Alex Firth
@alexwfirth.bsky.social
Advocacy & Comms at Just Fair / economic, social and cultural rights are human rights / build more homes.
Work on the UK, based in Mexcio City.
www.justfair.org.uk
Work on the UK, based in Mexcio City.
www.justfair.org.uk
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Why is Britain letting 170,000 children grow up without a home?
New data out today shows the number of children classed as homeless is the highest since records began. Alex Firth writes of a nation’s shame
www.independent.co.uk
172,000 children are growing up without a home in England.
We’ve normalised a level of child homelessness that would have been unthinkable a decade ago.
I wrote in @independentvoices.bsky.social about why a right to housing matters now more than ever 👇
www.independent.co.uk/voices/homel...
We’ve normalised a level of child homelessness that would have been unthinkable a decade ago.
I wrote in @independentvoices.bsky.social about why a right to housing matters now more than ever 👇
www.independent.co.uk/voices/homel...
You could earn $1 million every day since humans invented writing, and you’d still be poorer than the world’s first trillionaire.
Tesla shareholders have approved a pay package that could make CEO Elon Musk, already the world’s richest person, the world’s first trillionaire. https://cnn.it/43KZnkA
November 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
You could earn $1 million every day since humans invented writing, and you’d still be poorer than the world’s first trillionaire.
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❗️3.8 MILLION children are facing hunger in the UK.
And the biggest driver? The two-child benefit cap.
This cruel policy restricts support for families on a low income to their first 2 kids.
And the biggest driver? The two-child benefit cap.
This cruel policy restricts support for families on a low income to their first 2 kids.
November 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
❗️3.8 MILLION children are facing hunger in the UK.
And the biggest driver? The two-child benefit cap.
This cruel policy restricts support for families on a low income to their first 2 kids.
And the biggest driver? The two-child benefit cap.
This cruel policy restricts support for families on a low income to their first 2 kids.
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🔥 As poverty and inequality rises, far-right narratives are taking hold in the UK.
We contributed to this new UN report on far-right populism and the future of social protection.
Our blog covers how UK policy failures are fuelling exclusion, and how we are pushing back.
We contributed to this new UN report on far-right populism and the future of social protection.
Our blog covers how UK policy failures are fuelling exclusion, and how we are pushing back.
Poverty, populism and policy failure: why the UK needs a rights-based reset | Just Fair
The UK’s retreat from economic, social and cultural rights protection and promotion is not only deepening poverty and inequality but also creating fertile ground for far-right populism to thrive. As the UK Government sidelines international obligations, we are quickening down a dangerous path. A warning ignored: the UN’s call for action In March 2025, the […]
justfair.org.uk
October 29, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🔥 As poverty and inequality rises, far-right narratives are taking hold in the UK.
We contributed to this new UN report on far-right populism and the future of social protection.
Our blog covers how UK policy failures are fuelling exclusion, and how we are pushing back.
We contributed to this new UN report on far-right populism and the future of social protection.
Our blog covers how UK policy failures are fuelling exclusion, and how we are pushing back.
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Labour’s housing hypocrisy: councils serve almost 200 families with no-fault eviction notices
Labour’s housing hypocrisy: councils serve almost 200 families with no-fault eviction notices
Exclusive: firms run by five of the party’s councils have used legal loophole to serve section 21 notices
Labour-run councils have used a legal loophole to issue almost 200 families with no-fault eviction notices since the party was elected on a promise to ban the practice, a Guardian investigation has found.
Scrapping these orders, known as section 21 evictions, was one of Keir Starmer’s main pledges before last July’s general election but, more than a year later, they remain lawful. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Labour’s housing hypocrisy: councils serve almost 200 families with no-fault eviction notices
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Jenrick casting 1980s British football hooliganism as something that was easily dealt with by police and not an era defining issue which we're still living with the consequences of today... He's genuinely the most unserious person in British politics rn
October 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Jenrick casting 1980s British football hooliganism as something that was easily dealt with by police and not an era defining issue which we're still living with the consequences of today... He's genuinely the most unserious person in British politics rn
172,000 children in England are homeless tonight. And instead of fixing it, Housing Secretary Steve Reed is cutting affordable housing.
How many more families need to suffer before housing is treated as a right?
How many more families need to suffer before housing is treated as a right?
The number of homeless children living in temporary accommodation in England has risen to the highest levels since records began two decades ago.
Number of homeless children in temporary accommodation reaches new record high
www.mirror.co.uk
October 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
172,000 children in England are homeless tonight. And instead of fixing it, Housing Secretary Steve Reed is cutting affordable housing.
How many more families need to suffer before housing is treated as a right?
How many more families need to suffer before housing is treated as a right?
172,000 children are growing up without a home in England.
We’ve normalised a level of child homelessness that would have been unthinkable a decade ago.
I wrote in @independentvoices.bsky.social about why a right to housing matters now more than ever 👇
www.independent.co.uk/voices/homel...
We’ve normalised a level of child homelessness that would have been unthinkable a decade ago.
I wrote in @independentvoices.bsky.social about why a right to housing matters now more than ever 👇
www.independent.co.uk/voices/homel...
Why is Britain letting 170,000 children grow up without a home?
New data out today shows the number of children classed as homeless is the highest since records began. Alex Firth writes of a nation’s shame
www.independent.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 2:32 PM
172,000 children are growing up without a home in England.
We’ve normalised a level of child homelessness that would have been unthinkable a decade ago.
I wrote in @independentvoices.bsky.social about why a right to housing matters now more than ever 👇
www.independent.co.uk/voices/homel...
We’ve normalised a level of child homelessness that would have been unthinkable a decade ago.
I wrote in @independentvoices.bsky.social about why a right to housing matters now more than ever 👇
www.independent.co.uk/voices/homel...
Reposted by Alex Firth
New data out today shows the number of children classed as homeless is the highest since records began. @alexwfirth.bsky.social writes of a nation’s shame www.independent.co.uk/voices/homel...
Why is Britain letting 170,000 children grow up without a home?
New data out today shows the number of children classed as homeless is the highest since records began. Alex Firth writes of a nation’s shame
www.independent.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
New data out today shows the number of children classed as homeless is the highest since records began. @alexwfirth.bsky.social writes of a nation’s shame www.independent.co.uk/voices/homel...
Reposted by Alex Firth
🚨 New figures just released show a record 172,000 children in England growing up without a home.
This isn’t just a housing crisis, it’s a human rights crisis. Every child has the right to a safe home.
New op-ed by @alexwfirth.bsky.social in the Independent.
www.independent.co.uk/voices/homel...
This isn’t just a housing crisis, it’s a human rights crisis. Every child has the right to a safe home.
New op-ed by @alexwfirth.bsky.social in the Independent.
www.independent.co.uk/voices/homel...
Why is Britain letting 170,000 children grow up without a home?
New data out today shows the number of children classed as homeless is the highest since records began. Alex Firth writes of a nation’s shame
www.independent.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
🚨 New figures just released show a record 172,000 children in England growing up without a home.
This isn’t just a housing crisis, it’s a human rights crisis. Every child has the right to a safe home.
New op-ed by @alexwfirth.bsky.social in the Independent.
www.independent.co.uk/voices/homel...
This isn’t just a housing crisis, it’s a human rights crisis. Every child has the right to a safe home.
New op-ed by @alexwfirth.bsky.social in the Independent.
www.independent.co.uk/voices/homel...
🚨 New figures just released show that there are now over 172,000 children in England who don’t have a home.
That's not a statistic, it's a national shame.
Behind every number is a child living in a B&B, a family torn from their community, a right to housing denied.
That's not a statistic, it's a national shame.
Behind every number is a child living in a B&B, a family torn from their community, a right to housing denied.
October 16, 2025 at 8:54 AM
🚨 New figures just released show that there are now over 172,000 children in England who don’t have a home.
That's not a statistic, it's a national shame.
Behind every number is a child living in a B&B, a family torn from their community, a right to housing denied.
That's not a statistic, it's a national shame.
Behind every number is a child living in a B&B, a family torn from their community, a right to housing denied.
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🧑🦽 The UN has raised the alarm over the UK’s treatment of disabled people.
International scrutiny matters, but true justice means the UK must uphold rights at home.
Our advocacy officer @alexwfirth.bsky.social writes with @gmcdp.bsky.social
justfair.org.uk/universal-cr...
International scrutiny matters, but true justice means the UK must uphold rights at home.
Our advocacy officer @alexwfirth.bsky.social writes with @gmcdp.bsky.social
justfair.org.uk/universal-cr...
Universal Credit is back in the dock, this time at the UN | Just Fair
This article was orginally published in the Big Issue. In just a single week this month, the UK’s new Universal Credit Act has triggered two separate interventions from the United Nations. That is no...
justfair.org.uk
October 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM
🧑🦽 The UN has raised the alarm over the UK’s treatment of disabled people.
International scrutiny matters, but true justice means the UK must uphold rights at home.
Our advocacy officer @alexwfirth.bsky.social writes with @gmcdp.bsky.social
justfair.org.uk/universal-cr...
International scrutiny matters, but true justice means the UK must uphold rights at home.
Our advocacy officer @alexwfirth.bsky.social writes with @gmcdp.bsky.social
justfair.org.uk/universal-cr...
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This isn’t an unavoidable fact of life. It’s the direct result of policy choices made my those in power.
It doesn’t have to be this way.
It doesn’t have to be this way.
October 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This isn’t an unavoidable fact of life. It’s the direct result of policy choices made my those in power.
It doesn’t have to be this way.
It doesn’t have to be this way.
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🚨 The UN has raised the alarm over the UK’s Universal Credit Act. Disabled people’s rights are under threat.
International scrutiny matters, but justice means the UK must uphold rights at home.
Our advocacy officer @alexwfirth.bsky.social writes with @gmcdp.bsky.social
International scrutiny matters, but justice means the UK must uphold rights at home.
Our advocacy officer @alexwfirth.bsky.social writes with @gmcdp.bsky.social
Universal credit is back in the dock – this time at the United Nations
United Nations special rapporteurs have called for the UK government to question its reforms to universal credit.
www.bigissue.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🚨 The UN has raised the alarm over the UK’s Universal Credit Act. Disabled people’s rights are under threat.
International scrutiny matters, but justice means the UK must uphold rights at home.
Our advocacy officer @alexwfirth.bsky.social writes with @gmcdp.bsky.social
International scrutiny matters, but justice means the UK must uphold rights at home.
Our advocacy officer @alexwfirth.bsky.social writes with @gmcdp.bsky.social
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🚨 The UN has raised the alarm over the UK’s social security system. People’s rights are under threat.
International scrutiny matters, but true justice means we must uphold rights at home.
Our advocacy officer @alexwfirth.bsky.social writes with @gmcdp.bsky.social
www.bigissue.com/opinion/univ...
International scrutiny matters, but true justice means we must uphold rights at home.
Our advocacy officer @alexwfirth.bsky.social writes with @gmcdp.bsky.social
www.bigissue.com/opinion/univ...
Universal credit is back in the dock – this time at the United Nations
United Nations special rapporteurs have called for the UK government to question its reforms to universal credit.
www.bigissue.com
October 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
🚨 The UN has raised the alarm over the UK’s social security system. People’s rights are under threat.
International scrutiny matters, but true justice means we must uphold rights at home.
Our advocacy officer @alexwfirth.bsky.social writes with @gmcdp.bsky.social
www.bigissue.com/opinion/univ...
International scrutiny matters, but true justice means we must uphold rights at home.
Our advocacy officer @alexwfirth.bsky.social writes with @gmcdp.bsky.social
www.bigissue.com/opinion/univ...
The UK is being shamed on the world stage for how it treats disabled people.
Labour ditched its pledge to protect rights in law, and disabled people are paying the price. The UN shouldn’t have to step in, justice must start here at home.
✍️ My piece
www.bigissue.com/opinion/univ...
Labour ditched its pledge to protect rights in law, and disabled people are paying the price. The UN shouldn’t have to step in, justice must start here at home.
✍️ My piece
www.bigissue.com/opinion/univ...
Universal credit is back in the dock – this time at the United Nations
United Nations special rapporteurs have called for the UK government to question its reforms to universal credit.
www.bigissue.com
October 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The UK is being shamed on the world stage for how it treats disabled people.
Labour ditched its pledge to protect rights in law, and disabled people are paying the price. The UN shouldn’t have to step in, justice must start here at home.
✍️ My piece
www.bigissue.com/opinion/univ...
Labour ditched its pledge to protect rights in law, and disabled people are paying the price. The UN shouldn’t have to step in, justice must start here at home.
✍️ My piece
www.bigissue.com/opinion/univ...
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Turns out, there were no billion pound diversity programs and the grifters were indeed lying
Reform likely to raise Kent council tax after cost-cutting drive falters on.ft.com/4pTvJ62
Reform likely to raise Kent council tax after cost-cutting drive falters
Nigel Farage’s party promised to revive local authority finances by slashing wasteful spending
on.ft.com
October 5, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Turns out, there were no billion pound diversity programs and the grifters were indeed lying
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What the fuck do you mean I got a longer prison sentence than Diddy
NEW YORK (AP) — Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in prison in case involving sex workers, violence and ‘freak-offs’.
October 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
What the fuck do you mean I got a longer prison sentence than Diddy
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Well said.
Replacing the two child limit with a three child limit, or a tapered rate of support after the first child, would just substitute one cruelty with another.
The new "lesser" cruelty might be more palatable or actuarially justifiable to politicians, but would still leave kids in poverty.
Replacing the two child limit with a three child limit, or a tapered rate of support after the first child, would just substitute one cruelty with another.
The new "lesser" cruelty might be more palatable or actuarially justifiable to politicians, but would still leave kids in poverty.
Cruel policies lead to poverty. The 2 child cap punishes the poorest families. It must be removed in its entirety.
Labour could scrap cruel two-child benefit limit as possible replacement emerges
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is said to be looking at several options to replace the Tory-era austerity policy blamed for trapping hundreds of thousands of kids in poverty
www.mirror.co.uk
October 1, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Well said.
Replacing the two child limit with a three child limit, or a tapered rate of support after the first child, would just substitute one cruelty with another.
The new "lesser" cruelty might be more palatable or actuarially justifiable to politicians, but would still leave kids in poverty.
Replacing the two child limit with a three child limit, or a tapered rate of support after the first child, would just substitute one cruelty with another.
The new "lesser" cruelty might be more palatable or actuarially justifiable to politicians, but would still leave kids in poverty.
A child has washed up on a beach trying to cross the English Channel. No one should lose their life seeking safety.
Every government response must start from a simple truth: children have the right to protection, safe routes, and a future.
Every government response must start from a simple truth: children have the right to protection, safe routes, and a future.
September 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A child has washed up on a beach trying to cross the English Channel. No one should lose their life seeking safety.
Every government response must start from a simple truth: children have the right to protection, safe routes, and a future.
Every government response must start from a simple truth: children have the right to protection, safe routes, and a future.
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“You can’t beat the radical right by being a pale imitation of it.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Our research makes it clear: by capitulating to the right, Labour is driving voters to Reform UK | Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte
Mimicking Farage on immigration is senseless. Labour voters feel betrayed; anti-immigration voters see through the ruse, say academics Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
“You can’t beat the radical right by being a pale imitation of it.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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🚨 NEW: Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has set the dates for the next wave of train nationalisations:
- Greater Anglia - 12th October 2025
- West Midlands Trains - 1st February 2026
- Thameslink, Great Northern, Gatwick Express and Southern - 31st May 2026
- Greater Anglia - 12th October 2025
- West Midlands Trains - 1st February 2026
- Thameslink, Great Northern, Gatwick Express and Southern - 31st May 2026
September 26, 2025 at 10:14 PM
🚨 NEW: Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has set the dates for the next wave of train nationalisations:
- Greater Anglia - 12th October 2025
- West Midlands Trains - 1st February 2026
- Thameslink, Great Northern, Gatwick Express and Southern - 31st May 2026
- Greater Anglia - 12th October 2025
- West Midlands Trains - 1st February 2026
- Thameslink, Great Northern, Gatwick Express and Southern - 31st May 2026
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Big Issue founder on the 'great distraction' stopping UK from tackling 'emergency' crisis
Big Issue founder on the 'great distraction' stopping UK from tackling 'emergency' crisis
"Chauvinistic" debates on immigration are distracting ministers from tackling the child poverty "emergency", the founder of the Big Issue has told Sky News.
news.sky.com
September 25, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Big Issue founder on the 'great distraction' stopping UK from tackling 'emergency' crisis
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Wow.
This is absolutely huge.
After the attacks, Spain is offering direct military protection to the flotilla bringing humanitarian aid to Gaza.
So what now, Israel?
Are you going to risk acts of war against a European nation so you can attack humanitarian vessels?
This is absolutely huge.
After the attacks, Spain is offering direct military protection to the flotilla bringing humanitarian aid to Gaza.
So what now, Israel?
Are you going to risk acts of war against a European nation so you can attack humanitarian vessels?
September 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Wow.
This is absolutely huge.
After the attacks, Spain is offering direct military protection to the flotilla bringing humanitarian aid to Gaza.
So what now, Israel?
Are you going to risk acts of war against a European nation so you can attack humanitarian vessels?
This is absolutely huge.
After the attacks, Spain is offering direct military protection to the flotilla bringing humanitarian aid to Gaza.
So what now, Israel?
Are you going to risk acts of war against a European nation so you can attack humanitarian vessels?
🚌 No child should miss school because they are homeless.
@rebeccalongbailey.com is right, free bus passes for children in temporary accommodation in Manchester would mean stability during upheaval.
Human rights start with the basics: a safe home, access to school, connection to community.
@rebeccalongbailey.com is right, free bus passes for children in temporary accommodation in Manchester would mean stability during upheaval.
Human rights start with the basics: a safe home, access to school, connection to community.
September 23, 2025 at 12:18 PM
🚌 No child should miss school because they are homeless.
@rebeccalongbailey.com is right, free bus passes for children in temporary accommodation in Manchester would mean stability during upheaval.
Human rights start with the basics: a safe home, access to school, connection to community.
@rebeccalongbailey.com is right, free bus passes for children in temporary accommodation in Manchester would mean stability during upheaval.
Human rights start with the basics: a safe home, access to school, connection to community.