Things I look for, #BudgetDay2023:
• Decent pay rises for public sector
• Fully funded child care, to pay for proper staffing levels, well-paid workers, the hours parents actually need
• Solving home & workplace energy bills w/out throwing public funds to fossil fuel profits
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RT @NeiAleSki: @MFeijota @mrchrisaddison Tim Loughton voted the bill through last night …
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@matt_saunders_ @GreenPartyMolly @taliskimberley @TheGreenParty Yes, important for ensuring that highly skilled professionals can continue to work f/t caring for the patients and in other professions. But we also need to pay enough to other public sector workers, the teachers, junior doctors, nurses and lecturers.
Low pay, low prosperity.
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RT @GreenPartyMolly: UK poised to remove import tariffs on Malaysian palm oil
Devastating impacts of palm oil on habitats for precious creatures like orangutans well known
Brexit posturing about a nugatory trade deal with the Pacific will lead to death and destruction
https://www.ft.com/content/eb8b75aa-2608-4d20-a556-08b6b19af8aa
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@littlegreydog3 No they haven't. They have increased economic migration which comes by regular routes to fill jobs in nursing and the care sector etc. Immigration has risen enormously since Brexit because Tories keep wages too low and training too costly.
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Odd, given that Theresa May was the architect of the hostile environment.
But I welcome and commend those who realise their mistakes and correct them.
RT @lewis_goodall: Theresa May: "The UK has always welcomed those who are fleeing persecution regardless of whether they've come through a safe and legal route. By definition someone who is fleeing for their life will not be able to access a legal route."
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RT @lewis_goodall: Theresa May on eviscerating form: "The Home Office knows this bill means that genuine victims of modern slavery will be denied support."
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RT @greenbenali: Labour “We need an asylum policy that is firm, fair and fast”
@TheGreenParty “We need a fairer and kinder approach to asylum”
Taking the cruelty out the process has to be a top priority
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RT @TheGreenParty: ✅ Members overwhelmingly supported an emergency motion brought by @GreenPartyJack in support of @GaryLineker following his suspension from Match of the Day
🧵 2/5
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RT @GreenJJNews: We want to rebrand the EU Retained Law Bill, to something that makes clear what the government are doing. We can then all use this hashtag on twitter @GreenJennyJones @natalieben Please vote and retweet
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RT @matt_saunders_: @GreenPartyMolly @taliskimberley @TheGreenParty This is a sop to senior doctors to try to keep them in the NHS because at later stages of their career it is no longer worthwhile to work. It’s complex but this in itself will actually help with retention. Now junior doctors please!
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RT @CarolineLucas: The Home Secretary, on the face of this Bill, invites Parliament to rip up international law. The only act of a Parliament that has any kind of moral integrity is to rip up her illegal & immoral Bill, which has no place on our statute book. #StopTheBill #RefugeeBanBill @JCWI_UK
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@aligreen9999 @CarolineLucas As you can see the majority are refugees from places where there is war, displacement or famine and from which we provide no safe routes.
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@drsarahcroke Good point!
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Climate Change Corner: Professor Rupert Read on UEA and the Climate Crisis https://www.concrete-online.co.uk/climate-change-corner-professor-rupert-read-on-uea-and-the-climate-crisis/ via @ConcreteUEA
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RT @GreenWorld_UK: 💬 "Only the Greens offer the bold common-sense policies to transform our economy and the lives of people living in this country, and do what is necessary to tackle the climate crisis."
The co-leaders have set out plans for a fairer economy. Read more👇 https://greenworld.org.uk/article/plans-green-economy-ahead-spring-budget-announcement
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Truly and cruelly bonkers.
Every metre travelled by walking or cycling saves money on the NHS and in sick days off work.
Economically this is illiterate.
But the Tories want the votes of a far right group that's lobbying on behalf of motorists in Chelsea tractors?
RT @allpartycycling: NEW: Significant cuts announced for walking and cycling
£710m was approved for active travel in the 2021 Spending Review.
£230m has been spent so far. Today’s announcement of £…
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RT @SimonLennane: The economic benefits of active travel are unarguable, worth £36.5bn to the UK economy in 2021, with potential healthcare savings of ~£17bn. Investing in active travel pays for itself many times over (ROI ~ 11 ie each £1 spent gives £11 back). https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/15/5/962
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These MPs voted for an illegal Bill to block refugees from fleeing to safety. Never forget.
RT @PolitlcsUK: 🚨 | BREAKING: Tory MPs have voted IN FAVOUR of the Illegal Migration Bill which will now progress further
✅ AYES: 312
❌ NOES: 250
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RT @PolitlcsUK: 🚨 | NEW: Caroline Lucas RIPPED UP a copy of the Illegal Migration Bill during its second reading 👀
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