Ben Holliday

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[Ben Holliday @BenHolliday]

This account is dormant for now. You can find me on most other social platforms …

[Ben Holliday @BenHolliday]

Twitter was an important space for me over 15+ years, but I won't contribute to X while it allows disinformation to be spread unchecked, including the support given to racists and far right extremists by the owner of this platform.

[Ben Holliday @BenHolliday]

This account is dormant for now. You can find me on most other social platforms …

[Ben Holliday @BenHolliday]

@benunsworth 😬 ouch! Swift recovery Ben

[Ben Holliday @BenHolliday]

After a rough week recovering from Covid, I’m very happy to be here for a few days ⛅️🌊#outofoffice #Cornwall

[Sarah Jane Mace @SJMace]

‘1 in 5 charities (19%) say their board has low digital skills, with little digital interest, understanding or support. Only 28% of charity respondents say they have a board with good or excellent digital skills, down from 32% last year.’ https://t.co/seWB7xCrFo

[Ben Holliday @BenHolliday]

@iotwatch @TPXimpact Good to see you today!

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[Ben Holliday @BenHolliday]

Had a rare window of spare time, so I walked slowly from Westminster back to Euston in the sunshine this afternoon. The absolute best way to see London instead of the usual rush around on public transport

[Alexandra D-S (she/her) @iotwatch]

My month note for April and May is out now. With over 100 designers there’s lots going on at @TPXimpact as always.

[Ben Holliday @BenHolliday]

Why I didn’t make it into our Manchester office today!

[BBC Cumbria @BBC_Cumbria]

A rail line reopens after a freight train derailed causing travel chaos on the West Coast Main Line https://t.co/ZSXu6ajPEP

[Ben Holliday @BenHolliday]

I was able to back this book on Unbound in 2022, so I’m proud to have my name listed in the small print of supporters at the back. We need more of this type of project, with first hand stories and participation that challenges thinking about systems of support in our society

[Ben Holliday @BenHolliday]

I’ve just finished this book which hits really hard. It’s a collection of curated stories and first hand accounts of the real UK care system https://t.co/B9Q7o9PvbW

[Ben Holliday @BenHolliday]

That’s classic tech thinking and solutions for policy problems - when what’s really needed is user centred policy work. Calling it customer engagement just feels horrible in this context as well 2/2

[Ben Holliday @BenHolliday]

Context for that last RT… This is a clear political/policy choice - “a carer who earned £1 more than the £151 threshold for 52 weeks would typically have to pay back £4,258.80, rather than £52” https://t.co/6dmnduqX62

[Ben Holliday @BenHolliday]

Questions about DWP priorities as well: “[We’re] progressing an enhanced notification strategy as part of our ongoing commitment to customer engagement, which will help ensure customers fulfil their obligations to inform DWP when changes in their circumstances have occurred” 1/2

[Martin Lewis @MartinSLewis]

End the Carers Allowance cliff-edge! Many reporting the scandal that those caring 35+hrs/wk oft for vulnerable loved ones must repay £1,000s just for slipping a quid or two over the max earnings threshold (currently £151/wk).

Ending that clawback's important. Yet the cliff-edge should end too. Almost all other benefits work by taper - ie earn over the limit and the benefit doesn't immediately stop, it gradually reduces. With carers allowance, a penny over and you get nowt. This is simply stupid and should be stopped.

Carers are a backbone of the UK, saving the state & NHS billions. The £82/wk allowance is pitifully low, at the very least we should end the cliff-hanger so work pays.

[Ben Holliday @BenHolliday]

@benunsworth It’s great, I really enjoyed reading this book as well!

[Ben Holliday @BenHolliday]

Still here, just having a bit of a social media break right now. Doing plenty of walking in the Lakes outside of work #breathe

[Ben Holliday @BenHolliday]

@Jason__Brown_ @CarolineLucas I really enjoyed it, especially liked the way she uses English literature to explore the ideas in the book