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MJ
@msmindstrike.bsky.social
Born complainer, channelled into political nerdism/activism. Disabled single parent.Recovering child Mensa member. Probably AuDD. Flower photographer, 90s grunge lover. My school report said “idiosyncratic/contradictory”, interpret that as you will.
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Budget day is here. For all the reasons in this thread & for hundreds more, let’s hope @teamlabouruk.bsky.social does the right thing and gets rid of the two-child limit, a callous policy that has no place in a compassionate country

largerfamilies.study
Benefit changes and larger families
We are a group of university-based researchers investigating how families with more than two children are coping with the benefit cap or the two-child limit.
largerfamilies.study
November 26, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Because of society’s incessant shaming of those needing welfare, rather than those who prioritise shareholder returns over paying a wage that is actually thriveable on. (no, not the minimum wage or the living wage…its much higher than that and contextual)
ON Property
Markedets sterkest voksende eiendomsforvaltningsløsning med integrert økonomisystem. ON Property tar eiendomsforvaltning til nye høyder.
on.no
November 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The voucher system bakes in shame,difference, marks parents in shop queues.
I’ve been there.

Working with families, the quote that broke my heart was a child same age as mine. He said “ if we had money I’d get tutoring, I want to pass my GCSEs”

How to pay his tutor? In £10 fruit & milk vouchers?
November 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Lots of families would rather have food that lasts than a banana that goes squishy in a couple of days.
Some want to put the heating on for asthmatic kids in damp homes.
Fruit vouchers don’t pay for school trips. They are not registered currency.
November 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
😡 (of course if it were the other way around, I would do the exact same)
a man with a beard wearing a hat that says super childish on it
ALT: a man with a beard wearing a hat that says super childish on it
media.tenor.com
August 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
“Do your jacket up and tuck your tie in- do you even regularly wear a suit?”😂
August 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Because they all rely on funding?
August 2, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Please sign this petition to scrap the 2 child limit? Gov uk petition number 725167 or follow the link petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Petition: Implement measures to reduce child poverty
It’s not OK that almost a third of UK children (4.5 million) live in poverty. I want the Government to: -Lift 620,000 children from absolute poverty by removing the 2-child limit and the benefit cap -...
petition.parliament.uk
July 8, 2025 at 12:49 PM
😂 always this last one…
July 8, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Hope you are doing ok now/today, and you are welcome. It was an important read. I remember that day - I had moved out of London maybe 18months before after using the tube and buses daily. I was thinking of London then, and I hold everyone to my heart today.
July 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM