Daisy Sands
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Social justice campaigner. Head of Campaigns and Public Affairs @jrf_uk. Pragmatic idealist, if ever there were a thing. Views my own.
Joined January 2011
RT @jrf_uk: 🚨 Latest @DWPgovuk estimates show 3.2m families across the UK will lose income under the current plans to cut disability benefi….
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Exclusive: Internal government forecasts obtained by the Guardian reveal ‘truly shocking’ effects of planned cuts
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RT @DrFrancesRyan: Just incredibly bleak that when a Labour government is finally in power, disabled people still have to wake up to front….
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tax the rich.
A piece of abstract art consisting of a banana duct taped to a wall has sold for $6.2 million at auction. The artwork was bought by Chinese crypto tycoon Justin Sun, who said he plans to eat the banana as part of the experience.
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RT @sandsdaisy: 🇺🇸 The result of the U.S. election is devastating, but for progressives here in the UK, it offers us a critical chance to u….
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This is no easy challenge, but we have some brilliant ideas to share at @jrf_uk and will be working on many more in the coming months and years. I suspect Labour’s re-election in 2029 will depend on this issue more than any other.
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To prevent this, @UKLabour will need to offer a far more radical reshaping of the economy that delivers demonstrable improvements to the cost, and ability of people to afford, key essentials such as food, energy and housing.
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This paves the way for the UK populist right to replicate the success of their sister MAGA movement in the U.S.
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Our #Budget2024 analysis also shows that, on the current path, living standards are expected to *fall yet further* over the course of this parliament – by £770 a year for the average family, and even more for the poorest third
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Research by @Moreincommon_ for @jrf_uk shows that this is also very much the case for Labour’s key voters (their core vote retained from 2019 + Con-Lab switchers)👇
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The result is clear evidence that what matters most to U.S. voters on the economy is not the state of GDP growth, but the cost of living and how they feel about the money in their pockets.
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🇺🇸 The result of the U.S. election is devastating, but for progressives here in the UK, it offers us a critical chance to understand how to avoid a similar fate🧵.
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RT @jrf_uk: Today's #Budget2024 won’t be enough to fix the foundations for millions who struggle winter after winter in devastating hardshi….
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RT @LukeTryl: 🚨🧵 Failure to tackle hardship could be as damaging to Labour as the Lib Dems u-turn on tuition fees, new @Moreincommon_ resea….
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RT @jrf_uk: 💥 Families are at breaking point. It is an emergency when people cannot afford essential items like food, baby formula and san….
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RT @MayorofLondon: To our Black, Brown and minority communities: never forget that you are loved and wanted in London.
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RT @jrf_uk: Over recent days we have seen evidence of racism and Islamophobia. We stand in solidarity with communities who have faced intim….
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RT @jrf_uk: The Chancellor has said that she is making difficult decisions but they won't be as hard as the decisions made by families ever….
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Very interesting 👇.
An updated version of my deprivation by constituency chart, for the 2024 UK general election. Previous versions and more info:
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RT @undertheraedar: An updated version of my deprivation by constituency chart, for the 2024 UK general election. Previous versions and mor….
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👏👏👏👏.
Take it in. The first female chancellor. The first housing secretary who's actually lived in social housing. The first education secretary who was on free school meals. An energy secretary who actually believes in aggressively fighting climate change. Not a bad afternoon.
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