Reposted by Tom MacInnesAnna Dent @annadent.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This should have been said on day 1. It's been left too long, giving them more confidence and space to push their agenda and actions even further. This message needs to come from the PM, repeatedly. 1143
Reposted by Tom MacInnesDaniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport. 164115633178
Reposted by Tom MacInnesAlex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social · 27/08/2026The weather over the past 100 days: 🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅 🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅 🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅 🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅 🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🌧️ 012630
Reposted by Tom MacInnesNeil Miles @neilsmiles.com · 17/08/202629th August 1985 - An excited Michael Fish gets to deploy the rarely seen red number as the temperature gets up to an incredible 26 degrees in London! 521655712
Reposted by Tom MacInnesMusa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 15/08/2026From this review- “Think of all the diligent, decent black academics who have been lumbered with the embarrassment of having Arday as a figurehead” - no, think of *why* black academics are held collectively responsible in ways that white academics are not 745200993
Reposted by Tom MacInnesStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 15/08/2026There’s an underlying assumption a lot of people are making that if a black guy successfully misleads you, it means you have set your racism levels too low. 292432408
Tom MacInnes @tommacinnes.bsky.social · 12/08/2026A brilliant brilliant essay which explains the maths behind why Spotify always recommends me something I’ll like and never anything I‘ll love 153
Reposted by Tom MacInnesDorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Terrible argument. Making subscriptions easy to cancel IS a better product and makes the industry look less scammy 1949454
Tom MacInnes @tommacinnes.bsky.social · 09/08/2026I get there’s algorithms at work but there is no good reason why I’m seeing this story on the BBC beyond the fact there is some culture war adjacent stuff going on in WNBA rn. There are no other NBA or WNBA stories on the page (also I’m not into basketball) www.bbc.co.uk/sport/basket...bbc.co.ukChicago's DiJonai Carrington ejected for hard foul on Sophie CunninghamChicago Sky guard DiJonai Carrington is ejected from her side's defeat by Indiana Fever for committing a hard foul, before taking to social media to post "white privilege". 150
Reposted by Tom MacInnesPhilarsopher @philarsopher.bsky.social · 23/07/2026He came from Greece, was bad at first for Norwich… 56115
Reposted by Tom MacInnesCitizens Advice @citizensadvice.bsky.social · 21/07/2026💡 The last few years have shown just how quickly global events can drive up our energy prices. But incomes and bill support mechanisms have not kept up. It’s time for the government to #TurnTheTide on energy, housing and debt. Read more ⤵️ bit.ly/4eWFL1M 033
Reposted by Tom MacInnes Sarah Hadfield @drsarahhadfield.bsky.social · 10/07/2026New 🔦SPOTLIGHT 🔦Report by @citizensadvice.bsky.social finds UC can create barriers to victim-survivors of domestic abuse to financial independence and freedom. Based on frontline insights, the report highlights 6 common challenges faced by claimants. www.citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publi...citizensadvice.org.ukUniversal Credit and domestic abuse: a spotlight reportSpotlight report by Dr Sarah Hadfield on how Universal Credit could better support victim-survivors of domestic abuse. 175
Reposted by Tom MacInnesMaddy Rose @maddyirose.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Some shocking stats on the impact of frozen support for housing costs. Ending the freeze is a no-brainer for boosting living standards 👇 032
Reposted by Tom MacInnesMayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 26/06/2026This is remarkable. 912765773
Reposted by Tom MacInnesStuart Hoddinott @stuarthoddinott.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Love this as a prevention case study: - Low cost, even revenue raising in the short term - Improves health outcomes and reduces costly hospital admissions Shows political leadership is key: - Politically costly for Khan to implement - Did it despite cost savings landing outside GLA 8380161
Tom MacInnes @tommacinnes.bsky.social · 08/06/2026This is true and also Prefab Sprout are an amazing band I wish I’d got into sooner. 110
Reposted by Tom MacInnesDavid Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Treating any communication platform that algorithmically selects which content to put in front of a user as a publisher, and legally responsible for that content, is the screamingly obvious solution that will deeply upset maybe seven companies and make life considerably better. 4744266
Reposted by Tom MacInnesCaroline Marrows @cmarrows.bsky.social · 21/05/2026"The people coming to us every 30 seconds in crisis aren't just worrying about August, they're already struggling now and fear things will only get worse as winter hits" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukCheaper theme park tickets and children's meals as VAT to be cut for some attractions this summerChancellor Rachel Reeves made a series of announcements aimed at relieving cost-of-living pressures. 001
Reposted by Tom MacInnesEd Pemberton @epemberton.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Today, alongside the @healthfoundation.bsky.social , we’ve published a major report looking at the link between poor health and housing. Too many people in the UK live in homes that are making them sick and it’s worsening health inequalities. www.citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publi...citizensadvice.org.ukBuilding healthier foundations: How to improve access to healthy housing for allReport funded by the Health Foundation exploring the links between housing and health 11010
Reposted by Tom MacInnesCaroline Marrows @cmarrows.bsky.social · 15/05/2026www.mirror.co.uk/money/britis...mirror.co.ukBritish Gas to pay customers compensation over forced prepayment meter scandalBritish Gas apologies for controversy in which debt agents working on its behalf had broken into the homes of vulnerable customers to fit prepayment energy meters 001
Reposted by Tom MacInnesBen Baumberg Geiger @benbgeiger.bsky.social · 01/05/2026***The Disability Statistics Disaster*** I don't trust the official UK statistics on trends in the disability employment gap, and neither should you... -> New blog post at inequalities.substack.com/p/the-disabi... 1611
Reposted by Tom MacInnesNick Pearce @iprnickp.bsky.social · 01/05/2026This is an astonishingly successful public policy reform, and so heartening. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...theguardian.comMartha’s rule may have saved more than 500 lives in England since 2024Patient safety mechanism which gives patients the right to seek a second opinion having ‘lifesaving impact’, says health secretary 320266
Reposted by Tom MacInnesStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Really good answer from Kompany on Mourinho, Vinicius Jr and all that:youtu.beKompany SLAMS Mourinho over VINICIUS INCIDENT —Calls out RACISM in FOOTBALL | FULL ADDRESSYouTube video by Diario AS 25311
Reposted by Tom MacInnesResolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 11/02/2026Speaking to the Unsung Britain conference yesterday, @claremoriarty.bsky.social from @citizensadvice.bsky.social emphasised the importance of joined up policy making ⤵️ 022
Reposted by Tom MacInnesChaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 23/01/2026NEW: Planned welfare reform could see big benefit cuts for disabled people who can't work, Citizens Advice has warned The government wants to replace long-term ESA disability benefits with a new, much more time-limited benefit called Unemployment Insurance (UI) www.bigissue.com/news/social-...bigissue.comDisabled people could face benefit cuts – even if they cannot workLong-term claimants of employment and support allowance could be moved over to a new, time-limited disability benefit – equating to cuts. 1310898
Reposted by Tom MacInnesAnoosh Chakelian @anooshc.bsky.social · 12/12/2025This year - one of both mat leave and reporting travels around the country - I've found an alternative story to the "Broken Britain" narrative. My column for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social Christmas issue:newstatesman.comI was wrong about Broken BritainThe country can feel divided and lost, but there’s always another side to the story 17425
Tom MacInnes @tommacinnes.bsky.social · 08/12/2025Ahead of our end of year Data Insights session (sign up here! Featuring special guest @anooshc.bsky.social from the New Statesman www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/turning-th...) I wrote something very short on the 2 child limit, living standards and political ambition medium.com/p/9e10a39f80cfeventbrite.co.ukTurning the Tide or Treading Water? Living Standards After the BudgetAfter the government’s key announcements and the recent Autumn Budget, we’ll explore what those decisions mean for households and families. 066
Tom MacInnes @tommacinnes.bsky.social · 02/12/2025100% against the concept of things/ people being ‘overrated’. Goes for music, football, films whatever. If you don’t like it, say what you think, don’t bring others’ opinions into it. 120
Reposted by Tom MacInnesCitizens Advice @citizensadvice.bsky.social · 01/12/2025The living standards crisis will worsen without urgent action. Targeted bill support is needed. For energy alone, it could save 5.6 million households an average of £360 a year. The government and suppliers must act now to stop people spiralling into debt. 012
Tom MacInnes @tommacinnes.bsky.social · 01/12/2025It is a lot of tweets but it’s worth reading. As he says - you can disagree on the substance. But we need to talk about the substance! 010
Reposted by Tom MacInnesCitizens Advice @citizensadvice.bsky.social · 26/11/2025"Scrapping the two-child limit and addressing high energy bills will prevent hundreds of thousands of children from growing up in poverty and help households across the country keep the lights on." Our CEO responds to today's Autumn Budget ⤵️ bit.ly/4pDEOzb 0117
Reposted by Tom MacInnesAlex Belsham-Harrris @alexbelsham-harris.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Great to see energy bills cut by average £150 in the budget - with the focus rightly on tackling the disproportionate cost of electricity. This should make it easier for people to benefit from clean power, and support people on electric heating, who are often in the deepest fuel poverty 1/2 122
Reposted by Tom MacInnesLaura Hutchinson 🌸 @lauralhutch.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Poverty is so expensive to our state and public services. It damages life chances for children and has a massive drag on the economy. Here’s what one of our brilliant frontline advisers wrote in our Budget submission on this: 111
Reposted by Tom MacInnesLaura Hutchinson 🌸 @lauralhutch.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Scrapping the two-child limit is a brilliant step forward. Reversing this cruel policy will not only pull hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty altogether (and lift many more out of very deep poverty); it will also stop over 100 additional children from being pulled into poverty every day 142
Reposted by Tom MacInnesPolly Mackenzie @pollymackenzie.bsky.social · 25/11/2025One of the big mistakes the left made was branding tax credits as corporate welfare. You need cash transfers as well as a minimum wage because different people have different financial needs. A minimum wage high enough to support three kids and a disabled spouse is not a sensible minimum wage. 2388
Reposted by Tom MacInnesStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 25/11/2025Why the two-child limit has to go, in a chart. 20406146
Reposted by Tom MacInnesDan Barrett @dasbarrett.bsky.social · 23/11/2025Buckle up friend it’s time for bread made out of crisps 🍞 🥔 Full disclosure it was not a flawless first attempt. The aim was to make a loaf of bread where the majority ingredient is crisps. 1. Buy 450g of crisps, without shame 3288
Reposted by Tom MacInnesCaroline Marrows @cmarrows.bsky.social · 19/11/2025news.sky.com/story/best-a...news.sky.comBest and worst parcel delivery companies revealedRoyal Mail, Amazon, DPD, Evri and Yodel have been ranked in light of a report from Citizens Advice, which finds millions of people are experiencing problems with their parcel deliveries. 001
Tom MacInnes @tommacinnes.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Proper good news today - the Renters' Rights Act gets Royal Assent. Citizens Advice see 200 people a day with problems in private rented housing. The act shifts the balance towards tenants, but it's just the start, as @tessthompsonca.bsky.social says here wearecitizensadvice.org.uk/the-renters-...wearecitizensadvice.org.ukThe Renters’ Rights Act is here — but the work is just beginningAfter years of waiting, the Renters’ Rights Act has finally received Royal Assent and passed into law. We’ve campaigned hard for this, and… 145
Reposted by Tom MacInnesSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Is saying that the Jews run the world antisemitic or just vigilant? Tune in for next week's episode of "is it racist to be racist" 17683162
Reposted by Tom MacInnesCaroline Marrows @cmarrows.bsky.social · 21/10/2025www.theguardian.com/money/2025/o...theguardian.comMillions in households in England and Wales are stuck in the red, says charityCitizens Advice says 4 million people spending more on essentials than they earn amid ever-increasing bills 002