Ruth Hannan
@ruthhannan.bsky.social
Exploring care in a new economy at @carefull.bsky.social with @hannahwebster.bsky.social
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🏴 Labour polling at 10% in Wales would have been incomprehensible at one point. Brave new world.
But this projection shows that Welsh voters are still overwhelmingly progressive. Parties should do everything in their power to ensure a progressive majority in May.
But this projection shows that Welsh voters are still overwhelmingly progressive. Parties should do everything in their power to ensure a progressive majority in May.
Senedd Voting Intention:
PLC: 33% (+3)
RFM: 30% (+1)
LAB: 10% (-4)
CON: 10% (-1)
GRN: 9% (+3)
LDM: 6% (=)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 28 Nov - 10 Dec.
Changes w/ 4-10 Sep.
PLC: 33% (+3)
RFM: 30% (+1)
LAB: 10% (-4)
CON: 10% (-1)
GRN: 9% (+3)
LDM: 6% (=)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 28 Nov - 10 Dec.
Changes w/ 4-10 Sep.
December 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
🏴 Labour polling at 10% in Wales would have been incomprehensible at one point. Brave new world.
But this projection shows that Welsh voters are still overwhelmingly progressive. Parties should do everything in their power to ensure a progressive majority in May.
But this projection shows that Welsh voters are still overwhelmingly progressive. Parties should do everything in their power to ensure a progressive majority in May.
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Hello fellow Social Workers and Happy Jane Addams Day! As you know, Jane Addams was a social worker, organizer, and peace activist who co-founded Hull House in Chicago. She's also the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931.
#JaneAddamsDay #OGSocialWorker
#JaneAddamsDay #OGSocialWorker
December 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Hello fellow Social Workers and Happy Jane Addams Day! As you know, Jane Addams was a social worker, organizer, and peace activist who co-founded Hull House in Chicago. She's also the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931.
#JaneAddamsDay #OGSocialWorker
#JaneAddamsDay #OGSocialWorker
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💥 "Billionaires’ wealth has more than doubled since 2010. How many of our constituents can say that their wages have doubled, their standard of living has doubled, that their wealth has doubled in that time?"
@richardburgon.bsky.social asking the real questions in the Budget debate.
@richardburgon.bsky.social asking the real questions in the Budget debate.
December 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
💥 "Billionaires’ wealth has more than doubled since 2010. How many of our constituents can say that their wages have doubled, their standard of living has doubled, that their wealth has doubled in that time?"
@richardburgon.bsky.social asking the real questions in the Budget debate.
@richardburgon.bsky.social asking the real questions in the Budget debate.
This looks like the opening scene of a football themed zombie apocalypse movie.
December 5, 2025 at 9:07 PM
This looks like the opening scene of a football themed zombie apocalypse movie.
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17 MILLION PEOPLE would have access to clean drinking water if debt repayments were slashed...Imagine if all debts were CANCELLED
We campaign to win debt justice for millions of people around the world. Support us today and get your donation matched! donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
We campaign to win debt justice for millions of people around the world. Support us today and get your donation matched! donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
December 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
17 MILLION PEOPLE would have access to clean drinking water if debt repayments were slashed...Imagine if all debts were CANCELLED
We campaign to win debt justice for millions of people around the world. Support us today and get your donation matched! donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
We campaign to win debt justice for millions of people around the world. Support us today and get your donation matched! donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Reporting on the £28bn investment on energy infrastructure is making my blood boil. 2 days after our fuel poverty report. Green energy is seen as a cost but never any scrutiny of the £125billion energy company profits.
carefulleconomy.co.uk/publications/
carefulleconomy.co.uk/publications/
Publications
Reports and publications Running on empty: unpaid carer’s experiences of fuel poverty in the UK An estimated 6.1 million households in the UK are in fuel poverty, their finances strained unde…
carefulleconomy.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Reporting on the £28bn investment on energy infrastructure is making my blood boil. 2 days after our fuel poverty report. Green energy is seen as a cost but never any scrutiny of the £125billion energy company profits.
carefulleconomy.co.uk/publications/
carefulleconomy.co.uk/publications/
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What does the gig economy reveal to us about the wider systems that connect us all? And what do we do about it?
In our latest episode of Words of Affirmation - out now - our brilliant guest Joe Durbidge from @iwgbunion.bsky.social joins us fo discuss. Listen at linktr.ee/carefulleconomy
In our latest episode of Words of Affirmation - out now - our brilliant guest Joe Durbidge from @iwgbunion.bsky.social joins us fo discuss. Listen at linktr.ee/carefulleconomy
December 1, 2025 at 9:55 AM
What does the gig economy reveal to us about the wider systems that connect us all? And what do we do about it?
In our latest episode of Words of Affirmation - out now - our brilliant guest Joe Durbidge from @iwgbunion.bsky.social joins us fo discuss. Listen at linktr.ee/carefulleconomy
In our latest episode of Words of Affirmation - out now - our brilliant guest Joe Durbidge from @iwgbunion.bsky.social joins us fo discuss. Listen at linktr.ee/carefulleconomy
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There are a few places left for our exciting London event on Friday with People's Economy. Exploring how London can centre care in its economy.
Tickets are free and you can sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/building-a...
Tickets are free and you can sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/building-a...
Building a London economy of care
How would London look and feel if care for ourselves, one another, and our planet, sat at the heart of how our economy works?
www.eventbrite.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
There are a few places left for our exciting London event on Friday with People's Economy. Exploring how London can centre care in its economy.
Tickets are free and you can sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/building-a...
Tickets are free and you can sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/building-a...
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Lee Anderson, who makes nearly £200,000 a year, repeatedly calls for benefit clampdowns, and described Britain as a “food bank for the world”...
...claims more in taxpayer-funded hotel bills than any other MP in England, billing the taxpayer for £22.5k in 2024/25 www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
...claims more in taxpayer-funded hotel bills than any other MP in England, billing the taxpayer for £22.5k in 2024/25 www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
Revealed: MPs rack up huge rent expenses while pushing through cuts to benefits
MPs are allowed to rent a second home, but while they are simultaneously cutting benefits for the vulnerable, the cost feels hard to swallow.
www.bigissue.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Lee Anderson, who makes nearly £200,000 a year, repeatedly calls for benefit clampdowns, and described Britain as a “food bank for the world”...
...claims more in taxpayer-funded hotel bills than any other MP in England, billing the taxpayer for £22.5k in 2024/25 www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
...claims more in taxpayer-funded hotel bills than any other MP in England, billing the taxpayer for £22.5k in 2024/25 www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
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You beat me to this. I would go as far as to ask @ippr.org to take this post down and reframe it. It is a huge error which distracts from a really useful analysis.
November 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
You beat me to this. I would go as far as to ask @ippr.org to take this post down and reframe it. It is a huge error which distracts from a really useful analysis.
Let's not perpetuate this language. Let's call it what it is. Hateful. Rooted in bigotry and the gateway drug that allowed austerity to destroy lives.
Many newspapers and politicians have been calling yesterday's fiscal statement a 'Budget for Benefits Street'. Here's three reasons why that is not accurate 🧵
November 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Let's not perpetuate this language. Let's call it what it is. Hateful. Rooted in bigotry and the gateway drug that allowed austerity to destroy lives.
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Normalisation of "gig work" & "gig economy" masks the precarity of work that nearly 5m undertake. This is the tip of an iceberg of the erosion of workers rights.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
We spoke to lovely Joe, from @iwgbunion.bsky.social for Words of Affirmation. Give it a listen.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
We spoke to lovely Joe, from @iwgbunion.bsky.social for Words of Affirmation. Give it a listen.
Labour must back delivery drivers sacked by DPD, former cabinet minister says
Louise Haigh criticises delivery company over treatment of workers who spoke out against pay cuts
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Normalisation of "gig work" & "gig economy" masks the precarity of work that nearly 5m undertake. This is the tip of an iceberg of the erosion of workers rights.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
We spoke to lovely Joe, from @iwgbunion.bsky.social for Words of Affirmation. Give it a listen.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
We spoke to lovely Joe, from @iwgbunion.bsky.social for Words of Affirmation. Give it a listen.
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the BBC should apologise with a montage of all the times Trump showed support for 6 Jan and they should get the person who does the end of World Cup montage to do it
November 11, 2025 at 8:16 AM
the BBC should apologise with a montage of all the times Trump showed support for 6 Jan and they should get the person who does the end of World Cup montage to do it
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Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
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More wise words from @carefull.bsky.social, this time on Paul Scholes' announcement that he's sidelining paid work to care for his autistic son. This is a dilemma that affects so many carers in our economy; article link in the comments
This week Paul Scholes shared his experiences of caring for his son alongside his professional role and it resonated with us. In our economy - that devalues and isolates care - the challenges he faced are shared by millions, but not everyone has the resources he has to fall back on.
November 7, 2025 at 10:14 AM
More wise words from @carefull.bsky.social, this time on Paul Scholes' announcement that he's sidelining paid work to care for his autistic son. This is a dilemma that affects so many carers in our economy; article link in the comments
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Rockstar Games, "famed for its Grand Theft Auto franchise, the latest edition of which netted more than $1billion (£770 million) in pre-sale orders alone, last week fired all 30 workers who had been part of an Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) Discord channel"
Rockstar workers fight grand theft of jobs
MORE than 200 trade unionists and community activists picketed Rockstar Games in Edinburgh today in solidarity with 30 workers sacked for joining a union.The company, famed for its Grand Theft Auto fr...
morningstaronline.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Rockstar Games, "famed for its Grand Theft Auto franchise, the latest edition of which netted more than $1billion (£770 million) in pre-sale orders alone, last week fired all 30 workers who had been part of an Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) Discord channel"
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This week Paul Scholes shared his experiences of caring for his son alongside his professional role and it resonated with us. In our economy - that devalues and isolates care - the challenges he faced are shared by millions, but not everyone has the resources he has to fall back on.
November 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This week Paul Scholes shared his experiences of caring for his son alongside his professional role and it resonated with us. In our economy - that devalues and isolates care - the challenges he faced are shared by millions, but not everyone has the resources he has to fall back on.
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Read the full article from our co-founder @ruthhannan.bsky.social www.lbc.co.uk/article/isol...
Isolating carers is an own goal for all of us | LBC
Paul Scholes’ wealth doesn’t protect him from the worries about his son’s future, but it does enable him to give up paid work without any impact on his family’s financial wellbeing, writes Ruth Hannan
www.lbc.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Read the full article from our co-founder @ruthhannan.bsky.social www.lbc.co.uk/article/isol...
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At Care Full we support the four-day week for its potential benefits to unpaid carers. The government needs to catch up. The evidence points to too many positives to ignore.
The four-day week is already working.
It’s time for the government to catch up.
It’s time for the government to catch up.
October 30, 2025 at 9:56 AM
At Care Full we support the four-day week for its potential benefits to unpaid carers. The government needs to catch up. The evidence points to too many positives to ignore.
Did you see our new report launched yesterday? Check out our thread below.
Whether you’re up for the school run, taking Mum to a doctors appointment or helping a neighbour with their shopping, we all want to care and be cared for.
But in the economy we have millions who care are struggling to survive, left to worry about how to care for someone and look after themselves..
But in the economy we have millions who care are struggling to survive, left to worry about how to care for someone and look after themselves..
October 30, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Did you see our new report launched yesterday? Check out our thread below.
An excellent briefing on all things care related. Pulling together issues with our current model and setting out the potential for ambitious changes. Thanks for including @carefull.bsky.social new report. Out today.
On the International Day of Care and Support, this week’s New Economy Brief explores what the Carer's Allowance scandal tells us about how our economy and society undervalue care: neweconomybrief.net/the-digest/w...
October 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
An excellent briefing on all things care related. Pulling together issues with our current model and setting out the potential for ambitious changes. Thanks for including @carefull.bsky.social new report. Out today.
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Care Full ( @carefull.bsky.social ) are looking at how experiences of care unite us all, and how that should be recognised. Please check them out!
Whether you’re up for the school run, taking Mum to a doctors appointment or helping a neighbour with their shopping, we all want to care and be cared for.
But in the economy we have millions who care are struggling to survive, left to worry about how to care for someone and look after themselves..
But in the economy we have millions who care are struggling to survive, left to worry about how to care for someone and look after themselves..
October 29, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Care Full ( @carefull.bsky.social ) are looking at how experiences of care unite us all, and how that should be recognised. Please check them out!
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Come and join me and Beverley Ward chatting about #RewritingSocialCare in London on Thursday 23 October #BookLaunch www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
October 9, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Come and join me and Beverley Ward chatting about #RewritingSocialCare in London on Thursday 23 October #BookLaunch www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
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So, Sunday Times runs with latest poll showing Farage winning if there was an election now. But makes NO mention of Reform’s collusion with Russia. And this is how democracy gets beaten to death in the dark. Voters are not being told the truth. Reform is given the stage but is NEVER held to account.
September 28, 2025 at 7:59 AM
So, Sunday Times runs with latest poll showing Farage winning if there was an election now. But makes NO mention of Reform’s collusion with Russia. And this is how democracy gets beaten to death in the dark. Voters are not being told the truth. Reform is given the stage but is NEVER held to account.