📈New stats today show the number of people out of work due to disability or ill health at record levels.

This is a consequence of underfunding our public services and pushing people into low-paid and insecure work. 1/3

🇬🇧 has a strong record on implementing rulings from the European Court of Human Rights👇

🔗infogram.com/implementing-e…

Something to be proud of.

#HumanRights #RuleOfLaw #ECHR

Reposting this , my experience of the CJS

Very grateful to be able to share my story of going through the cjs with Emma Guy EachOther I would be happy to speak to other journalists about my experience of having a case get to trial and dealing with the CPS after a not guilty verdict .

⚡NEWS: High Court finds Local Authority's housing policy to be discriminatory against women and girls escaping violence in successful judicial review challenge

Our Stephanie Harrison KC & Nadia O’Mara acted for the Claimant I/B Public Interest Law Centre.

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We are looking forward to tonight’s ‘Migration. Making Britain Great’ Campaign Film Launch Event: Hosted by the NEU in Mander Hall. 5.30pm.
Thanks to our partners IMIX 🧡 & Show Racism the Red Card and our supporter Gary Lineker
#MigrationMakingBritainGreat #MiGreatBritain

Rishi Sunak told LBC that he will not allow the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to stop flights to Rwanda. If the UK withdraws from the ECHR, it will be on a bench with Belarus and Russia. The Bill returns to the Commons on Monday. telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/…

Learning about the group who put the “school to prison line” posters on the tube.

The level of comfort shown when using hate-filled language against entire communities should worry everyone.

We call out politicians time and time again, and little seems to change.

How can this be accepted, on #InternationalRomaniDay , of all days? (1/3)

Important research on Extra Costs of Disability for Scottish Parliament Information Centre by colleagues Poverty Alliance Fraser of Allander Institute spice-spotlight.scot/2024/04/09/add… using #LivedExperience evidence is so important to understand unmet need and sacrifices people are making to get by

Hey AirTanker, long time no see.

2 years ago you told us you wouldn’t fly refugees to Rwanda on behalf of the UK government ... now you're not answering our calls.

So we're turning up the heat.
Tell AirTanker: Don't profit from refugees' pain 👇
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🗓️ From today, most benefit rates rise by 6.7% due to the normal annual ‘uprating’ rules to match inflation.

📉 But even after this, #UniversalCredit ’s basic rate will still fall far short of what’s needed to afford essentials like food, household bills and vital travel.🧵1/5

Today marks 30 years since the Rwandan genocide against the Tutsi began.

Our Director, @akabagabo, survived with her 6 month old baby, and was supported to rebuild her life.

30 years on, things are much more difficult for women seeking safety.

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Brilliant piece on the deep unfairness of spouse visa- income thresholds, which govt is raising from £18600 to £38,700 a year.

The changes mean that 75% of the UK population will essentially be priced out of cross-border love. standard.co.uk/comment/visa-r…

Michael Morgan Akala Young black men are 16 times more likely to be convicted of #jointenterprise murder or manslaughter than a white person. This statistic comes from Crown Prosecution Service own data from a 6 month pilot last year. Apparently they can’t explain why this is? JENGbA amp.theguardian.com/law/2023/sep/3…

People aren't 'using their mental health' to get out of work.

But rising poverty and low-quality work can lead to poorer mental health.

Tom Pollard spoke to Archie Bland about mental health, the benefits system and work.
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Josh King, a black electrician who was stopped and searched in his work uniform by the Metropolitan Police, claims officers told him he “does not look like an electrician” and believes he and his colleagues were racially profiled inews.co.uk/news/black-tra…

The European Movement UK European Movement UK has launched a petition to keep 🇬🇧 in the European Convention on #HumanRights 👇

🔗europeanmovement.co.uk/echr-petition

#OurRights #ECHR

A poll for @BritishFuture finds up to 3/4 of the 🇬🇧 public support amendments made to the #Rwanda Bill by the House of Lords👇

🔗britishfuture.org/public-backs-l…

64% agree with the amendment insisting that the govt complies with domestic and international law.

#ECHR #NotJustTheECHR

As one teacher says in the piece:

“There is this simplistic, romantic idea that education lifts people out of poverty, but you have to do something to mitigate the impacts of poverty or children can’t learn.”

It’s time to #GuaranteeOurEssentials

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