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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 12:57 PM
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
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The corruption & incompetence of the Trump administration in 2 clips.
Jen Psaki breaks it down perfectly.
Jen Psaki breaks it down perfectly.
This epic takedown of Trump’s entire cabinet by Jen Psaki would be funny if millions of lives weren’t hanging in the balance because of his no good, incompetent, unqualified, reckless, corrupt, unserious, and flat out dangerous picks.
1/2
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November 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The corruption & incompetence of the Trump administration in 2 clips.
Jen Psaki breaks it down perfectly.
Jen Psaki breaks it down perfectly.
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📝 REPORT: Tax Reform
💲Corporate profit shifting costs governments billions in tax revenue.
Our latest report, by Tomáš Boukal, Petr Janský, Miroslav Palanský & Michal Parízek (Charles University), explores 2 multilateral initiatives tackling this issue👇
www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications...
💲Corporate profit shifting costs governments billions in tax revenue.
Our latest report, by Tomáš Boukal, Petr Janský, Miroslav Palanský & Michal Parízek (Charles University), explores 2 multilateral initiatives tackling this issue👇
www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications...
Reforming Global Tax Governance: OECD and UN Paths to Effective and Participatory Tax Reform - Research Report | ENSURED
Every year, governments lose hundreds of billions due to tax avoidance and profit shifting. How can the global tax initiatives meant to address these issues be both effective and democratic?
www.ensuredeurope.eu
November 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
📝 REPORT: Tax Reform
💲Corporate profit shifting costs governments billions in tax revenue.
Our latest report, by Tomáš Boukal, Petr Janský, Miroslav Palanský & Michal Parízek (Charles University), explores 2 multilateral initiatives tackling this issue👇
www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications...
💲Corporate profit shifting costs governments billions in tax revenue.
Our latest report, by Tomáš Boukal, Petr Janský, Miroslav Palanský & Michal Parízek (Charles University), explores 2 multilateral initiatives tackling this issue👇
www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications...
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In his new book, This is for Everyone, the creator of the web argues for protection against the power and privacy invasion of big tech companies.
Tim Berners-Lee wants everyone to own their own data – his plan needs state and consumer support to work
In his new book, This is for Everyone, the creator of the web argues for protection against the power and privacy invasion of big tech companies.
tcnv.link
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
In his new book, This is for Everyone, the creator of the web argues for protection against the power and privacy invasion of big tech companies.
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We live in a world where Netanyahu's regimes killing of Palestinian children appears to have become so normalised that killing two children per day, every day is still called a "ceasefire."
news.un.org/en/story/202...
news.un.org/en/story/202...
Gaza: Two children killed every day during fragile ceasefire, says UNICEF
Ongoing attacks and airstrikes attributed to Israeli forces in Gaza continue to kill and maim people of all ages in the shattered enclave despite an agreed ceasefire, UN agencies said on Friday.
news.un.org
November 26, 2025 at 10:06 AM
We live in a world where Netanyahu's regimes killing of Palestinian children appears to have become so normalised that killing two children per day, every day is still called a "ceasefire."
news.un.org/en/story/202...
news.un.org/en/story/202...
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REPORTER: What kind of concessions are the Germans going to have to make?
F.D.R.: The big concession is they stop fighting and don't take any more land.
F.D.R.: The big concession is they stop fighting and don't take any more land.
November 26, 2025 at 2:29 AM
REPORTER: What kind of concessions are the Germans going to have to make?
F.D.R.: The big concession is they stop fighting and don't take any more land.
F.D.R.: The big concession is they stop fighting and don't take any more land.
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@michaeldweiss.bsky.social: "For the first time the Republicans have realized, if we're gonna go to the mattresses with Trump over a, dead pedophile sex offender, why wouldn't we pick a similar fight with him or stand our ground over... the post-war American security architecture in Europe."
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
@michaeldweiss.bsky.social: "For the first time the Republicans have realized, if we're gonna go to the mattresses with Trump over a, dead pedophile sex offender, why wouldn't we pick a similar fight with him or stand our ground over... the post-war American security architecture in Europe."
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Time for public service broadcasters and the Government to do the same…
Dutch public broadcaster NOS quits X over disinformation reut.rs/3KpybRU
Dutch public broadcaster NOS quits X over disinformation
Dutch public broadcaster NOS on Tuesday said it had stopped posting on Elon Musk's social media platform X, as it said it did not want to facilitate the spreading of disinformation.
reut.rs
November 25, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Time for public service broadcasters and the Government to do the same…
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4 days since Nathan Gill was sentenced and only Zia Yusuf has commented.
This story isn’t going away Nigel Farage & Richard Tice
Reform UK is tainted by the Reform Russian Bribes scandal.
All we think now is Gill, Russia Today, “don’t poke the Russian bear”, admiring Putin.
#ReformRussianBribes
This story isn’t going away Nigel Farage & Richard Tice
Reform UK is tainted by the Reform Russian Bribes scandal.
All we think now is Gill, Russia Today, “don’t poke the Russian bear”, admiring Putin.
#ReformRussianBribes
November 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
4 days since Nathan Gill was sentenced and only Zia Yusuf has commented.
This story isn’t going away Nigel Farage & Richard Tice
Reform UK is tainted by the Reform Russian Bribes scandal.
All we think now is Gill, Russia Today, “don’t poke the Russian bear”, admiring Putin.
#ReformRussianBribes
This story isn’t going away Nigel Farage & Richard Tice
Reform UK is tainted by the Reform Russian Bribes scandal.
All we think now is Gill, Russia Today, “don’t poke the Russian bear”, admiring Putin.
#ReformRussianBribes
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November 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Trump made $5 billion on corrupt crypto schemes while kicking 17 million Americans off their health care.
Corruption.
Corruption.
November 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Trump made $5 billion on corrupt crypto schemes while kicking 17 million Americans off their health care.
Corruption.
Corruption.
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“Stand up for what you believe in, especially if that thing is justice and peace. Hope and resilience are the enemy of fear… This tragedy must become a moment for us to come together. Hold your loved ones… Love your neighbors. Treat each other with kindness and respect.”
Sophie and Colin Hortman
Sophie and Colin Hortman
“The best way to honor our parents' memory is to do something, whether big or small, to make our community just a little better for someone else."
Beautiful statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman.
Beautiful statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman.
June 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
“Stand up for what you believe in, especially if that thing is justice and peace. Hope and resilience are the enemy of fear… This tragedy must become a moment for us to come together. Hold your loved ones… Love your neighbors. Treat each other with kindness and respect.”
Sophie and Colin Hortman
Sophie and Colin Hortman
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“This is an actual exchange from a VP who took an oath to defend the constitution and, as a citizen, is expected to abide by the law.
May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.”
@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social
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May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.”
@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social
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September 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
“This is an actual exchange from a VP who took an oath to defend the constitution and, as a citizen, is expected to abide by the law.
May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.”
@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social
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May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.”
@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social
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The President has said any society that tolerates domestic violence is failing in its duty to citizens.
Catherine Connolly launched the new Women’s Aid Centre for Learning and Practice Development, which will offer free courses to help people recognise signs of abuse.
#VMNews
Catherine Connolly launched the new Women’s Aid Centre for Learning and Practice Development, which will offer free courses to help people recognise signs of abuse.
#VMNews
November 25, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The President has said any society that tolerates domestic violence is failing in its duty to citizens.
Catherine Connolly launched the new Women’s Aid Centre for Learning and Practice Development, which will offer free courses to help people recognise signs of abuse.
#VMNews
Catherine Connolly launched the new Women’s Aid Centre for Learning and Practice Development, which will offer free courses to help people recognise signs of abuse.
#VMNews
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77 million Americans voted for this. The rest of us have to stop them from destroying our country.
November 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
77 million Americans voted for this. The rest of us have to stop them from destroying our country.
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Carole Cadwalladr asks why the Labour gov are choosing not to
investigate Russian interference in British elections and referendums
investigate Russian interference in British elections and referendums
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Carole Cadwalladr asks why the Labour gov are choosing not to
investigate Russian interference in British elections and referendums
investigate Russian interference in British elections and referendums
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"It’s ludicrous that aviation doesn’t pay fuel tax, especially now that Rachel Reeves is making noises about a tax on electric vehicles. If we’re looking for easy wins for revenue, just look to the skies."
~ Flight Free UK Director Anna Hughes in the Guardian today 👇
~ Flight Free UK Director Anna Hughes in the Guardian today 👇
End the tax break that makes flying cheaper than trains | Letters
Letters: Airlines benefit from a tax system that helps them keep fares low, writes Anna Hughes
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:15 AM
"It’s ludicrous that aviation doesn’t pay fuel tax, especially now that Rachel Reeves is making noises about a tax on electric vehicles. If we’re looking for easy wins for revenue, just look to the skies."
~ Flight Free UK Director Anna Hughes in the Guardian today 👇
~ Flight Free UK Director Anna Hughes in the Guardian today 👇
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NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
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I can't speak for what was said at the protests, but seeing people react to an anodyne statement like "sacred spaces should not be used to promote activities in violation of international law" as if it were a vicious slur is clarifying.
Zohran Mamdani chastised a Manhattan synagogue that hosted an event promoting migration to Israel and settlements in occupied territories. His stance further tested his strained relationship with pro-Israel Jews in New York.
Mamdani Response to Protest Inflames Tensions with Jewish Leaders
The mayor-elect chastised a synagogue that hosted an event promoting migration to Israel and settlements in occupied territories. His stance further tested his strained relationship with pro-Israel Jews.
nyti.ms
November 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I can't speak for what was said at the protests, but seeing people react to an anodyne statement like "sacred spaces should not be used to promote activities in violation of international law" as if it were a vicious slur is clarifying.
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Nov 24-25 poll of 8,419 U.S. adults (+/-1.3 points)
% who approve | disapprove of members of Congress telling military members they have a legal duty to refuse illegal orders
U.S. adults 50% | 32%
Democrats 74% | 14%
Independents 50% | 26%
Republicans 27% | 56%
today.yougov.com/topics/polit...
% who approve | disapprove of members of Congress telling military members they have a legal duty to refuse illegal orders
U.S. adults 50% | 32%
Democrats 74% | 14%
Independents 50% | 26%
Republicans 27% | 56%
today.yougov.com/topics/polit...
November 25, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Nov 24-25 poll of 8,419 U.S. adults (+/-1.3 points)
% who approve | disapprove of members of Congress telling military members they have a legal duty to refuse illegal orders
U.S. adults 50% | 32%
Democrats 74% | 14%
Independents 50% | 26%
Republicans 27% | 56%
today.yougov.com/topics/polit...
% who approve | disapprove of members of Congress telling military members they have a legal duty to refuse illegal orders
U.S. adults 50% | 32%
Democrats 74% | 14%
Independents 50% | 26%
Republicans 27% | 56%
today.yougov.com/topics/polit...
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In an alternate reality, everything is possible…
Anti-fascist groups named as US terror threats 'barely exist', experts say
Designation of groups from Italy, Germany and Greece labelled 'ridiculous' as experts say no active threat posed
Ben Makuch
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Anti-fascist groups named as US terror threats 'barely exist', experts say
Designation of groups from Italy, Germany and Greece labelled 'ridiculous' as experts say no active threat posed
Ben Makuch
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
November 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
In an alternate reality, everything is possible…
Anti-fascist groups named as US terror threats 'barely exist', experts say
Designation of groups from Italy, Germany and Greece labelled 'ridiculous' as experts say no active threat posed
Ben Makuch
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Anti-fascist groups named as US terror threats 'barely exist', experts say
Designation of groups from Italy, Germany and Greece labelled 'ridiculous' as experts say no active threat posed
Ben Makuch
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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NEW: Since the start of this year, more than 600 immigrant children have been placed in government shelters by ICE.
That number, which has not been previously reported, is the highest since recordkeeping began a decade ago.
That number, which has not been previously reported, is the highest since recordkeeping began a decade ago.
ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
www.propublica.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
NEW: Since the start of this year, more than 600 immigrant children have been placed in government shelters by ICE.
That number, which has not been previously reported, is the highest since recordkeeping began a decade ago.
That number, which has not been previously reported, is the highest since recordkeeping began a decade ago.