Joe Farnworth
@joemfm.bsky.social
Public Affairs @jrf-uk.bsky.social, campaigning for a fairer social security system. Previously at @trusselluk.bsky.social.
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Whatever else this government do (and there's plenty of issues with this budget) ministers will always be able to point to this as an incredible important contribution to the country's future. Almost half a million kids taken out of poverty.
Scrapping the two-child limit in full is a monumental decision. Well done to all involved in the Child Poverty Strategy, and everyone who has made the case against the policy.
OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty
OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty
November 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Whatever else this government do (and there's plenty of issues with this budget) ministers will always be able to point to this as an incredible important contribution to the country's future. Almost half a million kids taken out of poverty.
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Why the two-child limit has to go, in a chart.
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Why the two-child limit has to go, in a chart.
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column on robbie keane www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Standing with Maccabi’s football hooligans against local police – is that what patriotism looks like now? | Jonathan Liew
Tommy Robinson is said to be going to Villa Park as a Maccabi Tel Aviv fan. Do the politicians jumping on this bandwagon care what they are doing, asks Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
column on robbie keane www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Think we’ve crossed a pretty major threshold – and a very bad one – if a journalist working in the lobby for a major newspaper group can tweet like this without professional consequences.
A mainstream “journalist” calling for a British MP to be deported. Is it because I’m Muslim? Next time, just say it with your chest.
October 18, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Think we’ve crossed a pretty major threshold – and a very bad one – if a journalist working in the lobby for a major newspaper group can tweet like this without professional consequences.
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No, it's not. It's all a lie. The blunt truth is across the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them.
Outstanding piece by Stephen Daisley.
Ethnicity is no barrier to Britishness - it's culture and integration.
That means 'smaller cohorts and aggressive integration policies' - and tackling the institutions that 'have amplified grievance narratives and radical anti-Western ideologies'.
Ethnicity is no barrier to Britishness - it's culture and integration.
That means 'smaller cohorts and aggressive integration policies' - and tackling the institutions that 'have amplified grievance narratives and radical anti-Western ideologies'.
October 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
No, it's not. It's all a lie. The blunt truth is across the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them.
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New from DWP:
📣Over 1.6m children impacted by the 2 child limit in Apr 2025
This policy that leaves families with 3+ children struggling when they hit hard times.
It is driving up child poverty, leaving families going without essentials and hindering children's prospects
📣Over 1.6m children impacted by the 2 child limit in Apr 2025
This policy that leaves families with 3+ children struggling when they hit hard times.
It is driving up child poverty, leaving families going without essentials and hindering children's prospects
July 10, 2025 at 10:14 AM
New from DWP:
📣Over 1.6m children impacted by the 2 child limit in Apr 2025
This policy that leaves families with 3+ children struggling when they hit hard times.
It is driving up child poverty, leaving families going without essentials and hindering children's prospects
📣Over 1.6m children impacted by the 2 child limit in Apr 2025
This policy that leaves families with 3+ children struggling when they hit hard times.
It is driving up child poverty, leaving families going without essentials and hindering children's prospects
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Labour MP @marietidball.bsky.social delivers a powerful speech:
“It is with a heavy broken heart that I will be voting against this bill today.
“As a matter of conscience, I need my constituents to know I cannot support the proposed changes to PIP as currently drafted...”
“It is with a heavy broken heart that I will be voting against this bill today.
“As a matter of conscience, I need my constituents to know I cannot support the proposed changes to PIP as currently drafted...”
July 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Labour MP @marietidball.bsky.social delivers a powerful speech:
“It is with a heavy broken heart that I will be voting against this bill today.
“As a matter of conscience, I need my constituents to know I cannot support the proposed changes to PIP as currently drafted...”
“It is with a heavy broken heart that I will be voting against this bill today.
“As a matter of conscience, I need my constituents to know I cannot support the proposed changes to PIP as currently drafted...”
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Today MPs will vote on the amended welfare bill.
MPs who choose to walk through the lobby and support this bill are paving the way for at least 150,000 people to be pulled into poverty.
Here are just 3 reasons why they should oppose this bill from @katieschmuecker.bsky.social 🔽
MPs who choose to walk through the lobby and support this bill are paving the way for at least 150,000 people to be pulled into poverty.
Here are just 3 reasons why they should oppose this bill from @katieschmuecker.bsky.social 🔽
July 1, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Today MPs will vote on the amended welfare bill.
MPs who choose to walk through the lobby and support this bill are paving the way for at least 150,000 people to be pulled into poverty.
Here are just 3 reasons why they should oppose this bill from @katieschmuecker.bsky.social 🔽
MPs who choose to walk through the lobby and support this bill are paving the way for at least 150,000 people to be pulled into poverty.
Here are just 3 reasons why they should oppose this bill from @katieschmuecker.bsky.social 🔽
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Great to see broad swathe of MPs expressing opposition to a Bill that will increase poverty and destitution amongst disabled people. This new joint briefing for MPs from 10 organisations sets out the broad & deep concern about the Bill from civil society: ucpipbill.co.uk
June 24, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Great to see broad swathe of MPs expressing opposition to a Bill that will increase poverty and destitution amongst disabled people. This new joint briefing for MPs from 10 organisations sets out the broad & deep concern about the Bill from civil society: ucpipbill.co.uk
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The welfare rebellion in full - here are the 108 names on the reasoned amendment
June 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM
The welfare rebellion in full - here are the 108 names on the reasoned amendment
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I have signed this reasoned amendment. The majority of reforms are both necessary and welcome but I can't support changes to PIP eligibility. We need to reduce numbers by actually preventing ill health.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
June 24, 2025 at 5:34 AM
I have signed this reasoned amendment. The majority of reforms are both necessary and welcome but I can't support changes to PIP eligibility. We need to reduce numbers by actually preventing ill health.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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BREAKING - I understand a large number of MPs - potentially 80+ and including select committee chair are signing a reasoned amendment to the welfare bill which declines to give it a second reading
June 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
BREAKING - I understand a large number of MPs - potentially 80+ and including select committee chair are signing a reasoned amendment to the welfare bill which declines to give it a second reading
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No-one lost more than £300 a year due to Labour’s changes to Winter Fuel Allowance.
Labour’s changes to disability benefit could cost some households *more than £10,000 a year* – and the plans tabled this week do nothing to fix that.
It’s no wonder campaigners are raising alarms with MPs.
Labour’s changes to disability benefit could cost some households *more than £10,000 a year* – and the plans tabled this week do nothing to fix that.
It’s no wonder campaigners are raising alarms with MPs.
Labour’s devastating disability benefits cuts are a time bomb
Many of its own MPs won't support measures that could see some people lose £10,000 overnight
www.thenewworld.co.uk
June 20, 2025 at 10:14 AM
No-one lost more than £300 a year due to Labour’s changes to Winter Fuel Allowance.
Labour’s changes to disability benefit could cost some households *more than £10,000 a year* – and the plans tabled this week do nothing to fix that.
It’s no wonder campaigners are raising alarms with MPs.
Labour’s changes to disability benefit could cost some households *more than £10,000 a year* – and the plans tabled this week do nothing to fix that.
It’s no wonder campaigners are raising alarms with MPs.
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Obviously hard because of fiscal issues; but a core challenge facing this govt is people don’t to see a sense of purpose just the “tough” stuff they don’t like. As our polling shows tackling poverty and looking after the working class are what people see as Labour at its best
May 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Obviously hard because of fiscal issues; but a core challenge facing this govt is people don’t to see a sense of purpose just the “tough” stuff they don’t like. As our polling shows tackling poverty and looking after the working class are what people see as Labour at its best
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Many of us have been calling for the scrapping of the two-child benefit limit for a long time. It would take hundreds of thousands of kids out of poverty literally overnight. Reports now suggest the PM wants to do this. Time for a bit of moral backbone from him on this.
May 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Many of us have been calling for the scrapping of the two-child benefit limit for a long time. It would take hundreds of thousands of kids out of poverty literally overnight. Reports now suggest the PM wants to do this. Time for a bit of moral backbone from him on this.
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New @jrf-uk.bsky.social analysis of disability benefit cuts by Parliamentary constituency and health condition.
Select your constituency from drop-down menu on the chart at the following link, to see how many PIP recipients are at risk of losing out: jrf.org.uk/social-secur...
Select your constituency from drop-down menu on the chart at the following link, to see how many PIP recipients are at risk of losing out: jrf.org.uk/social-secur...
May 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
New @jrf-uk.bsky.social analysis of disability benefit cuts by Parliamentary constituency and health condition.
Select your constituency from drop-down menu on the chart at the following link, to see how many PIP recipients are at risk of losing out: jrf.org.uk/social-secur...
Select your constituency from drop-down menu on the chart at the following link, to see how many PIP recipients are at risk of losing out: jrf.org.uk/social-secur...
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EXC - 42 MPs have signed a letter to Keir Starmer saying the disability cuts are “impossible to support”
PM is facing biggest rebellion of the parliament over welfare vote
MPs call for pause and rethink until fuller impact assessments can be done in autumn and warn disabled people are frightened
PM is facing biggest rebellion of the parliament over welfare vote
MPs call for pause and rethink until fuller impact assessments can be done in autumn and warn disabled people are frightened
May 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
EXC - 42 MPs have signed a letter to Keir Starmer saying the disability cuts are “impossible to support”
PM is facing biggest rebellion of the parliament over welfare vote
MPs call for pause and rethink until fuller impact assessments can be done in autumn and warn disabled people are frightened
PM is facing biggest rebellion of the parliament over welfare vote
MPs call for pause and rethink until fuller impact assessments can be done in autumn and warn disabled people are frightened
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Labour's biggest issue is neither being too socially conserative or not socially conservative enough. It's cuts. People have had enough.
make people’s lives worse, lose seats
May 2, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Labour's biggest issue is neither being too socially conserative or not socially conservative enough. It's cuts. People have had enough.
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Someone on Threads noticed you can type any random sentence into Google, then add “meaning” afterwards, and you’ll get an AI explanation of a famous idiom or phrase you just made up. Here is mine
April 23, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Someone on Threads noticed you can type any random sentence into Google, then add “meaning” afterwards, and you’ll get an AI explanation of a famous idiom or phrase you just made up. Here is mine
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"The balance here is off the scale" 📢
The government's proposed cuts to disability benefits will deepen poverty and hardship, and push many further from work.
Watch @iainkporter.bsky.social give evidence to the Work and Pensions Committee on the cuts.
The government's proposed cuts to disability benefits will deepen poverty and hardship, and push many further from work.
Watch @iainkporter.bsky.social give evidence to the Work and Pensions Committee on the cuts.
April 23, 2025 at 8:37 AM
"The balance here is off the scale" 📢
The government's proposed cuts to disability benefits will deepen poverty and hardship, and push many further from work.
Watch @iainkporter.bsky.social give evidence to the Work and Pensions Committee on the cuts.
The government's proposed cuts to disability benefits will deepen poverty and hardship, and push many further from work.
Watch @iainkporter.bsky.social give evidence to the Work and Pensions Committee on the cuts.
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Trans women are women,
trans men are men,
and that’s that.
trans men are men,
and that’s that.
April 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Trans women are women,
trans men are men,
and that’s that.
trans men are men,
and that’s that.
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Keynesianism is like Ozempic in that it's something that works but makes people mad because they want moral hazard to be involved
There’s a certain kind of person who thinks Keynesian stimulus is “putting off” a necessary correction and I’m always amazed how many of them there are.
What if MAGA did the Great Leap Forward?
April 4, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Keynesianism is like Ozempic in that it's something that works but makes people mad because they want moral hazard to be involved
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On the pitch, you need that hunger…
April 3, 2025 at 6:01 AM
On the pitch, you need that hunger…
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New @moreincommonuk.bsky.social polling for @jrf-uk.bsky.social finds benefit cuts risk putting the Government on the wrong side of public opinion. 60% of the public now think the Government is going in the wrong direction, including 41% of those who backed Labour in July.
April 2, 2025 at 11:37 AM
New @moreincommonuk.bsky.social polling for @jrf-uk.bsky.social finds benefit cuts risk putting the Government on the wrong side of public opinion. 60% of the public now think the Government is going in the wrong direction, including 41% of those who backed Labour in July.