Janet Harkin

Marketing & comms, autism parent, #Donegal. Also #localgov with @Policy_Practice. Views mine.

[Policy in Practice @policy_practice]

@HarryYorke1 for @thetimes reports on the letter 14 local authorities have penned to Deputy Prime Minister @AngelaRayner and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Liz Kendall calling for better data sharing

https://t.co/051aEwnccA

[Policy in Practice @policy_practice]

In exclusive analysis for @michaelsavage at @ObserverUK we find that one million households will miss out this year due to the changes announced to the #WinterFuelPayments

https://t.co/b9PmH0s7lF 1/6

[Hannah Al-Othman @HannahAlOthman]

Just wanted to share quickly how lovely yesterday felt in Southport; a total contrast to the night before. 🧵

The mosque and people’s garden walls were rebuilt by builders and bricklayers volunteering their time and labour:

[Dragonrider Sue 🐟 🐦 she/her 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @topsyscatmum]

Still applies.. Sadly.

[Janet Harkin @JHarkin]

@MaggieMGreen @NeilKenny0 @AnneMarieKavan6 @SeaneenSloan @janemurnaghan @dcu_incl_spe Congratulations Dr Green!

[Janet Harkin @JHarkin]

@helen_bradley This was us this time a week ago #Donegal

[Janet Harkin @JHarkin]

@MMaryMcKenna Happy birthday Mary. Hope you had an atomic day🥳

[Helen Barnard @Helen_Barnard]

To commentators discussing proposed ‘welfare savings’: This isn’t just about spreadsheets & sums. It’s about people. People needing social security often in very tough times. Too many are already forced to food banks because their incomes are too low to cover essentials. 1/2

[Janet Harkin @JHarkin]

@MMaryMcKenna They’re stunning, aren’t they? X

[Janet Harkin @JHarkin]

@MMaryMcKenna Happy birthday to Alan, enjoy the very wonderful Glen Bar. See if they still have Football Special cheesecake 😋We’re off to Glencolumcille for mine this weekend. Up the geminis!

[Janet Harkin @JHarkin]

@MMaryMcKenna Beautiful treasure

[Henry Doohan @HenryDoohan]

Northern lights above Buncrana #Donegal #Auroraborealis

[Janet Harkin @JHarkin]

@helen_bradley Wow! Nothing here yet

[Westwood Books @westwood_books]

This is our bookshop, Westwood Books in Sedbergh, Cumbria. It’s a large building, on a main road at the edge of town, that has been a bookshop now for 18 years.

But we need your help. Even though the shop has been here for so long, we still get comments like…

🧵

[Patrick Butler @patrickjbutler]

Shocked by the injustices revealed by the @guardian's stories on carer's allowance? @CarersUK has launched an online parliamentary petition calling for a review, and urgent action from DWP to cap and prevent large overpayment debts for unpaid carers.
https://t.co/wmxAUH80mt

[Katie Schmuecker @KatieSchmuecker]

The @jrf_uk response to the Prime Minister's speech - @IainKPorter said:

🗣️"This is an irresponsible war of words on people who already aren’t getting enough support, which the Government would rather not talk about. 1/4

[Patrick Butler @patrickjbutler]

My @guardian story (with @mattjpearce_ ): Half a million unpaid carers in the UK looking after frail, ill and disabled loved ones are failing to claim the £4,200-a-year carer’s allowance despite experiencing high levels of poverty, estimates show https://t.co/IJmhaPjGpU

[Pippa Crerar @PippaCrerar]

Single biggest thing government could do to reduce number of economically inactive people who are long-term sick is sort out our mental health services.

Two million people in England are on NHS mental health waiting lists. https://t.co/4jZ8ToSDAR