Josh Halliday
@JoshHalliday
Followers
54K
Following
2K
Media
396
Statuses
3K
North of England editor, @guardian. @LUFC fan from Bradford, @sunderlanduni alumni, Paul Foot award winner. DMs open.
The North of England
Joined December 2008
“I’m very sore, very shaken, very emotional and I’m frightened to be honest”
theguardian.com
Exclusive: Video shows veteran campaigner being dragged and handcuffed and she says bail conditions effectively confine her to her house
1
5
8
Steve Coogan's not holding back:.
theguardian.com
Exclusive: Actor says Keir Starmer’s party has caused a ‘derogation of all the principles they were supposed to represent’
7
13
29
Three bosses at the hospital where Lucy Letby worked have been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter. More on @guardian soon.
8
31
79
“There’s a certain sense of despair among professionals,” said one NHS leader. “We’re trying our best but I’m not sure how much we can do. It’s deep-rooted, it’s extreme, but it’s a symptom of something broader and deeper happening across all society.”.
0
0
1
💊The NHS is battling "medieval" levels of untreated illness in some of Britain's poorest communities – at a cost to the health service of about £50bn a year, or the same as the defence budget. My big read from Barrow, Blackpool, Burnley and Blackburn:.
1
7
9
Let’s hope some good comes out of this horrifying death:
theguardian.com
Nursery worker would not have been convicted of Genevieve Meehan’s manslaughter without footage, parents say
1
2
3
RT @boltonbird00: Thank you @JoshHalliday for listening to me and supporting me. Anyone who has received a letter saying they have been ove….
0
1
0
The latest figures show that the government is clawing back at least £357m in carer’s allowance paid out in error over the last six years, leaving hundreds of people with criminal records and some with debts of more than £20,000.
1
0
0
Nicola appealed against the DWP's fine before a tribunal judge, who quashed it in barely 30 minutes last month. Despite pursuing hear for more than a year, no government official turned up for the hearing.
1
0
0
“I can’t believe what they’re putting people through,” Nicola said. “[I’m] just a law-abiding person, who has never broken the law in my life. I’ve always tried to do things by the book … It feels like harassment.”.
1
0
0
Nicola Green was pursued by the DWP for more than a year after she was accused of fraudulently claiming nearly £3,000 in carer’s allowance. When Green insisted she was innocent, the DWP wrote to her employer without her knowledge to try to recoup the sum from her pay.
1
0
0
Carer's Allowance latest: The mother of a teenager with cerebral palsy has demanded an end to the “sickening harassment” of unpaid carers after a significant legal victory against the government.
theguardian.com
Nicola Green, 42, speaks out after significant legal victory against department that accused her of fraud UK politics live – latest updates
4
3
4
Carer's allowance latest: A young carer who looked after her disabled mother from the age of eight was forced to repay more than £2,000 after receiving false advice from a DWP official. by @patrickjbutler .
theguardian.com
Rose Jones, who cared for mother from age of eight, twice wrongly advised by work coach on joining DWP job scheme
0
4
0
Important thread on what happens when family carers are looking after their loved ones in hospital. NHS say these family carers are vital. But DWP cuts their benefit if loved one is in hospital for 28 days as it says their needs are being met. NHS staff disagree.
Visual story of our hospital stay at start of year . Hospital admitted today: “Staff sometimes take a step back & leave the loved one or carer to provide much of the care.”. That carer was me. Stayed 24/7 doing all care while @DWP stopped both PIP & CA. reality of unpaid care 🧵
1
12
13
RT @Corner_Eighteen: @WillowKaty @patrickjbutler @JoshHalliday There’s a link in the blog to get in touch with @patrickjbutler and @JoshHal….
0
2
0
This is an incredibly powerful piece on covering Israel-Gaza (and, actually, journalism in conflict zones) by my amazing colleague @mck_beth, who has just returned from a four-year slog in Jerusalem.
theguardian.com
After four years reporting from Israel and Palestine, our correspondent is returning to the UK. She reveals the grief, horror and hope that defined her time there
0
0
3
Essential read by @johnharris1969 on Britain’s care crisis. The carer’s allowance scandal, he says, is “the ultimate example of the institutionalised callousness displayed towards family carers”. Link below 👇.
Passed over, targeted, fined but is the magnificence of UK family carers finally being recognised? via @johnharris1969
1
6
8
RT @patrickjbutler: "Something has gone very wrong": how the carer's allowance scandal was exposed - and why DWP failed to fix it for eigh….
theguardian.com
A Guardian investigation revealed how hundreds of thousands of people were plunged into debt – and some criminalised – for looking after their loved ones
0
39
0
Eight years on. We’ll never forget all of those caught up in the devastating Manchester Arena attack. They’re never far from my thoughts. Sending love to them all.
2
4
15