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Andy Vail

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Church Action on Poverty @church-poverty.org.uk · 18/03/2025
"It is profoundly unjust that the costs of the increased risks in the world are borne not by those who are gaining the most, or even those who actively profit from these risks, but by the weakest in our society and across the globe." jpit.uk/repeatedly-t...
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Repeatedly taking the easy choice on welfare – Joint Public Issues Team
JPIT’s Paul Morrison responds to potential disability benefit cuts. In the November 2024 budget the Chancellor decided to keep the last government’s £3bn of disability benefit cuts which were pencille...
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Andy Vail @avweoley.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
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Sign the petition: Scrap plans to cut aid
I just signed the petition calling on the PM not to cut support for the world’s poorest to pay for more defence spending - tax the ultra rich instead! Can you sign too?
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Christian Aid @christianaiduk.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Patrick Watt, Chief Executive for Christian Aid response to the proposed cuts to the UK Aid budget. Read full article here: independent.co.uk/voices/inter... #Aid #KeirStarmer #Trump
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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
What the government can’t afford: ❌Lifting children out of poverty ❌Disability benefits ❌Compensation for WASPI women ❌Winter fuel allowance What the government can afford: an extra £13.4 billion on the military. Never any money for the poor. Always enough money for war.
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Andy Vail @avweoley.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Reminder: Free travel on West Midlands Buses today
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Red Letter Christians UK @redletterxnsuk.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
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Andy Vail @avweoley.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Latest research from Oct finds around 7 million low-income households are still going without essentials. 📢 This number has barely moved for three years. 5.4 million low-income households said they were unable to afford enough food in the past 30 days. www.jrf.org.uk/cost-of-livi...
A bar chart showing the number of low-income households in the UK in millions going without the essentials from May 2022 - October 2024. This number has stayed around 7 million the whole time.
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Mark Crail @markcrail.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Day 2 of the #Chartism themed #AdventCalendar🎄 Thomas Attwood, founder of the Birmingham Political Union A Chartist a day till Christmas www.chartistancestors.co.uk/thomas-attwo...
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Thomas Attwood 1783 - 1856 - chartist ancestors
Thomas Attwood was the founder of the Birmingham Political Union, a campaigner for the 1832 Reform Act who was involved in the early stages of Chartism
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Andy Vail @avweoley.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Good News for Christmas shoppers from Transport for West Midlands:
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