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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Reporting from London Centric has exposed the ongoing mass eviction of hundreds of tenants from properties across London owned by Asif Aziz. Our lives should never be at the mercy of one capricious billionaire: we need to tax billionaire wealth, build social homes, and change our system.

Graphic stating billionaires cause homelessness with a quote from London Centric reading "London's worst mass eviction in recent history", referring to Asif Aziz's eviction of hundreds of people. Billionaires should be taxed, the graphic concludes.

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Will they be pretty? Will they be rich? Maybe they'll just be rich. But which billionaire will be your Valentine today?

Flowchart exploring which billionaire will be your Valentine is based on tax payment, inheritance, media power, and controversies.

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Billionaires are organising across the world, from South African billionaires trying to win control of political parties to American oligarchs undermining democracy wherever they can. The only way to stand up to them is for workers to organise back #heartunions

Green and yellow layered heart with #heartunions text, stating billionaires organise so workers must organise

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

If we want to build a more equal society, unions must be a key part of that. We know that more unionised societies are more equal, workers are more protected, and communities stronger - but that's far from the only reason to #heartunions this week

Green and yellow hearts display union benefits like maternity pay, sick pay, and pensions rights on a dark background.

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

We asked our supporters who they'd hypothetically vote for in the Gorton and Denton by-election and a general election. 1/3 said they prioritised voting against a disliked party. This week we're asking what you'd do with the House of Lords. Vote now: equalitytrust.org.uk/weekly-poll

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

The completely shocking utterly unsurprising reports about Mandelson, Epstein and banks show how broken the UK's system is – but we're not alone. Billionaires are exerting influence worldwide. We should stop them.

Collage of news clippings highlights billionaire influence on democracy, tax policies, and political campaigns worldwide.

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

We're hiring a new Senior Digital Engagement Officer to help grow our movement and tell stories about inequality's damage to our society! Apply by 5th Feb: equalitytrust.org.uk/job-vacancy/se…

Person holding a green sign reading 'TAX THE RICH' at a protest, with a job vacancy for Senior Digital Engagement Officer by Equality Trust below.

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Join us and our friends at Compass for the launch of Professor Kate Pickett's new book The Good Society online at 6pm on Wed 4th February. Featuring a truly stacked lineup of Caroline Lucas, Ruth Lister, George Monbiot and of course, Professor Kate Pickett. Sign up now: ow.ly/kkpb50Y794O

A picture of Kate Pickett inviting you to the launch of her book the Good Society at 6pm on Wednesday 4th February.

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Inequality is moving fast. We've got 20,000 supporters to keep informed, MPs to lobby, research to promote, narratives to build, and community organising work all over the country. Be a part of that! Apply to be our next Senior Digital Engagement Officer: ow.ly/8WzP50Y3GsP

A job vacancy image featuring a woman speaking into a megaphone at a community event, as if to convey the idea of an engagement officer.
The text reads: new job vacancy, Senior Digital Engagement Officer. Fulltime, £42,064. London/hybrid. Apply by Thurs 5th February.

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Enough money to end global poverty 26 times over. That's how much money billionaires have made since 2020 according to Oxfam's new research. But instead of doing that, they're using this obscene cash pile to brazenly manipulate politics, buy governments, and rule us.

Oxfam research reveals £13.7 trillion wealth concentrated among 3,000 billionaires worldwide. This is bad.

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Oxfam's new billionaire wealth tracker is the most entertainingly depressing tool I've seen in a while – the sheer scale of riches hoarded by billionaires is obscene, especially when you see how much public good tiny fractions of it could do. www.oxfam.org/en/oxfam-billionaire-…

Oxfam Billionaire Wealth Tracker showing billionaires' wealth increased by $9.8 billion in one day, compared with how little of that money it would take to provide clean water.

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Maybe you're doing dry January, Veganuary, or trying something else to live a little better this month. You know who isn't? The richest. The UK's richest produced more carbon in 8 days than 50% of the population use in a year.

A headline describing Oxfam's new research report: The richest 1% have already exceeded their carbon emission share for 2026 in just a few days. Private jets fly behind the headline.

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

The average FTSE 100 CEO is making 113 times the median full-time worker's wage – but why rely on averages? Our calculator can tell you exactly how long it'll take a CEO to get paid your salary 🫵 Try it now: equalitytrust.org.uk/news/ceos-paid…

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

What do you do when CEO pay is so out of control that your boss is paid your whole year's wage in just 29 hours? Tax it. High Pay Centre's proposal would progressively increase a company's corporation tax the more the CEOs is overpaid. Sign now: you.38degrees.org.uk/p/fatcattax

Graphic with a cat outline and text asking how to stop a fat cat, answered by 'FAT CAT TAX' in bold letters. A button appeals for you to sign the petition.

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

As you're reading this — literally right now — FTSE 100 CEOs have just been paid as much as an entire year's wage for the median full time worker. After just a couple of days back. I haven't even cleared my inbox yet.

Bar chart showing FTSE 100 CEOs are paid a year's median full time wage in just 29 hours, compared to £594 for median workers after 29 hours.

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Wealth in the UK is extremely concentrated at the top: over half belongs to the richest 10%, while the richest 1% control over a fifth by themselves. But the bottom half of the population – nearly 34 million people – have less than 1/20th between them. This is bad for all of us. It has to change.

UK wealth distribution shows 50% of people hold just 4.6%, while top 10% own 57%.

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

We've never had a better Big Give! Thanks to all of you, we smashed through our target with over 500 donations and £51,133 raised. Thank you! We're incredibly grateful to all of you for donating and sharing our message this Christmas 💖

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

There's just one hour left to join the movement for equality by donating in our fundraising drive! Give if you can! Find some spare change! I'll take whatever you have in your pocket at: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS00…

One hour remaining to participate in the Big Give charity event by Equality Trust.

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

🎊We're so close!🎊 This is your last chance to double your donation, be part of the movement of the 99% and help us raise that final 1% at donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS00…

A screenshot of the Big Give platform showing the Equality Trust's fundraising appeal with only £281 of match funds left.

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

There's precisely 24 hours left in the Big Give! We have £2100 of matching funds left on the table – we'll use them to double your donation, but we can't use anything left over after 12pm tomorrow! donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS00…

One day remaining in the Big Give fundraiser with 92% of the £50k target reached by Equality Trust.

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

"What's the most commonly overheard phrase of the moment? Everything is broken." Equality is a long road, but there's hope. Our Co-Executive Director Priya Sahni-Nicholas on why we can win with your help: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS00…

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Thanks to your generosity, we've raised £26,240 of our £50,000 goal with the Big Give Christmas Challenge! We're over halfway – and anything you can donate by 12pm December 9th will be doubled! Donate now: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS00…

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Billionaires don't need more money next year, but we do. We're trying to raise the funds we need to campaign for wealth taxes, power over our own political and economic systems, and real investment in people and planet.

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Inequality is in every part of the UK down to the land under our feet. We need equally deep structural change to fight it: that's why the Equality Trust exists. We need to raise £50,000 to keep fighting: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS00…

Chart showing England and Wales land ownership in 2018: Aristocracy 30%, Corporations 18%, Oligarchs & Bankers 18%, Unregistered 17%, Public Sector 8.5%, Homeowners 5%, conservation charities 2%, and the Crown Estate 1.4%. Data from Guy Shrubsole, 2018.

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Profiteers don't need your money next year. We do. We're trying to raise £50k to stay in the fight against inequality and the billionaires trying to impose their whims on our society. The good news: we're doubling everything donated this week: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS00…

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Thanks to your support, we've raised over £10,000 in less than 24 hours! It's our best start to the Big Give Christmas Challenge ever ✨ This is people power! Let's keep going to win equality! 💪🏾 Donate now and we'll double it: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS00…

A tax extreme wealth banner and megaphone underneath a message thanking our day 1 donors to the Big Give Christmas Challenge

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Unlike millionaires, we can't just pay for our opinions to be on the front page. But with your help, we're changing the conversation anyway. Don't let them stop us! If you donate today, we'll double it. That's twice the headlines next year! 👉https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS000006FaMIYA0

Headline paraphrased from from The Guardian about the ultra-rich influencing British politics through donations, media control, and House of Lords appointments.

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Our system is broken. A tiny number of people have gotten obscenely wealthy at our expense, used that money to warp democracy in their favour, and locked us into crisis. We need to win this fight – right now, if you can donate, we'll double it. donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS00…

Graphic showing a portrait of UK billionaire Sir Len Blavatnik with text stating that his wealth, alone, would be enough to end homelessness. He doesn't done this, obviously. Instead, he's spent money lobbying for Israel.

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

We need you 🫵 Starting right now, we'll double any donation you make through the Big Give Christmas Challenge! If you've ever wanted to fight for a more equal UK, right now, your impact is doubled. Donate now: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS00…

Bold text reading 'Double Your Impact' with dates for doubled donations from 2 Dec to 9 Dec and a small image of a megaphone and protest sign about tax and wealth inequality.

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

We should all be worried about the way that inequality is eating away at our communities, society, and democracy. It's led to bad governance, with policy only serving the interests of a narrow elite, and it's led to public trust in our system collapsing.

Quote by Louis D. Brandeis from 1933, reading "We must make our choice. We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we cannot have both."

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Combine that with a growing House of Lords and more and more powerful unelected figures shaping policy at the highest levels, and you get a country that's been getting more politically unequal since 2000.

Graph showing increasing concentration of political power in the UK from 2000 to 2025

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

The influence of money through big political donations is obvious, and donations of over £250k grew from £7.6m 20 years ago to over £47m today. But we also found that the share of national wealth held by the top 1% is strongly correlated with inequality of power.

Scatter plot showing a positive correlation between wealth inequality and concentration of political power in the UK.

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

We found three key drivers of this growing political inequality: money, especially through the growing influence of big political donations; increasing media concentration; and the growth of unelected power in places like the House of Lords.

Infographic showing how the ultra rich influence politics through increased money donations, media control, and House of Lords membership growth.

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

We can all feel the inequality of power in this country. Our study finds it's been getting worse since 2000 as the growing wealth of the super-rich is translating into more and more control over politics. 🧵

Headline: ultra rich are reshaping British politics.
Subheading: New study from the Equality Trust shows that big donations, media ownership, and House of Lords appointments are warping political decisions

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

The sources of the crises in our society – the super rich, oil and gas companies, banks and energy companies – will be delighted that today's budget chooses to protect them and tax us instead.

UK budget 2025 could raise £60bn from taxing the super rich; Labour raises £430m, leaving £59.6bn untapped.

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Every budget is a collection of political choices. This one chose to double down on a broken system. Protecting billionaires at the expense of the rest of us will entrench inequality and further undermine peoples' faith in the system.

The sources of the UK’s crises – the super rich, oil and gas companies, banks and energy companies – will be pleased with today’s budget. The Chancellor chose to protect them from the public’s demands and continue on a path where inequality of wealth becomes inequality of power. The government could have taken real steps towards building the more equal society the public demand. Options were on the table to tax wealth and income from wealth, tax polluters, and invest in people.

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Ending the two-child benefit cap in today's budget is huge, wonderful news for the 500,000 children lifted out of poverty and the 1 million who will face less deep poverty. But the other 4.1m children in poverty deserve the same. This was the right start: now do the rest.

Line graph showing child poverty rates from 2022/23 to 2029/30, comparing default rates and rates if the two-child cap is removed.

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

The super-rich have thrived at our expense over the last 35 years. This much wealth in the hands of 156 people is corrosive to the public good. Today's budget must take steps towards a system where billionaires do not exist!

Line graph showing UK billionaires' wealth rising from £58.8bn in 1990 to £619.5bn in 2025, highlighting dramatic growth over 35 years.

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

People with disabilities face huge barriers to accessing work – and when they are working, are underpaid by an average of £4,000 a year. But employers don't even need to report their disability pay gaps, let alone work to close them.

People disabilities face 49 days of unpaid work starting November 12 due to a £4,000 disability pay gap.

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Doing all this popular and fair stuff to tax the rich would be great on its own terms, but it could also help allow real investment in our future – and that pays dividends. Plus you get a better society out of it. Everyone wins, including the richest!

Taxing the rich to help build social homes could save £4.5bn in housing benefit and £3.3bn in universal credit; for everyone £100 spent on community spare there is a 31% return on investment, and the two-child benefit cap causes child poverty that costs the state £3.2bn every year. Investing in people pays!

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Did the richest work harder to win their explosion of wealth? No! The cost of living crisis allowed banks, energy companies, water companies, supermarkets and more to do absolutely nothing and watch their profits soar off our higher bills. Taxing the richest would be about taking our wealth back.

Infographic explaining why taxing the rich is justified, highlighting £24.1 billion bank profits, £30 billion energy profits, and water bills funding private debt.

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Our tax system hugely favours the wealthiest. Taxes on income from work are much higher than passive income from wealth, allowing millionaires to pay effective tax rates that are half what the rest of us pay. Taxing the richest would make that system much fairer.

A graph showing the proportion of income paid in tax by the poorest 10% and the richest 10% in the UK. The proportion paid by the poorest 10% is consistently higher by about 10 percentage points from 2016 to 2024

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Homelessness, foodbank use, and child poverty have all been growing alongside the wealth of the super rich. These things are two sides of the same coin: inequality is undermining our ability to provide for everyone.

A graph showing UK billionaire wealth rising from £200bn to £650bn from 2010 to 2024. Over the same period, foodbank use increases from almost nothing in 2010 to a spike around 2015 of over 1mn, then continues to rocket up to over 3mn by 2024

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Taxing the rich could raise billions in the next budget – but that's far from the only reason to do it. Taxing the richest is popular, fair, and necessary to start making society more equal and our economy work better for everyone. Here's why:

Infographic explaining how taxing the rich can raise billions through closing tax loopholes and wealth taxes. Key points include £24bn from a wealth tax, £15bn from bank windfall taxes, £14bn a year from equalising capital gains taxes, and other loopholes and subsidies for polluters.

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Who do you side with? The Telegraph's How I Spent It column or Ursula K. Le Guin?

Comparison of a Telegraph column on earning £71,000 but resenting people receiving benefits with a 1974 Ursula K. Le Guin quote on deserving and earning from The Dispossessed. The salient part of the quote reads: "No man earns punishment, no man earns reward. Free your mind of the idea of deserving, the idea of earning, and you will begin to be able to think. "

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

For Trustee Week, we asked our hard-working trustees to tell us how they felt about the UK's situation and the Equality Trust's mission to build a more equal society. Read more: equalitytrust.org.uk/news/blog/wh...

A quote from trustee Dianne Danquah that reads: To be a trustee, you have to believe in the mission of the organisation and want to see it thrive. I became an Equality Trust trustee to support the work of making society more equal for everyone.

In this current system, it is hard to find time to be involved in what you believe in outside of the job you need to survive but fighting against inequality is core to my beliefs and deserves the time and attention.

Quote from Rosanne Fienga reading: The UK’s inequality crisis continues to deepen. Our research paints a stark picture, showing that just 50 families have more wealth than 50% of the UK population. And as the number of billionaires continues to grow, so does in-work poverty, foodbank use and rates of child poverty.

This dystopian concentration of wealth isn’t just morally indefensible, it is reflected in the lived experience of millions of people just surviving, in one of the richest countries on the planet. The movement we are building to tackle inequalities of income, wealth and power has never been more critical.

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

In just one day, someone in the richest 0.1% will produce more carbon pollution than half the world's population produce in a year according to new research from Oxfam. Inequality and pollution are inextricably linked. We need to #MakeRichPollutersPay

Chart showing higher environmental problems in countries with greater income inequality, highlighting USA and Israel as outliers.

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

In last week's poll, our supporters trusted grassroots democracy more than national politicians to tax the richest, and a majority wanted citizens assemblies with tax and spend powers. This week, we're asking: what should be done with your water company? Vote now: equalitytrust.org.uk/weekly-poll/

Results from the Equality Trust's weekly poll of supporters (which is not a representative poll of the public) asking whether people trust international bodies, national governments, devolved governments, local governments or citizens assemblies more when it comes to taxing corporations, super rich individuals, or devolving more tax and spend powers.
Results: Who do you most trust to tax corporations? UN/OECD, 13.8%; EU, 10.9%; National governments, 23.7%; Devolved governments, 4.2%, Local governments, 1.1%; Citizens assemblies, 46.3%
Results: Who do you trust most to tax super-rich individuals? UN/OECD, 12%; EU, 6.7%; National governments, 26.2%; Devolved governments, 3.9%, Local governments, 1.8%; Citizens assemblies, 49.5%
Results: Who would you want to empower to make more tax and spend decisions? UN/OECD, 7.1%; EU, 3.5%; National governments, 19.1%; Devolved governments, 7.1%, Local governments, 7.1%; Citizens assemblies, 56.2%

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Reeves has said she can’t "leave welfare untouched" – now that's scary. Cuts are still terrifying people with disabilities. We need the government to rule out taking their support away with the same zeal they rule out taxing the super rich.

Hands rising from graves marked with crosses and a tombstone labeled 'Austerity,' with bold green text stating 'Austerity Should Stay Dead.'

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