Stand Up For Your Rights - Waltham Forest.

Waltham Forest SUFYR is a local organisation that aims to support residents who are claiming benefits like JSA, ESA and Universal Credit.

[London Renters Union @LDNRentersUnion]

Private developers plan to start managing "affordable" homes for profit.

Social tenants are already failed by housing associations after years of under-funding and mismanagement.

Developers running these homes for profit can only make things worse.

https://t.co/Bvl8z1sUlZ

[Fuel Poverty Action @FuelPovAction]

We’re handing in our #EnergyForAll petition to No. 10!

As our bills rise, it’s time for @Keir_Starmer to start listening & put people before profit.

✍️ Over 660,000 people signed our call for a universal basic energy allowance, so no one has to suffer in fuel poverty.

[Fuel Poverty Action @FuelPovAction]

As bills rise, the government needs to do its duty and prevent energy starvation this winter.

🚨Today we're taking our #EnergyForAll petition to Number 10.

No one should have to struggle to survive in cold, damp homes: https://t.co/GSDQJqRwfe

[Prem Sikka @premnsikka]

Labour’s decision to cut winter fuel payments is mean and politically inept.

Assumed savings won't materialize

More pensioners will die. Every death from cold will be blamed on the chancellor.

There are alternatives.

Chancellor must row back. Will she?
https://t.co/Mvr0YJlOeD

[Paul Lewis @paullewismoney]

House of Lords report https://t.co/aQuSn1l7qF says DWP expects pension credit take up to increase from 60% to 65% so govt knows that 7 out of 8 of the 880,000 who could claim but don’t, still won’t. So its claims poorest are protected from loss of winter fuel payment are nonsense

[Unite For A Workers' Economy @UniteEconomy]

Has anyone seen @wesstreeting say anything on the impact of cutting the Winter Fuel Payment on the NHS?

He’s not usually shy but trying to find a quote from him on the Winter Fuel Payment is like playing a game of Where’s Wally?

#WheresWes?

https://t.co/OExlcOpPic

[Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis]

Since privatisation, the 16 water monopolies have paid out a total of £78,000,000,000 in dividends.

Meanwhile, we're swimming in and drinking our own excrement.

Enough is enough. Ask your MP to join the fight against the sewage scandal ⬇️

https://t.co/tfFaNT53hQ

[Sharon Graham @UniteSharon]

Why are @UKLabour picking the pockets of pensioners on the winter fuel payments instead of making those with the broadest shoulders actually pay?

https://t.co/DQFsCnwmGh @UniteEconomy

[Prem Sikka @premnsikka]

Labour govt has made a policy error in denying Winter Fuel Payments to poor and vulnerable pensioners.

Instead of listening, it is spinning and getting into more trouble.

It must change the policy ahead of higher energy bills and save lives.
https://t.co/X8MTmM61hC

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

The Grenfell Report gives us official confirmation: 72 people needlessly died because of corporate deceit, deregulation, privatisation, ignorance, and contempt for working-class communities.

We will never, ever forget.

[Prem Sikka @premnsikka]

Grenfell report says failures across govt & private sector led to Grenfell Tower becoming a death trap.

Corporations demand privatisation, deregulation, profiteering, govts oblige.

Ministers/Regulators cover-up and people die. No one is held to account.
https://t.co/83j4DB1wrj

[Unite For A Workers' Economy @UniteEconomy]

It is a political choice to freeze pensioners this winter.

Instead, @RachelReevesMP could tax the rich, increase tax on the profiteers & maybe look a bit closer to home…in the last 4 yrs MPs claimed over £1 MILLION for energy bills on their 2nd homes.

https://t.co/ix7jfN6DlR

[Prem Sikka @premnsikka]

Opera received £11.46m subsidy last year, another £24m for 2024 to 2026

There may be good reasons but why can't opera lovers pay the full market price?

Is working class entertainment subsidised?
https://t.co/OE9I4ear7A

[Prem Sikka @premnsikka]

'Five out of six' pensioners below the poverty line will lose Winter Fuel Payments.

That is 1.6m people.

Govt has lots of policy alternatives. There is no justification for removing WFP from the poor.

Help must be given all poor.

Tax the rich.
https://t.co/VXulk7M999

[Prem Sikka @premnsikka]

Winter Fuel Payment Cut - Some Issues

Elderly/Sick need higher temperatures.
Heating needs vary regionally. North is colder.
Sick/Disabled need to charge wheelchairs, medical equipment -more energy
Incomes vary regionally -impact of cuts varies.
How did govt weigh these factors?

[Prem Sikka @premnsikka]

Only 61.5% (1.4m) of eligible pensioners claim pension credits.

880,000 miss out - no access to computers, too proud, can't fill 22 page form, answer 243 questions.

Another 2m pensioners are marginally above the £11,336 income threshold. Will lose WFP.
https://t.co/SdZxD4lfog

[Prem Sikka @premnsikka]

You need income of £19,300 in retirement for a basic standard of living.

Due to low wages workers unable to save enough for pension. Most will rely on state pension.

Full state pension £11,502.

Poverty awaits

Must align state pension with minimum wage
https://t.co/jzxccCxvgB

[Isabella McRae @IsabellaMcrae]

The Department by @johnpringdns is a damning look at the benefits system and tells the stories of people who have died while fighting for support

Here's an extract – the story of James Oliver. It's a harrowing read but so important

https://t.co/jCTHU1QyTa

[Pluto Press @PlutoPress]

It's publication day for The Department by @johnpringdns!

The Department is a thoroughly researched exposé of the bureaucratic violence and hostility of the DWP over the last 30 years, and we are so honoured to publish it.

https://t.co/j8Urjpray2

[Ben Claimant 💚 Join a Union @BenClaimant]

Government plans for bank account surveillance are likely to violate human rights and could amount to “unlawful discrimination”.

The new snooping law will disproportionately impact disabled people, people of colour, women and older people.

https://t.co/9LRn4glkba