Ramandeep Kaur
@mumof3amigos.bsky.social
Campaigner. Activist, Lived Experience Trainer. MA Social Policy.
#LearningDisabilities #HealthInequalities
Charity trustee and former Chair.
Trying to build a better world.
Also love #LFC
Views expressed are my own.
www.ramandeepkaur.co.uk
#LearningDisabilities #HealthInequalities
Charity trustee and former Chair.
Trying to build a better world.
Also love #LFC
Views expressed are my own.
www.ramandeepkaur.co.uk
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Ramandeep Kaur
@mumof3amigos.bsky.social
· Feb 12
Immigration is a good thing. It has brought enrichment, talent and energy to the country and, on a personal level, a family life.
It's got to be managed, it's got to be fair, it's got to be humane and it's got to exist.
It's got to be managed, it's got to be fair, it's got to be humane and it's got to exist.
This, every day, this ⬇️
Thank you to Anna Bird, CEO of @contactfamilies.bsky.social for reminding MP’s that some children will always need support with getting to school. My son is one of those young people who no longer receives transport to school even though he has a #LearningDisability and cannot travel without support
Rename ‘home-to-school transport’ to tackle spiralling costs, MPs told
Rename ‘home-to-school transport’ to tackle spiralling costs, MPs told
Costs in England have now risen to £2.3bn a year, with local authorities arguing eligible pupils don’t always need a ‘door-to-door taxi service’
“Home-to-school transport” should be renamed “assisted travel to school” to help manage parental expectations, MPs on the public accounts committee have been told.
While councils are committed to helping children entitled to support to get to school, it does not have to be “a door-to-door taxi service”, leading local authority figures have said. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Thank you to Anna Bird, CEO of @contactfamilies.bsky.social for reminding MP’s that some children will always need support with getting to school. My son is one of those young people who no longer receives transport to school even though he has a #LearningDisability and cannot travel without support
What a beautifully uplifting concert at the Birmingham Symphony Hall tonight.
‘Bringing the light’ brought together the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, youth choirs, and original pieces by Joan Armatrading, Cassie Kinoshi and Roxanna Panufnik.
There was a message of unity and hope. Brilliant Brum ❤️
‘Bringing the light’ brought together the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, youth choirs, and original pieces by Joan Armatrading, Cassie Kinoshi and Roxanna Panufnik.
There was a message of unity and hope. Brilliant Brum ❤️
December 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
What a beautifully uplifting concert at the Birmingham Symphony Hall tonight.
‘Bringing the light’ brought together the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, youth choirs, and original pieces by Joan Armatrading, Cassie Kinoshi and Roxanna Panufnik.
There was a message of unity and hope. Brilliant Brum ❤️
‘Bringing the light’ brought together the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, youth choirs, and original pieces by Joan Armatrading, Cassie Kinoshi and Roxanna Panufnik.
There was a message of unity and hope. Brilliant Brum ❤️
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When I arrived in the UK 25 years ago I had a job at a university that paid £21k. I could barely make ends meet but I worked hard and eventually I succeeded. I guess this Labour government considers young broke hardworking me a “taker”?
Fuck this.
Fuck this.
December 7, 2025 at 11:50 AM
When I arrived in the UK 25 years ago I had a job at a university that paid £21k. I could barely make ends meet but I worked hard and eventually I succeeded. I guess this Labour government considers young broke hardworking me a “taker”?
Fuck this.
Fuck this.
YMCA… I must be dreaming 😂😂
December 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
YMCA… I must be dreaming 😂😂
Ok, so I know I’ve been up since 5.30am and I’m feeling frazzled, but listening to the #WorldCup draw is like listening to my 16 year old do a further maths equation!!
I’m lost 😂😆🤣
I’m lost 😂😆🤣
December 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Ok, so I know I’ve been up since 5.30am and I’m feeling frazzled, but listening to the #WorldCup draw is like listening to my 16 year old do a further maths equation!!
I’m lost 😂😆🤣
I’m lost 😂😆🤣
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On the Englishness of Sir Tom Stoppard, RIP
www.britishfuture.org/on-the-engli...
www.britishfuture.org/on-the-engli...
On the Englishness of Sir Tom Stoppard - British Future
Sunder Katwala reflects on the life and shifting identity of playwright Sir Tom Stoppard, who has died aged 84.
www.britishfuture.org
December 3, 2025 at 10:50 PM
On the Englishness of Sir Tom Stoppard, RIP
www.britishfuture.org/on-the-engli...
www.britishfuture.org/on-the-engli...
Thank god! Wirtz 😍
December 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Thank god! Wirtz 😍
Anatomy of a Cancellation - what a waste of time!
Even more horrific was listening to author Philip Pullman having to pause before answering if he was a racist or not. FFS.
Even more horrific was listening to author Philip Pullman having to pause before answering if he was a racist or not. FFS.
December 3, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Anatomy of a Cancellation - what a waste of time!
Even more horrific was listening to author Philip Pullman having to pause before answering if he was a racist or not. FFS.
Even more horrific was listening to author Philip Pullman having to pause before answering if he was a racist or not. FFS.
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Impossible to exaggerate what a brilliant writer Henry is. Pisses me right off tbh.
🚨Some personal news.
I'm thrilled to announce that I've just filed my first copy for The New Yorker.
A profile of Jonathan Gullis.
"You get the sense that offstage, Jonathan Gullis struggles with being Jonathan Gullis."
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
I'm thrilled to announce that I've just filed my first copy for The New Yorker.
A profile of Jonathan Gullis.
"You get the sense that offstage, Jonathan Gullis struggles with being Jonathan Gullis."
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
Jonathan Gullis, The Seagull's Lament
A New Yorker Profile
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Impossible to exaggerate what a brilliant writer Henry is. Pisses me right off tbh.
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As a racist apologist might say…
‘It was just banter’
‘There was intention to cause any harm’
These people are truly vile
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
‘It was just banter’
‘There was intention to cause any harm’
These people are truly vile
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reform's Laura Anne Jones' racist WhatsApp slur 'caused hurt'
Members of Wales' Chinese community say seeing a politician use a racist slur is
www.bbc.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 8:39 AM
As a racist apologist might say…
‘It was just banter’
‘There was intention to cause any harm’
These people are truly vile
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
‘It was just banter’
‘There was intention to cause any harm’
These people are truly vile
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I hate the R word and will never understand why so many people continue to use it.
Growing up with a sister who has a learning disability, I’ve seen people shout the R word at her. That was in the 80s and 90s. Now we’re in the 2020s and I am seeing world leaders and tech leaders use it and I cannot begin to tell you how devastating that is.
December 1, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I hate the R word and will never understand why so many people continue to use it.
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Laura K has spent the last five or so minutes trying to get an answer to a ‘gotcha’ question!
Move on!!
I want to hear about growth in the economy and how young people can get jobs.
Move on!!
I want to hear about growth in the economy and how young people can get jobs.
November 30, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Laura K has spent the last five or so minutes trying to get an answer to a ‘gotcha’ question!
Move on!!
I want to hear about growth in the economy and how young people can get jobs.
Move on!!
I want to hear about growth in the economy and how young people can get jobs.
Sir Tom Stoppard has died. Very sad news.
November 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Sir Tom Stoppard has died. Very sad news.
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Hardly the only time this government has let rightwing online trolls guide policy if we are being totally honest.
This is rooted in the idea that disabled individuals should be "grateful for gruel". It's perception over reality as policy, no matter the way it reinforces the perception. 1/
This is rooted in the idea that disabled individuals should be "grateful for gruel". It's perception over reality as policy, no matter the way it reinforces the perception. 1/
How Motability cuts went from a rightwing online campaign to Rachel Reeves’s budget
How Motability cuts went from a rightwing online campaign to Rachel Reeves’s budget
Car lease scheme for people with mobility problems portrayed as ‘free’ but is funded by benefits and their own contributions
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Hardly the only time this government has let rightwing online trolls guide policy if we are being totally honest.
This is rooted in the idea that disabled individuals should be "grateful for gruel". It's perception over reality as policy, no matter the way it reinforces the perception. 1/
This is rooted in the idea that disabled individuals should be "grateful for gruel". It's perception over reality as policy, no matter the way it reinforces the perception. 1/
Lovely choice of song by Salman Rushdie on Dessert Island Discs, ‘Yeh hai Bombay meri jaan.’
Happily singing along 🎶
Happily singing along 🎶
November 28, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Lovely choice of song by Salman Rushdie on Dessert Island Discs, ‘Yeh hai Bombay meri jaan.’
Happily singing along 🎶
Happily singing along 🎶
Reposted by Ramandeep Kaur
This article's a mess - largely because comms around the funding change has been a mess
Allocation of the educational component of SEND funding is the ultimate responsibility of the DfE, and always has been
Thread (apologies in advance for the 'stop getting Bond wrong!' energy)
Allocation of the educational component of SEND funding is the ultimate responsibility of the DfE, and always has been
Thread (apologies in advance for the 'stop getting Bond wrong!' energy)
Warning of £20bn timebomb as Reeves switches Send funding in England to education department
Warning of £20bn timebomb as Reeves switches Send funding in England to education department
Councils welcome move but OBR says it is a significant fiscal risk and could lead to 4.9% real fall in spending per pupil
The government will take over full responsibility for special educational needs spending from local councils, it was revealed at the budget, prompting warnings that the Department for Education could be facing a £20bn timebomb in two years.
The Office for Budget Responsibility said the annual costs of special educational needs and disability (Send) spending in England would reach £6bn a year by 2028, increasing the urgency of a potentially decisive overhaul of Send provision in a schools white paper expected early next year. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This article's a mess - largely because comms around the funding change has been a mess
Allocation of the educational component of SEND funding is the ultimate responsibility of the DfE, and always has been
Thread (apologies in advance for the 'stop getting Bond wrong!' energy)
Allocation of the educational component of SEND funding is the ultimate responsibility of the DfE, and always has been
Thread (apologies in advance for the 'stop getting Bond wrong!' energy)
Reposted by Ramandeep Kaur
Yesterday’s budget statement included a number of announcements involving changes in the rules for working age benefits.
Read our more in-depth summary here 👇
Read our more in-depth summary here 👇
The main benefits announcements in the Budget
Yesterday’s budget statement included a number of announcements involving changes in the rules for working age benefits. Two-child limit scrapped The biggest change is the scrapping of the two-child limit for Universal Credit claimants from April 2026. If you claim Universal Credit, you get an additional amount – a “child element” – for each dependent […]
f.mtr.cool
November 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Yesterday’s budget statement included a number of announcements involving changes in the rules for working age benefits.
Read our more in-depth summary here 👇
Read our more in-depth summary here 👇
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This emotional argument is Always employed when people make suggestions about elderly people downsizing from houses they can't really afford but I don't think they realise how many u-40s can't relate at all to the idea of having a home they could stay in for the rest of their life
November 27, 2025 at 7:38 AM
This emotional argument is Always employed when people make suggestions about elderly people downsizing from houses they can't really afford but I don't think they realise how many u-40s can't relate at all to the idea of having a home they could stay in for the rest of their life
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How predictable and misleading. I thought the series was great for many reasons, from featuring Indigenous peoples in their own words, multiple languages, and its way of connecting huge political change to individual stories. Radically different, and better, than any previous BBC series on empire.
November 27, 2025 at 9:10 AM
How predictable and misleading. I thought the series was great for many reasons, from featuring Indigenous peoples in their own words, multiple languages, and its way of connecting huge political change to individual stories. Radically different, and better, than any previous BBC series on empire.
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Almost forgot I wrote this piece with the tail end of my bubble plots. But if you want to know how many Reform voters think white people face worse discrimination than ethnic minorities, I’ve got the goods.
Finally got round to giving @benansell.bsky.social's latest. It's also one of his very best - especially if you want to understand the extent to which Reform voters (often talked of as 'the people' and, apparently therefore, representative of all UK voters) are real outliers, culturally-speaking.
Odd Ones Out
Mapping Britain's social values and the marginalisation of the 'anti-woke'
benansell.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Almost forgot I wrote this piece with the tail end of my bubble plots. But if you want to know how many Reform voters think white people face worse discrimination than ethnic minorities, I’ve got the goods.