aside to promote the rights and well-being of people with disabilities.
Let us use today to increase our understanding of disabilities which can be physical, mental, sensory or cognitive.
#Internationaldayofpeoplewithdisability