Niall
@niallhignett.bsky.social
22. Former Labour staffer. Occasional freelancer featured in Metro, Guardian, LADbible, and others. Law student. YIMBY. Views own etc. He/Him 🏳️🌈. Mainly using Blue Sky for procrastination purposes.
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I'm in @metro.co.uk today talking about the situation estranged and care experienced students face on graduation, as I launch a campaign for an extended maintenance loan for independent students 🧵
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I found myself homeless after graduation as an estranged student
I don’t have the luxury of ‘going home’.
metro.co.uk
August 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I'm in @metro.co.uk today talking about the situation estranged and care experienced students face on graduation, as I launch a campaign for an extended maintenance loan for independent students 🧵
metro.co.uk/2025/08/24/f...
metro.co.uk/2025/08/24/f...
Mortgage free homeowners, with incomes higher than the average salary, should not be subsidised by people working full-time, earning less, and paying over 50% of their take home pay in rent.
NEWS. Winter Fuel Payment to be reinstated for all State Pensioners this winter, but then clawed back via tax system for all who earn over £35,000 (roughly average earnings). This is a big improvement. Full instant analysis video coming with all the details in a minute.
June 9, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Mortgage free homeowners, with incomes higher than the average salary, should not be subsidised by people working full-time, earning less, and paying over 50% of their take home pay in rent.
Kim Leadbetter shared and praised this article on X, and that is beyond concerning.
When they chose to die together, my grandparents wrote the final chapter of a love story spanning 70 years
My Nan held my hand, convincing me this was what they wanted. I felt like a little girl, crying and being comforted by my grandmother one last time
www.theguardian.com
June 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Kim Leadbetter shared and praised this article on X, and that is beyond concerning.
Starting looking for somewhere to live in London.... It's actually so unserious like cmon
May 28, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Starting looking for somewhere to live in London.... It's actually so unserious like cmon
There are ~1.5 million UK pensioners in poverty - most are eligible for the WFA under pension credits.
There are 3.5 million kids in poverty. 1.6 million of them are impacted by the two-child benefit cap.
I am fed up of the former being the centre of political gravity whilst the latter is ignored
There are 3.5 million kids in poverty. 1.6 million of them are impacted by the two-child benefit cap.
I am fed up of the former being the centre of political gravity whilst the latter is ignored
May 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
There are ~1.5 million UK pensioners in poverty - most are eligible for the WFA under pension credits.
There are 3.5 million kids in poverty. 1.6 million of them are impacted by the two-child benefit cap.
I am fed up of the former being the centre of political gravity whilst the latter is ignored
There are 3.5 million kids in poverty. 1.6 million of them are impacted by the two-child benefit cap.
I am fed up of the former being the centre of political gravity whilst the latter is ignored
My main takeaway from today, as someone who has lived in Runcorn & Helsby, Nottinghamshire, and Durham, is that all Labour factions and politico journos are completely deluded on why people are so disillusioned with politics
May 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
My main takeaway from today, as someone who has lived in Runcorn & Helsby, Nottinghamshire, and Durham, is that all Labour factions and politico journos are completely deluded on why people are so disillusioned with politics
What happened to the Keir Starmer of... last year?
April 22, 2025 at 8:59 PM
What happened to the Keir Starmer of... last year?