PCS Yorkshire & Humber
@pcsyh.bsky.social
Representing PCS members working in Y&H. #tradeunion
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There is hardly any fraud in the disability benefits system.
In response to my parliamentary questions, the DWP says just 0.2% of personal independence payment (PIP) spending is due to fraud.
Today I called for an end to the scapegoating of disabled people on benefits.
In response to my parliamentary questions, the DWP says just 0.2% of personal independence payment (PIP) spending is due to fraud.
Today I called for an end to the scapegoating of disabled people on benefits.
February 3, 2025 at 8:07 PM
There is hardly any fraud in the disability benefits system.
In response to my parliamentary questions, the DWP says just 0.2% of personal independence payment (PIP) spending is due to fraud.
Today I called for an end to the scapegoating of disabled people on benefits.
In response to my parliamentary questions, the DWP says just 0.2% of personal independence payment (PIP) spending is due to fraud.
Today I called for an end to the scapegoating of disabled people on benefits.
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‘Rising star’: Europe made more electricity from solar than coal in 2024
‘Rising star’: Europe made more electricity from solar than coal in 2024
Report reveals solar power generated 11% of Europe’s electricity, surpassing coal at 10%
Europe made more electricity from sunshine than coal last year, a report has found, in what analysts called a “milestone” for the clean energy transition.
Solar…
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2025 at 7:06 AM
‘Rising star’: Europe made more electricity from solar than coal in 2024
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Hardly worth debunking this xenophobic garbage from Telegraph.
FWIW they seem to to have taken the (implausible) upper bound of @pewresearch.org's old, completely debunked estimate (1.2 m) and then assigning a % of those to London.
And then got London's actual population wrong!
archive.ph/a8MHX
FWIW they seem to to have taken the (implausible) upper bound of @pewresearch.org's old, completely debunked estimate (1.2 m) and then assigning a % of those to London.
And then got London's actual population wrong!
archive.ph/a8MHX
January 23, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Hardly worth debunking this xenophobic garbage from Telegraph.
FWIW they seem to to have taken the (implausible) upper bound of @pewresearch.org's old, completely debunked estimate (1.2 m) and then assigning a % of those to London.
And then got London's actual population wrong!
archive.ph/a8MHX
FWIW they seem to to have taken the (implausible) upper bound of @pewresearch.org's old, completely debunked estimate (1.2 m) and then assigning a % of those to London.
And then got London's actual population wrong!
archive.ph/a8MHX
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🚨NEW| Employment Rights Bill (ERB) resources by the @ieruk.bsky.social
🎧Podcast series: www.ier.org.uk/the-ier-podc...
📜List of suggested amendments to the ERB: www.ier.org.uk/publications...
📌Single issue factsheets around the bill: www.ier.org.uk/employment-r...
🎧Podcast series: www.ier.org.uk/the-ier-podc...
📜List of suggested amendments to the ERB: www.ier.org.uk/publications...
📌Single issue factsheets around the bill: www.ier.org.uk/employment-r...
January 22, 2025 at 10:39 AM
🚨NEW| Employment Rights Bill (ERB) resources by the @ieruk.bsky.social
🎧Podcast series: www.ier.org.uk/the-ier-podc...
📜List of suggested amendments to the ERB: www.ier.org.uk/publications...
📌Single issue factsheets around the bill: www.ier.org.uk/employment-r...
🎧Podcast series: www.ier.org.uk/the-ier-podc...
📜List of suggested amendments to the ERB: www.ier.org.uk/publications...
📌Single issue factsheets around the bill: www.ier.org.uk/employment-r...
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The ramping up of government consumption and investment will mean a growing public
sector workforce .
In a cooling labour market, rising public employment could serve as a welcome shock-absorber.
sector workforce .
In a cooling labour market, rising public employment could serve as a welcome shock-absorber.
January 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The ramping up of government consumption and investment will mean a growing public
sector workforce .
In a cooling labour market, rising public employment could serve as a welcome shock-absorber.
sector workforce .
In a cooling labour market, rising public employment could serve as a welcome shock-absorber.
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UK billionaires' wealth has skyrocketed in recent years.
▪️2013: £246 Billion
▪️2023: £684 Billion
We don't need more cuts - we need to tax extreme wealth.
That's what I'm fighting for. Sign up below to join my campaign to make the super-rich pay up.
actionnetwork.org/forms/join-r...
▪️2013: £246 Billion
▪️2023: £684 Billion
We don't need more cuts - we need to tax extreme wealth.
That's what I'm fighting for. Sign up below to join my campaign to make the super-rich pay up.
actionnetwork.org/forms/join-r...
Join the Fight for Wealth Taxes, not Cuts!
Tens have thousands are backing Richard Burgon's call for Wealth Taxes.
It's time for the super-rich to pay their fare share.
Join the campaign for Wealth Taxes today.
actionnetwork.org
January 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
UK billionaires' wealth has skyrocketed in recent years.
▪️2013: £246 Billion
▪️2023: £684 Billion
We don't need more cuts - we need to tax extreme wealth.
That's what I'm fighting for. Sign up below to join my campaign to make the super-rich pay up.
actionnetwork.org/forms/join-r...
▪️2013: £246 Billion
▪️2023: £684 Billion
We don't need more cuts - we need to tax extreme wealth.
That's what I'm fighting for. Sign up below to join my campaign to make the super-rich pay up.
actionnetwork.org/forms/join-r...
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WATCH: Amazon bosses squirm and repeatedly FAIL to answer the question:
If Amazon is such a great employer, why have your workers gone on strike so much?
If Amazon is such a great employer, why have your workers gone on strike so much?
#Amazon #boss in #awkward #interview #money #work
TikTok video by TradesUnionCongress
www.tiktok.com
December 17, 2024 at 7:58 PM
WATCH: Amazon bosses squirm and repeatedly FAIL to answer the question:
If Amazon is such a great employer, why have your workers gone on strike so much?
If Amazon is such a great employer, why have your workers gone on strike so much?
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Just two weeks ago at #PMQs SNP MP Graham Leadbitter asked
"How many more #WASPI women have to die before the Government take action to give them the financial redress and justice that they are due?"
Starmer replied: "We are moving at pace on all relevant issues"
Clear implication help was coming
"How many more #WASPI women have to die before the Government take action to give them the financial redress and justice that they are due?"
Starmer replied: "We are moving at pace on all relevant issues"
Clear implication help was coming
Intriguing reply from Keir Starmer on SNP question on #WASPI women.
Sounds like some compensation scheme is in train (as recommended by PHSO)
"we're moving at pace", the PM said
Sounds like some compensation scheme is in train (as recommended by PHSO)
"we're moving at pace", the PM said
December 18, 2024 at 7:51 AM
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Thanks for your brilliant support @picketlinepoetry.bsky.social
Busy week - with visits to picket lines with @nujofficial.bsky.social @neunion.bsky.social @pcsunion.bsky.social
Contributions made to strike funds ( @uvwunion.bsky.social also).
Strike funds here:
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/gua...
www.pcs.org.uk/donate
www.uvwunion.org.uk/en/donate/
Solidarity!
Contributions made to strike funds ( @uvwunion.bsky.social also).
Strike funds here:
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/gua...
www.pcs.org.uk/donate
www.uvwunion.org.uk/en/donate/
Solidarity!
December 14, 2024 at 10:09 PM
Thanks for your brilliant support @picketlinepoetry.bsky.social
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"The Prime Minister won’t achieve his aim of boosting people’s living standards without boosting workers’ pay.”
Fran Heathcote @pcsunion.bsky.social tells Starmer to boost workers’ pay!
labouroutlook.org/2024/12/14/p...
Fran Heathcote @pcsunion.bsky.social tells Starmer to boost workers’ pay!
labouroutlook.org/2024/12/14/p...
PCS tells Starmer – boost workers’ pay!
PCS says the government's pay announcement is "not a good sign if this is the shape of things to come".
labouroutlook.org
December 16, 2024 at 4:42 PM
"The Prime Minister won’t achieve his aim of boosting people’s living standards without boosting workers’ pay.”
Fran Heathcote @pcsunion.bsky.social tells Starmer to boost workers’ pay!
labouroutlook.org/2024/12/14/p...
Fran Heathcote @pcsunion.bsky.social tells Starmer to boost workers’ pay!
labouroutlook.org/2024/12/14/p...
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It's super simple.
A very rich man.
Backing the politicians.
That will do very good things.
For very rich men.
A very rich man.
Backing the politicians.
That will do very good things.
For very rich men.
December 17, 2024 at 3:11 PM
It's super simple.
A very rich man.
Backing the politicians.
That will do very good things.
For very rich men.
A very rich man.
Backing the politicians.
That will do very good things.
For very rich men.
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🔴Conservative MPs Want to Scrap Workers’ Rights to Paid Holiday and Annual Leave
They are also seeking to overturn workplace protections from sexual harassment, calling them an attack on “free speech”
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/17/c...
They are also seeking to overturn workplace protections from sexual harassment, calling them an attack on “free speech”
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/17/c...
Conservative MPs Want to Scrap Workers' Rights to Paid Holiday and Annual Leave
They are also seeking to overturn workplace protections from sexual harassment, calling them an attack on "free speech"
bylinetimes.com
December 18, 2024 at 9:29 AM
🔴Conservative MPs Want to Scrap Workers’ Rights to Paid Holiday and Annual Leave
They are also seeking to overturn workplace protections from sexual harassment, calling them an attack on “free speech”
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/17/c...
They are also seeking to overturn workplace protections from sexual harassment, calling them an attack on “free speech”
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/17/c...
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Congratulations to @pcsunion.bsky.social, who were the first union to face these tactics, and have now beaten them both by strength of organising ten years ago and decisively in the courts yesterday.
November 22, 2024 at 1:09 PM
Congratulations to @pcsunion.bsky.social, who were the first union to face these tactics, and have now beaten them both by strength of organising ten years ago and decisively in the courts yesterday.
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This is a great Supreme Court win for PCS, after a cynical government campaign to kill off the union with a bureacratic change. The Tories unilaterally cancelled payroll deduction for union dues in 2014, giving the union too little notice to find replacement ways to bill members. ...
PCS has today won a stunning victory in the Supreme Court against government departments that withdrew the check-off facility. The victory opens the door for the union to now claim substantial further damages
www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...
www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...
November 22, 2024 at 1:09 PM
This is a great Supreme Court win for PCS, after a cynical government campaign to kill off the union with a bureacratic change. The Tories unilaterally cancelled payroll deduction for union dues in 2014, giving the union too little notice to find replacement ways to bill members. ...
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I welcome the arrest warrants against Israeli PM Netanyahu & his former Defence Minister.
Their barbaric crimes are clear for all to see.
Our Government must commit to enforcing these arrest warrants.
And Governments must now end arms sales and impose sanctions on Israel to stop more war crimes.
Their barbaric crimes are clear for all to see.
Our Government must commit to enforcing these arrest warrants.
And Governments must now end arms sales and impose sanctions on Israel to stop more war crimes.
November 21, 2024 at 1:21 PM
I welcome the arrest warrants against Israeli PM Netanyahu & his former Defence Minister.
Their barbaric crimes are clear for all to see.
Our Government must commit to enforcing these arrest warrants.
And Governments must now end arms sales and impose sanctions on Israel to stop more war crimes.
Their barbaric crimes are clear for all to see.
Our Government must commit to enforcing these arrest warrants.
And Governments must now end arms sales and impose sanctions on Israel to stop more war crimes.
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The ICC arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant and Mohammed Deif make clear that to continue selling arms to Israel is to aid and abet war crimes. It is utterly indefensible.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant and Hamas commander
International Criminal Court judges say there are “reasonable grounds” they bore
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2024 at 1:17 PM
The ICC arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant and Mohammed Deif make clear that to continue selling arms to Israel is to aid and abet war crimes. It is utterly indefensible.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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BREAKING 🚨| 400 workers at Morrisons Rathbones bakery in Wakefield are at risk of losing their jobs.
Last year, Morrisons made £14.9 billion profit.
🫶Support members of our affiliate, @bfawu.bsky.social , by signing their petition to stop the job cuts: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
Last year, Morrisons made £14.9 billion profit.
🫶Support members of our affiliate, @bfawu.bsky.social , by signing their petition to stop the job cuts: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
November 21, 2024 at 11:14 AM
BREAKING 🚨| 400 workers at Morrisons Rathbones bakery in Wakefield are at risk of losing their jobs.
Last year, Morrisons made £14.9 billion profit.
🫶Support members of our affiliate, @bfawu.bsky.social , by signing their petition to stop the job cuts: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
Last year, Morrisons made £14.9 billion profit.
🫶Support members of our affiliate, @bfawu.bsky.social , by signing their petition to stop the job cuts: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
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Iceland’s shorter working week has been a huge success – and it’s changed my family’s life | María Hjálmtýsdóttir
Iceland’s shorter working week has been a huge success – and it’s changed my family’s life | María Hjálmtýsdóttir
For 90% of working Icelanders, a 36-hour week means less stress, more job satisfaction and time to enjoy life beyond work
I like to walk around old cemeteries and read the headstones. Here in Iceland, it has been customary to engrave people’s job titles…
dlvr.it
November 21, 2024 at 7:11 AM
Iceland’s shorter working week has been a huge success – and it’s changed my family’s life | María Hjálmtýsdóttir
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According to a recent survey, “UK business leaders are open to new workplace trends, with 50% open to trialling a four-day work week.”
In other words:
There’s a 50/50 chance your boss is open to a 4-day week.
Got to be worth asking them, don’t you think? 🤔
In other words:
There’s a 50/50 chance your boss is open to a 4-day week.
Got to be worth asking them, don’t you think? 🤔
November 21, 2024 at 7:30 AM
According to a recent survey, “UK business leaders are open to new workplace trends, with 50% open to trialling a four-day work week.”
In other words:
There’s a 50/50 chance your boss is open to a 4-day week.
Got to be worth asking them, don’t you think? 🤔
In other words:
There’s a 50/50 chance your boss is open to a 4-day week.
Got to be worth asking them, don’t you think? 🤔
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Remember all those endless stories about the 'scandal' of Labour making political appointments to temporary civil service posts after the election?
Well a new independent Civil Service Commission report finds that such appointments were "considerably" higher under the last Conservative government.
Well a new independent Civil Service Commission report finds that such appointments were "considerably" higher under the last Conservative government.
November 20, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Remember all those endless stories about the 'scandal' of Labour making political appointments to temporary civil service posts after the election?
Well a new independent Civil Service Commission report finds that such appointments were "considerably" higher under the last Conservative government.
Well a new independent Civil Service Commission report finds that such appointments were "considerably" higher under the last Conservative government.
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The last government left:
3 million children in working households in poverty
Stagnant wages
Public services ravaged by neglect & austerity.
But you’re angry because a Labour government wants to end tax breaks for Clarkson & Dyson?
www.tuc.org.uk/blogs/sharp-...
3 million children in working households in poverty
Stagnant wages
Public services ravaged by neglect & austerity.
But you’re angry because a Labour government wants to end tax breaks for Clarkson & Dyson?
www.tuc.org.uk/blogs/sharp-...
Sharp rise in number of children growing up in poverty in working households
The Universal Credit is fundamentally flawed and needs to be reformed. No child should live in poverty in our country. We need an urgent economic reset and a government that will make work pay.
www.tuc.org.uk
November 19, 2024 at 5:50 PM
The last government left:
3 million children in working households in poverty
Stagnant wages
Public services ravaged by neglect & austerity.
But you’re angry because a Labour government wants to end tax breaks for Clarkson & Dyson?
www.tuc.org.uk/blogs/sharp-...
3 million children in working households in poverty
Stagnant wages
Public services ravaged by neglect & austerity.
But you’re angry because a Labour government wants to end tax breaks for Clarkson & Dyson?
www.tuc.org.uk/blogs/sharp-...
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Raw sewage from new homes being flushed into river.
Back to the 19th century.
Did Thames Water and developers not know?
That's what you get with privatisation of essential services, deregulation of planning.
Govt promising more housing deregulation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Back to the 19th century.
Did Thames Water and developers not know?
That's what you get with privatisation of essential services, deregulation of planning.
Govt promising more housing deregulation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Raw sewage from new homes being flushed into London rivers
Raw sewage is being dumped into London's rivers from at least 100 homes, a charity finds.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2024 at 10:55 PM
Raw sewage from new homes being flushed into river.
Back to the 19th century.
Did Thames Water and developers not know?
That's what you get with privatisation of essential services, deregulation of planning.
Govt promising more housing deregulation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Back to the 19th century.
Did Thames Water and developers not know?
That's what you get with privatisation of essential services, deregulation of planning.
Govt promising more housing deregulation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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England’s national parks facing financial peril due to budget cuts, say CEOs
England’s national parks facing financial peril due to budget cuts, say CEOs
Exclusive: Leaders warn cost savings will lead to mass redundancies and that spaces could become ‘paper parks’
England’s national parks face a 12% real-terms cut to their budget which would lead to mass redundancies of wardens and the closure of visitor…
dlvr.it
November 19, 2024 at 3:19 PM
England’s national parks facing financial peril due to budget cuts, say CEOs
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A few facts about Labour's Budget and farmers.
November 19, 2024 at 3:24 PM
A few facts about Labour's Budget and farmers.
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Headline translation: Multi-millionaire who bought farm to take advantage of tax break, upset he will lose tax break. 🤷🏻♂️
The same newspapers who scream increases in the NMW will damage the economy, are happy to go to the barricades for a tax break for Clarkson, Dyson & friends.
The same newspapers who scream increases in the NMW will damage the economy, are happy to go to the barricades for a tax break for Clarkson, Dyson & friends.
November 19, 2024 at 1:12 PM
Headline translation: Multi-millionaire who bought farm to take advantage of tax break, upset he will lose tax break. 🤷🏻♂️
The same newspapers who scream increases in the NMW will damage the economy, are happy to go to the barricades for a tax break for Clarkson, Dyson & friends.
The same newspapers who scream increases in the NMW will damage the economy, are happy to go to the barricades for a tax break for Clarkson, Dyson & friends.