Just Fair's statement on the UK Government's proposed asylum 'reforms'
"This is a critical moment for the UK, a time for deep reflection on what kind of country we are, and what kind of country we want to be"
There is an alternative to advancing division and cruelty
"This is a critical moment for the UK, a time for deep reflection on what kind of country we are, and what kind of country we want to be"
There is an alternative to advancing division and cruelty
Everyone has the right to a safe and decent home, access to good work, and support in times of need. Human rights belong to everyone.
Read our statement on the UK Government’s proposed asylum ‘reforms’ 👇
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Read our statement on the UK Government’s proposed asylum ‘reforms’ 👇
justfair.org.uk/just-fair-st...
Just Fair statement on the UK Government’s proposed asylum 'reforms' | Just Fair
Everyone has the right to a safe and decent home, access to good work, and support in times of need. Human rights belong to everyone. Making refugee protection temporary, restricting appeals, and with...
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November 18, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Just Fair's statement on the UK Government's proposed asylum 'reforms'
"This is a critical moment for the UK, a time for deep reflection on what kind of country we are, and what kind of country we want to be"
There is an alternative to advancing division and cruelty
"This is a critical moment for the UK, a time for deep reflection on what kind of country we are, and what kind of country we want to be"
There is an alternative to advancing division and cruelty
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In 2023 @tom-clark.bsky.social got me to write a chapter for his book on UK poverty about how immigration limbo, which Labour wants more of, makes people destitute. It was the most distressing piece I've ever worked on. We sent a copy to every MP. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/society/6081...
Destitute by design: trapped in the immigration system
Migration policy is not only failing people forced to arrive in Britain by
boats. In an extract from a new edited volume, Daniel Trilling reports on t...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 8:36 AM
In 2023 @tom-clark.bsky.social got me to write a chapter for his book on UK poverty about how immigration limbo, which Labour wants more of, makes people destitute. It was the most distressing piece I've ever worked on. We sent a copy to every MP. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/society/6081...
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‘Government sources said rules that mean most asylum seekers are not allowed to have jobs will not change.’ It’s absurd that the govt chooses to continue with a rule that puts asylum seekers in a situation of dependency, then attacks then for needing ‘handouts’ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
UK government set to make support for asylum seekers ‘discretionary’
Home secretary expected to change system to deny help to those who can work or who have assets
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:56 AM
‘Government sources said rules that mean most asylum seekers are not allowed to have jobs will not change.’ It’s absurd that the govt chooses to continue with a rule that puts asylum seekers in a situation of dependency, then attacks then for needing ‘handouts’ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The response to Lam's comments should be a swift, decisive and clear rejection of them ..... this is not that
“We welcome those who come to this country, legally, and give more than they take. We believe the right to stay here must not be automatic, but that those who play their part should be able to earn that right."
October 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The response to Lam's comments should be a swift, decisive and clear rejection of them ..... this is not that
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Great video from our friends @savechildrenuk.bsky.social
The government must scrap the two-child limit.
The government must scrap the two-child limit.
July 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Great video from our friends @savechildrenuk.bsky.social
The government must scrap the two-child limit.
The government must scrap the two-child limit.
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As the #UCBill (without PIP) returns to UK Parliament for its third (and final?) reading, my post for @hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
The watered-down version of the Bill will still negatively affect many with disabilities and long term health conditions. The government should scrap it.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
The watered-down version of the Bill will still negatively affect many with disabilities and long term health conditions. The government should scrap it.
Revised UK Social Security Bill Still Harms Rights
The UK government’s draft law to cut spending on disability-related social security triggered major opposition from within the ruling party, forcing the government to roll back some of the legislation...
www.hrw.org
July 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
As the #UCBill (without PIP) returns to UK Parliament for its third (and final?) reading, my post for @hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
The watered-down version of the Bill will still negatively affect many with disabilities and long term health conditions. The government should scrap it.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
The watered-down version of the Bill will still negatively affect many with disabilities and long term health conditions. The government should scrap it.
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Pitting one group against another... in the spending cuts olympics.
Here the two-child limit. See also the ideas floated on cutting spending on education and health care plans for children with special educational needs.
Why can't politics be based on rights rather than a race to the bottom?
Here the two-child limit. See also the ideas floated on cutting spending on education and health care plans for children with special educational needs.
Why can't politics be based on rights rather than a race to the bottom?
Note No.10 is starting work on its new narrative: “We can’t stop the two child limit ‘cos they made us u-turn on disability benefits.”
Child poverty v disability poverty is not a contest. Labour is responsible for its choices and solutions - not disabled people. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Child poverty v disability poverty is not a contest. Labour is responsible for its choices and solutions - not disabled people. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Plan to scrap two-child benefit cap ‘dead’ after welfare retreat
A calamitous week for Keir Starmer’s government is said to have rendered the proposal, which would have cost £3.4 billion, unfeasible
www.thetimes.com
July 8, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Pitting one group against another... in the spending cuts olympics.
Here the two-child limit. See also the ideas floated on cutting spending on education and health care plans for children with special educational needs.
Why can't politics be based on rights rather than a race to the bottom?
Here the two-child limit. See also the ideas floated on cutting spending on education and health care plans for children with special educational needs.
Why can't politics be based on rights rather than a race to the bottom?
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Version of the classic 1936 poster. "Aixafem el feixisme" (Let’s crush fascism) by Pere Català i Pic. This one also reads "No to fascism. Neither on the streets, nor in the town halls." From the 2023 Catalan municipal elections. Damn, this is an image for our times...
June 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Version of the classic 1936 poster. "Aixafem el feixisme" (Let’s crush fascism) by Pere Català i Pic. This one also reads "No to fascism. Neither on the streets, nor in the town halls." From the 2023 Catalan municipal elections. Damn, this is an image for our times...
"cruelty charter" - excellent piece from @johnharris1969.bsky.social on the UK Government's social security proposals www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Look at Labour’s cruel attitude towards disability benefits, then tell me Keir Starmer cares about 'human dignity' | John Harris
These proposed cuts will turn people’s lives into a nightmare. No wonder they are scared about where this all might lead, says Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
June 23, 2025 at 7:37 AM
"cruelty charter" - excellent piece from @johnharris1969.bsky.social on the UK Government's social security proposals www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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LA's domestic violence service providers talk to @juliannemcshane.bsky.social about ICE's chilling effect on their organizations and the undocumented survivors they serve.
“She literally had to choose: physical harm or potential [ICE] custody.”
“She literally had to choose: physical harm or potential [ICE] custody.”
LA's ICE raids are impacting domestic violence shelters
These programs "should be safe sanctuaries—and we can't even guarantee that anymore."
www.motherjones.com
June 13, 2025 at 1:52 PM
LA's domestic violence service providers talk to @juliannemcshane.bsky.social about ICE's chilling effect on their organizations and the undocumented survivors they serve.
“She literally had to choose: physical harm or potential [ICE] custody.”
“She literally had to choose: physical harm or potential [ICE] custody.”
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MAJOR UPDATE
Thanks to a series of FOI requests, we've found that less than 4% of exploited migrant care workers found new work through a multi-million pound government scheme. (A thread🧵)
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Thanks to a series of FOI requests, we've found that less than 4% of exploited migrant care workers found new work through a multi-million pound government scheme. (A thread🧵)
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Less than 4% of exploited care workers helped by UK government scheme
Only 941 of 29,000 exploited migrant workers reported finding new employer through multimillion-pound scheme
www.theguardian.com
June 6, 2025 at 8:39 AM
MAJOR UPDATE
Thanks to a series of FOI requests, we've found that less than 4% of exploited migrant care workers found new work through a multi-million pound government scheme. (A thread🧵)
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Thanks to a series of FOI requests, we've found that less than 4% of exploited migrant care workers found new work through a multi-million pound government scheme. (A thread🧵)
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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The Immigration White Paper is set on reducing net migration at all costs, including by blaming migrant workers for their own exploitation.
While we work on more in-depth analysis, here’s our initial response.
While we work on more in-depth analysis, here’s our initial response.
May 12, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The Immigration White Paper is set on reducing net migration at all costs, including by blaming migrant workers for their own exploitation.
While we work on more in-depth analysis, here’s our initial response.
While we work on more in-depth analysis, here’s our initial response.
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1/7: At today’s Spring Statement, the government announced yet more panicked cuts to vital support for disabled people.
The government also set out more detail about the impact that its huge cuts to support will have on disabled people 🧵
The government also set out more detail about the impact that its huge cuts to support will have on disabled people 🧵
March 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
1/7: At today’s Spring Statement, the government announced yet more panicked cuts to vital support for disabled people.
The government also set out more detail about the impact that its huge cuts to support will have on disabled people 🧵
The government also set out more detail about the impact that its huge cuts to support will have on disabled people 🧵
Just a few weeks ago the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights recommended the UK ‘adopt a more efficient, progressive and socially just fiscal policy’ and increase the budget for social security (amongst other areas) to protect people’s rights 1/7
March 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Just a few weeks ago the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights recommended the UK ‘adopt a more efficient, progressive and socially just fiscal policy’ and increase the budget for social security (amongst other areas) to protect people’s rights 1/7
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The right to an adequate standard of living is a human right under international human rights law. As is the right to social security. The UK ratified a treaty promising to uphold these rights in 1976, almost 50 years ago. And yet here we are.
March 23, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The right to an adequate standard of living is a human right under international human rights law. As is the right to social security. The UK ratified a treaty promising to uphold these rights in 1976, almost 50 years ago. And yet here we are.
She could have not gone. Or paid for tickets but then accepted seating in a box for security reasons. There were other choices. “The right thing to do” may need more thought. Esp. in a context when you oversee policy that leaves people “choosing” between turning on the lights & feeding their kids…..
March 23, 2025 at 11:17 AM
She could have not gone. Or paid for tickets but then accepted seating in a box for security reasons. There were other choices. “The right thing to do” may need more thought. Esp. in a context when you oversee policy that leaves people “choosing” between turning on the lights & feeding their kids…..
This. The incoherence of policy making is hard to comprehend.
29% of the people we help with PIP @citizensadvice.bsky.social have dependent children. Cutting disability benefits won't just affect disabled adults - it harms their children too. Hard to see how this fits into gov ambitions on reducing child poverty
The more we look at cuts to disability benefits and how they will affect the people we support at Citizens Advice, the clearer the impact on children in, and on the edge of poverty, becomes.
@emerdemeza.bsky.social discusses here:
inews.co.uk/news/how-ben...
@citizensadvice.bsky.social
@emerdemeza.bsky.social discusses here:
inews.co.uk/news/how-ben...
@citizensadvice.bsky.social
March 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
This. The incoherence of policy making is hard to comprehend.
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March 18, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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"Britain’s social security system has been stripped to the bones: it provides neither security nor enough support to those who receive it."
An excellent article from @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social & @aaronreeves.bsky.social exploring the government's planned welfare cuts: bit.ly/41AkTa1
An excellent article from @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social & @aaronreeves.bsky.social exploring the government's planned welfare cuts: bit.ly/41AkTa1
Cuts and caps to benefits have always harmed people, not helped them into work
Many of the measures already implemented to reduce government spending have actually pushed people further away from the labour market.
bit.ly
March 17, 2025 at 9:52 AM
"Britain’s social security system has been stripped to the bones: it provides neither security nor enough support to those who receive it."
An excellent article from @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social & @aaronreeves.bsky.social exploring the government's planned welfare cuts: bit.ly/41AkTa1
An excellent article from @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social & @aaronreeves.bsky.social exploring the government's planned welfare cuts: bit.ly/41AkTa1
Earlier this month UN CESCR also expressed concern, in Concluding Observations of its review of the UK, about the risk of exploitation faced by migrant workers under certain visa schemes and recommended the UK Govt ensures elimination of exploitative practices tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/...
March 17, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Earlier this month UN CESCR also expressed concern, in Concluding Observations of its review of the UK, about the risk of exploitation faced by migrant workers under certain visa schemes and recommended the UK Govt ensures elimination of exploitative practices tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/...
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Labour MPs saying “the clue is in the name” to justify benefit cuts is wildly disingenuous. It co-opts Labour’s history to imply all those that cannot physically labour are somehow excluded from the cause. Being pro-worker does not require being anti-unemployed or anti-disabled. It never did.
March 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Labour MPs saying “the clue is in the name” to justify benefit cuts is wildly disingenuous. It co-opts Labour’s history to imply all those that cannot physically labour are somehow excluded from the cause. Being pro-worker does not require being anti-unemployed or anti-disabled. It never did.
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"The UK presents itself as a global leader in human rights, but these findings tell a different story. These problems are not just a result of past actions; the current government continues to make decisions that undermine rights." - Jess McQuail, Director, Just Fair
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
www.bigissue.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"The UK presents itself as a global leader in human rights, but these findings tell a different story. These problems are not just a result of past actions; the current government continues to make decisions that undermine rights." - Jess McQuail, Director, Just Fair
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
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Excellent piece in the @bigissue.com by @lgeraghty23.bsky.social on the conclusions of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on the UK. The article begins with social security, and goes on to cover a range of recommendations on housing, wages, work, poverty reduction & measurement
March 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Excellent piece in the @bigissue.com by @lgeraghty23.bsky.social on the conclusions of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on the UK. The article begins with social security, and goes on to cover a range of recommendations on housing, wages, work, poverty reduction & measurement