Lauren Shaw
@shaw-ls.bsky.social
Policy at Stroke Association, human rights, equality and fantasy football
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🚨UN committee sounds alarm over Labour's benefits bill:: 'It should shame the government'
A rare intervention by the UN as the watered-down UC Bill is voted on today for the final time #BinUCBill
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A rare intervention by the UN as the watered-down UC Bill is voted on today for the final time #BinUCBill
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UN committee sounds alarm over Labour's 'shameful' benefits bill
The UN's letter comes as the government's welfare bill reaches its third reading in parliament and will be subject to another vote.
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July 9, 2025 at 11:55 AM
🚨UN committee sounds alarm over Labour's benefits bill:: 'It should shame the government'
A rare intervention by the UN as the watered-down UC Bill is voted on today for the final time #BinUCBill
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A rare intervention by the UN as the watered-down UC Bill is voted on today for the final time #BinUCBill
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JUST LAUNCHED: Trócaire’s new report ‘Fuelling Injustice: Ireland’s fossil fuel problem’ exposes how Ireland is enabling climate harm.
Ireland must stop enabling climate destruction.
Read the report here: www.trocaire.org/documents/fu...
Ireland must stop enabling climate destruction.
Read the report here: www.trocaire.org/documents/fu...
Fuelling Injustice: Ireland’s fossil fuel problem and the case for a fair, funded, global phase out - Trócaire
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May 29, 2025 at 9:33 AM
JUST LAUNCHED: Trócaire’s new report ‘Fuelling Injustice: Ireland’s fossil fuel problem’ exposes how Ireland is enabling climate harm.
Ireland must stop enabling climate destruction.
Read the report here: www.trocaire.org/documents/fu...
Ireland must stop enabling climate destruction.
Read the report here: www.trocaire.org/documents/fu...
This day next week, the music event of the year, right here in Belfast🎵 #sing4stroke
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May 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
This day next week, the music event of the year, right here in Belfast🎵 #sing4stroke
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🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨
Disability and Migration Network respond to Government plans to axe the care worker visa - a dangerous distraction from decades of decaying social care at the hands of government policies.
Read our full statement here👇 www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/disabil...
Disability and Migration Network respond to Government plans to axe the care worker visa - a dangerous distraction from decades of decaying social care at the hands of government policies.
Read our full statement here👇 www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/disabil...
May 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨
Disability and Migration Network respond to Government plans to axe the care worker visa - a dangerous distraction from decades of decaying social care at the hands of government policies.
Read our full statement here👇 www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/disabil...
Disability and Migration Network respond to Government plans to axe the care worker visa - a dangerous distraction from decades of decaying social care at the hands of government policies.
Read our full statement here👇 www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/disabil...
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Today, I have mostly been a Nigel Farage tribute act.
May 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Today, I have mostly been a Nigel Farage tribute act.
Great article by @peadarheaney.bsky.social on the impact of climate change on GBV
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TRÓCAIRE: Climate change is impacting on gender-based violence
LAST night I walked home along a quiet road with noise cancelling headphones on. As I did so I thought once again about how I will never have the same type of anxiety in doing this as the women I know...
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May 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Great article by @peadarheaney.bsky.social on the impact of climate change on GBV
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belfastmedia.com/climate-chan...
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A grand day for this sort of thing
May 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
A grand day for this sort of thing
Really recommend taking 20mins to watch this fantastic documentary. What stands out is the strength and resilience of the stroke survivors involved. The documentary is clear that we can't wait any longer for a 24/7 thrombectomy service.
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www.stroke.org.uk/northern-ire...
Thrombectomy: Restoring Life
Thrombectomy: Restoring Life, directed by 34-year-old videographer Harry Bateman from County Armagh, tells Harry’s family story after his father had a stroke in 2019 to emphasise the urgent need for a
www.stroke.org.uk
April 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Really recommend taking 20mins to watch this fantastic documentary. What stands out is the strength and resilience of the stroke survivors involved. The documentary is clear that we can't wait any longer for a 24/7 thrombectomy service.
www.stroke.org.uk/northern-ire...
www.stroke.org.uk/northern-ire...
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Live in Northern Ireland? Want to support trans rights?
Use our online tool to send an email to your MLAs! The more voices we have speaking up for trans communities, the better.
Share with your friends and family 🏳️⚧️
www.rainbow-project.org/transrights/
Use our online tool to send an email to your MLAs! The more voices we have speaking up for trans communities, the better.
Share with your friends and family 🏳️⚧️
www.rainbow-project.org/transrights/
Take Action Now: Stand Up for Trans Rights - The Rainbow Project
Take action to support trans rights in the wake of this week's Supreme Court judgement. Use our handy email tool to write to your MLAs.
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April 18, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Live in Northern Ireland? Want to support trans rights?
Use our online tool to send an email to your MLAs! The more voices we have speaking up for trans communities, the better.
Share with your friends and family 🏳️⚧️
www.rainbow-project.org/transrights/
Use our online tool to send an email to your MLAs! The more voices we have speaking up for trans communities, the better.
Share with your friends and family 🏳️⚧️
www.rainbow-project.org/transrights/
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#WelfareNotWarfare
Yesterday DPAC Northern Ireland sent a strong message outside Northern Ireland Office to Hilary Benn to take back to The Labour Party.
#WelfareCuts #Disability #Disabled #DisabledLife
Yesterday DPAC Northern Ireland sent a strong message outside Northern Ireland Office to Hilary Benn to take back to The Labour Party.
#WelfareCuts #Disability #Disabled #DisabledLife
DPAC Northern Ireland Welfare Cuts Protest - BBC
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April 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
#WelfareNotWarfare
Yesterday DPAC Northern Ireland sent a strong message outside Northern Ireland Office to Hilary Benn to take back to The Labour Party.
#WelfareCuts #Disability #Disabled #DisabledLife
Yesterday DPAC Northern Ireland sent a strong message outside Northern Ireland Office to Hilary Benn to take back to The Labour Party.
#WelfareCuts #Disability #Disabled #DisabledLife
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The Chancellor said today that she would not do anything to put household finances in danger
Yet the government’s own assessment shows their cuts to health related benefits risk pushing 250,000 people into poverty, including 50,000 children 📢
Their assessment also found... 1/3
Yet the government’s own assessment shows their cuts to health related benefits risk pushing 250,000 people into poverty, including 50,000 children 📢
Their assessment also found... 1/3
March 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The Chancellor said today that she would not do anything to put household finances in danger
Yet the government’s own assessment shows their cuts to health related benefits risk pushing 250,000 people into poverty, including 50,000 children 📢
Their assessment also found... 1/3
Yet the government’s own assessment shows their cuts to health related benefits risk pushing 250,000 people into poverty, including 50,000 children 📢
Their assessment also found... 1/3
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#WelfareNotWarfare #DisabilityBenefits
DPAC Northern Ireland's Tony O'Reilly speaks to UTV News about the welfare cuts towards disabled people in yesterday's statement at Westminster by Rachel Reeves.
DPAC Northern Ireland's Tony O'Reilly speaks to UTV News about the welfare cuts towards disabled people in yesterday's statement at Westminster by Rachel Reeves.
DPAC NI's Tony O'Reilly Speaks to UTV News - Welfare Cuts
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March 19, 2025 at 7:59 AM
#WelfareNotWarfare #DisabilityBenefits
DPAC Northern Ireland's Tony O'Reilly speaks to UTV News about the welfare cuts towards disabled people in yesterday's statement at Westminster by Rachel Reeves.
DPAC Northern Ireland's Tony O'Reilly speaks to UTV News about the welfare cuts towards disabled people in yesterday's statement at Westminster by Rachel Reeves.
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People who can’t handle criticism are unfit to lead.
Weak leaders fear dissent as a threat to their power. They silence their critics to shield their egos.
Strong leaders welcome dissent as an opportunity for growth. They silence their egos to learn from their critics.
Weak leaders fear dissent as a threat to their power. They silence their critics to shield their egos.
Strong leaders welcome dissent as an opportunity for growth. They silence their egos to learn from their critics.
March 9, 2025 at 2:49 PM
People who can’t handle criticism are unfit to lead.
Weak leaders fear dissent as a threat to their power. They silence their critics to shield their egos.
Strong leaders welcome dissent as an opportunity for growth. They silence their egos to learn from their critics.
Weak leaders fear dissent as a threat to their power. They silence their critics to shield their egos.
Strong leaders welcome dissent as an opportunity for growth. They silence their egos to learn from their critics.
Northern Ireland's power-sharing government is in breach of a nearly 20-year-old statutory obligation to develop an anti-poverty strategy
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Northern Irish government in breach of anti-poverty obligation, court says
Northern Ireland's power-sharing government is in breach of a nearly 20-year-old statutory obligation to develop an anti-poverty strategy, the region's high court found on Wednesday, putting further pressure on ministers to act.
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March 5, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Northern Ireland's power-sharing government is in breach of a nearly 20-year-old statutory obligation to develop an anti-poverty strategy
www.reuters.com/world/uk/nor...
www.reuters.com/world/uk/nor...
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The UN has found the UK's two-child limit breaches international human rights obligations. This policy is driving families into poverty and undermining children's rights to an adequate standard of living. It must be scrapped. @liamgeraghty.bsky.social
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DWP should increase benefits and scrap two-child limit, UN says
The United Nations has urged the Labour government to scrap the DWP two-child limit and raise benefits in warning over poverty failures.
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March 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The UN has found the UK's two-child limit breaches international human rights obligations. This policy is driving families into poverty and undermining children's rights to an adequate standard of living. It must be scrapped. @liamgeraghty.bsky.social
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It was great to be at the @allianceparty.bsky.social conference today. Thanks to all the delegates who took the time to speak with us #APNI25
March 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
It was great to be at the @allianceparty.bsky.social conference today. Thanks to all the delegates who took the time to speak with us #APNI25
There was a time when Labour would have taxed the richest rather than taking from the poorest. A shameful and totally counterproductive move.
Starmer planning big cuts to UK aid budget to boost defence spending, say sources
Starmer planning big cuts to UK aid budget to boost defence spending, say sources
Exclusive: PM expected to confirm boost in military spending to at least 2.5% of GDP by 2030
* UK politics live – latest updates
Keir Starmer is planning drastic cuts to Britain’s international aid budget to help pay for a boost to defence spending,…
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February 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
There was a time when Labour would have taxed the richest rather than taking from the poorest. A shameful and totally counterproductive move.
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When politicians say they're "stopping the boats" or "smashing the gangs", what does it really mean?
It means making the journeys people have to take more and more dangerous - and it literally costs lives.
The only way to stop dangerous journeys is by giving people safe ways to claim asylum.
It means making the journeys people have to take more and more dangerous - and it literally costs lives.
The only way to stop dangerous journeys is by giving people safe ways to claim asylum.
February 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
When politicians say they're "stopping the boats" or "smashing the gangs", what does it really mean?
It means making the journeys people have to take more and more dangerous - and it literally costs lives.
The only way to stop dangerous journeys is by giving people safe ways to claim asylum.
It means making the journeys people have to take more and more dangerous - and it literally costs lives.
The only way to stop dangerous journeys is by giving people safe ways to claim asylum.
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Hibs fans yesterday showed Israeli Genocide the Red Card 👏🟥🇵🇸
February 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Hibs fans yesterday showed Israeli Genocide the Red Card 👏🟥🇵🇸
Thank you Oli Glasner #FPL
a baby is crying in a crowd of people while a woman holds it .
ALT: a baby is crying in a crowd of people while a woman holds it .
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February 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Thank you Oli Glasner #FPL
Blessed are the peacemakers 🍉🕊
February 15, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Blessed are the peacemakers 🍉🕊
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Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is a major risk factor for stroke, often going undiagnosed until it's too late. Our newly launched AF Screening Tool is designed to transform stroke prevention by making early detection easier and more accessible.
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February 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is a major risk factor for stroke, often going undiagnosed until it's too late. Our newly launched AF Screening Tool is designed to transform stroke prevention by making early detection easier and more accessible.
Read more 👀🔗 ow.ly/2ZfF50UPumi
Read more 👀🔗 ow.ly/2ZfF50UPumi
Great to see the Health Foundation share their hashtag for Blue Sky #REALChallenge
TODAY: Join us for our fifth #REALChallenge lecture.
@hetanshah.bsky.social will be exploring what #AI might mean for health, and how to navigate and assess the opportunities and risks.
Register now to attend online ⬇️
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@hetanshah.bsky.social will be exploring what #AI might mean for health, and how to navigate and assess the opportunities and risks.
Register now to attend online ⬇️
https://buff.ly/42TRHgu
February 13, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Great to see the Health Foundation share their hashtag for Blue Sky #REALChallenge
Tá an tEarrach Linn 🌱
Imbolg sona!!
Spring is here, winter is over, beannachtaí na féile Bríde everyone!!
Spring is here, winter is over, beannachtaí na féile Bríde everyone!!
February 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Tá an tEarrach Linn 🌱