Sally Young
@salyou.bsky.social
Feminist. Social activist. Socialist. Geordie. Mother, Grandmother, Great-grandmother and partner.
And how much in economic terms have carers saved multiple governments over these past six years?
At least £357m in carer’s allowance paid out in error over past six years, charity finds
At least £357m in carer’s allowance paid out in error over past six years, charity finds
Exclusive: amount due to official failures, resulting in carers running up huge overpayments over months and years
At least £357m in carer’s allowance benefit was paid out in error over the past six years due to official failures, resulting in debt and misery being inflicted on hundreds of thousands of people.
The bulk of the figure relates to minor breaches of earnings rules by carers which the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) was alerted to but did not check, allowing carers to run up huge overpayments over months and years. Continue reading...
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May 19, 2025 at 6:36 PM
And how much in economic terms have carers saved multiple governments over these past six years?
“Let’s crush fascism again”
TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
May 8, 2025 at 10:22 AM
“Let’s crush fascism again”
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‘Memory hurts, memory guides’: Auschwitz’s survivors gather for 80th anniversary of camp’s liberation
‘Memory hurts, memory guides’: Auschwitz’s survivors gather for 80th anniversary of camp’s liberation
Former inmates and world leaders gather for prayers and reflection amid warnings that ‘age-old hatred’ is on the rise
On a day of startling blue skies, Auschwitz survivors stood before princes and presidents on Monday to remind the world, perhaps for the…
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January 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
‘Memory hurts, memory guides’: Auschwitz’s survivors gather for 80th anniversary of camp’s liberation
“Most of the expansion of housing supply in the UK since the 1980s has created extra space for wealthy people, rather than new homes for those who need them”.
Labour's simplemindedness will be its downfall - and ours. You can't build and bulldoze your way out of the housing crisis. Unless you also change the system, you'll still leave millions without decent homes. My column today explains why.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Home truths: the only thing Labour is building is a bigger, more dysfunctional housing market | George Monbiot
Private developers offer politicians a simple solution for bulldozing through this crisis – build more. But it won’t work, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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January 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
“Most of the expansion of housing supply in the UK since the 1980s has created extra space for wealthy people, rather than new homes for those who need them”.
So true
On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, everything that led to the Holocaust is in danger of being forgotten.
The Nazis channeled the demands of oligarchs, scapegoated minorities and replaced democracy with a new imperium. Those politics are returning.
#NeverForget
#NeverAgain
The Nazis channeled the demands of oligarchs, scapegoated minorities and replaced democracy with a new imperium. Those politics are returning.
#NeverForget
#NeverAgain
January 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
So true
Shocked but not surprised to see only @theguardian.com covered this seriously
🔴A Total Eclipse of The Sun
Why the refusal by the British press and politicians to touch revelations of serious criminality at The Sun tells us everything we need to know about how power really works in the UK
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/a-total-ec...
Why the refusal by the British press and politicians to touch revelations of serious criminality at The Sun tells us everything we need to know about how power really works in the UK
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/a-total-ec...
A Total Eclipse of The Sun
The refusal by the British press and politicians to touch revelations of serious criminality at The Sun tells us everything we need to know about how power really works in the UK
www.adambienkov.co.uk
January 25, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Shocked but not surprised to see only @theguardian.com covered this seriously
I still think this could be challenged under Equality legislation. A complete waste of resources.
A violent criminal? A threat to society? A danger to democracy? No, no and no. This is someone being punished again and again for giving a damn about humanity and the living world.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Just Stop Oil protester, 78, has jail term extended after no suitable tag found
Exclusive: Gaie Delap told she will have to serve 20 more days that correspond to period of time at home after recall
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January 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I still think this could be challenged under Equality legislation. A complete waste of resources.
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January 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Women of the North East of England - this is your chance to influence local transport Have your say www.eventbrite.com/e/mayors-tra...
Mayor's Transport Plan Consultation - Women and Girls
The Mayor will be hosting the event focusing on the safety of women and girls on the transport network as part of a public consultation.
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January 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Women of the North East of England - this is your chance to influence local transport Have your say www.eventbrite.com/e/mayors-tra...
No-one gets the problems around childcare until they have children. Increasing income whether wages or benefits is clearly a route out of poverty. Increasing the income of mothers massively tackles child poverty #womensbudgetgroup
Since the mid-2000s, the employment rate of lone mothers has risen from 52 to 66%, & the fraction of mothers living with a partner who are doing paid work has risen from 69 to 77%
This increase in parental employment has changed the labour market profile of parents in poverty https://buff.ly/4iZATds
This increase in parental employment has changed the labour market profile of parents in poverty https://buff.ly/4iZATds
January 6, 2025 at 11:49 AM
No-one gets the problems around childcare until they have children. Increasing income whether wages or benefits is clearly a route out of poverty. Increasing the income of mothers massively tackles child poverty #womensbudgetgroup
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The importance of social infrastructure can’t be overstated. Health, education, and care services not only support communities but also deliver long-term benefits.
Prioritising social infrastructure should be at the heart of economic policies that aim to promote gender equality. 💜
Prioritising social infrastructure should be at the heart of economic policies that aim to promote gender equality. 💜
December 30, 2024 at 12:40 PM
The importance of social infrastructure can’t be overstated. Health, education, and care services not only support communities but also deliver long-term benefits.
Prioritising social infrastructure should be at the heart of economic policies that aim to promote gender equality. 💜
Prioritising social infrastructure should be at the heart of economic policies that aim to promote gender equality. 💜
Just an ordinary guy on Boxing Day. Will he get smeared with blood? A Clacton Blooding?
Man of the people, Nigel Farage, having a lovely day out with toffs on a Boxing Day hunt, murdering innocent animals for fun.
December 26, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Just an ordinary guy on Boxing Day. Will he get smeared with blood? A Clacton Blooding?
Thank you for this @jonathanfreedland This seems the darkest of my 68 years and I’m usually an optimist. Maybe #reasonstobecheerful should be replaced by #reasonstobemorehopeful
Latest column is on how to stay hopeful, even when there is darkness all around www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
‘How do we live in this terrible world?’ a reader asked me. Here’s the only answer I have | Jonathan Freedland
From the bloodshed in Ukraine, Sudan and Gaza to the return of Trump, there are so many reasons to despair. But a little deliberate optimism can go a long way, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedla...
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December 24, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Thank you for this @jonathanfreedland This seems the darkest of my 68 years and I’m usually an optimist. Maybe #reasonstobecheerful should be replaced by #reasonstobemorehopeful
Everyday Enchantment in Newcastle. Yes really.
Over Christmas we hope to share some pics of those special routes in our city where an everyday walk is touched by enchantment.
To start, here is the path leading from the Jesmond Dene Banqueting House to the ruins of St Mary’s chapel.
To start, here is the path leading from the Jesmond Dene Banqueting House to the ruins of St Mary’s chapel.
December 22, 2024 at 8:05 PM
Everyday Enchantment in Newcastle. Yes really.
Merci, bravo This is what true courage looks like search.app/HvjP6qRg6S2y...
Pelicot rape trial: Dominique Pelicot found guilty of aggravated rape of Gisèle Pelicot – live updates | Gisèle Pelicot rape trial | The Guardian
Five judges also convict Dominique Pelicot of making and distributing sexual images of his adult daughter and the wives of his sons
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December 19, 2024 at 8:59 AM
Merci, bravo This is what true courage looks like search.app/HvjP6qRg6S2y...
This is what a hero/ heroine looks like. A truly inspirational and brave woman.
LIVE: Judges are set to deliver their verdicts in a mass rape trial against 51 men involving Giséle Pelicot
Gisèle Pelicot trial live: Verdicts for 51 defendants including ex-husband due
Ms Pelicot’s ex-husband Dominique Pelicot admitted to drugging and raping her for almost a decade
www.independent.co.uk
December 19, 2024 at 8:41 AM
This is what a hero/ heroine looks like. A truly inspirational and brave woman.
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The Elders Council of Newcastle are #Recruiting for a full time Executive Officer.
£38-42,000 per annum
Apply before 20/01/2025
Details: connectedvoice.org.uk/jobs/executi...
#charity #careers #opportunity
£38-42,000 per annum
Apply before 20/01/2025
Details: connectedvoice.org.uk/jobs/executi...
#charity #careers #opportunity
Executive Officer | Connected Voice
connectedvoice.org.uk
December 19, 2024 at 8:31 AM
The Elders Council of Newcastle are #Recruiting for a full time Executive Officer.
£38-42,000 per annum
Apply before 20/01/2025
Details: connectedvoice.org.uk/jobs/executi...
#charity #careers #opportunity
£38-42,000 per annum
Apply before 20/01/2025
Details: connectedvoice.org.uk/jobs/executi...
#charity #careers #opportunity
This is a great opportunity for funding women-only projects in Tyne, Wear and Northumberland
DEADLINE APPROACHING: Tyne & Wear and Northumberland Community Foundation - Women's Fund (Grant - Northumberland and Tyne & Wear)
£2,000 - £7,000. Voluntary and Community Groups - Women’s only projects. Deadline – 6th January 2025.
www.communityfoundation.org.uk/womens-fund/
£2,000 - £7,000. Voluntary and Community Groups - Women’s only projects. Deadline – 6th January 2025.
www.communityfoundation.org.uk/womens-fund/
December 16, 2024 at 11:14 PM
This is a great opportunity for funding women-only projects in Tyne, Wear and Northumberland
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Come and join the Comms team at NEON!
It is a really special role in an amazing team - with a budget to commission messaging research, a training component, rapid response work and working with the Spokes Network & Worker-led Transition programmes.
www.neweconomyorganisers.org/about-jobs/h...
It is a really special role in an amazing team - with a budget to commission messaging research, a training component, rapid response work and working with the Spokes Network & Worker-led Transition programmes.
www.neweconomyorganisers.org/about-jobs/h...
| Work at NEON
The purpose of this role is to lead the messaging programme at NEON. That means developing messaging guidance, training and coaching support. You will be the go-to person for messaging work in the Com...
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December 3, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Come and join the Comms team at NEON!
It is a really special role in an amazing team - with a budget to commission messaging research, a training component, rapid response work and working with the Spokes Network & Worker-led Transition programmes.
www.neweconomyorganisers.org/about-jobs/h...
It is a really special role in an amazing team - with a budget to commission messaging research, a training component, rapid response work and working with the Spokes Network & Worker-led Transition programmes.
www.neweconomyorganisers.org/about-jobs/h...
Where do I start on how wrong this is?
Flat tax rate is an ‘attractive idea’, Kemi Badenoch says
Flat tax rate is an ‘attractive idea’, Kemi Badenoch says
Rule would mean a tax rise for basic ratepayers and a huge cut for higher earners if change was fiscally neutral
* UK politics live – latest updates
A flat tax rate is an “attractive idea”, which the Conservatives would aim for if in power, Kemi…
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2024 at 11:10 PM
Where do I start on how wrong this is?
This is brilliant. Every child should have the right to read - & be read to. Literacy is a key to the world & integration. A trial of the Dolly Parton Imagination Library scheme will make every newborn child in Newcastle eligible to be sent a free book every month until they are fiv…
December 15, 2024 at 4:37 PM
This is brilliant. Every child should have the right to read - & be read to. Literacy is a key to the world & integration. A trial of the Dolly Parton Imagination Library scheme will make every newborn child in Newcastle eligible to be sent a free book every month until they are fiv…
Great news for the North East
December 12, 2024 at 12:01 AM
Great news for the North East
So basically, those that need childcare the most, get the poorest access. The Inverse Care Law triumphs again. Sigh.
Two-thirds of England’s poorest families miss out on childcare, report finds
Two-thirds of England’s poorest families miss out on childcare, report finds
IPPR and Save the Children call for measures including new not-for-profit nursery trusts and increased funding for deprived areas
Two-thirds of the poorest families in England are missing out on childcare, according to a report.
Analysis by the…
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2024 at 12:55 AM
So basically, those that need childcare the most, get the poorest access. The Inverse Care Law triumphs again. Sigh.
What a “surprise”
Auditors disclaim opinion on two years’ worth of South Tees Development Corporation accounts, while noting “significant weaknesses” in value for money arrangements
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UK auditors refuse to sign off Tees Valley regeneration project’s accounts
[FREE TO READ] Accountants Mazars could not get sufficient assurance of Ben Houchen’s body before deadline
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December 6, 2024 at 7:45 PM
What a “surprise”