Today's Times.

Rishi Sunak continuing his vindictive assault on people with mental illness, vowing to stop welfare payments for depression & anxiety.

Yet there are 1.9 million people on NHS mental health waiting lists.

So how dare they suggest this is about 'help'?

30th April 1978: Rocking Against Racism in Victoria Park,East London. Still relevant kmflett.wordpress.com/2024/04/29/30t…

'The Home Office will launch a surprise operation to detain asylum seekers across the UK ... weeks earlier than expected, in preparation for their deportation to Rwanda'. theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/a…

Millions of people are struggling with their mental health right now. Taking away crucial financial support is not going to fix the problem - it will only make this worse. 2/3

#IWMD24

😱 'Obscenely, they call this program 'Where's Daddy'.
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Labour’s commitment to bringing train operators into public ownership is welcome but there’s a whole privatised mess behind that, including rolling stock companies, that needs to be ended & brought into public hands, as Alex Gordon #JoinAUnion of RMT says:

It couldn't have happened to a nicer bloke!
theguardian.com/culture/2024/a…

Standing Ovation As Retiring National H&S Officer Says Farewell To Conference And The CWU bit.ly/446IS1n Red Clocker Mark CWU Eastern No5 Brian C Steve Jones CWU East Lancs Amal CWU Scotland No. 1 Carl Webb - #joinaunion CWU Northern Ireland Telecoms Branch Hazards Campaign #CovidIsAirborne #Ventil8Filter CWU Greater Manc CWUGMERSEY Mark Tripconey 〓〓

NEWS: Restore the Whip to Diane Abbott – Affiliated Union General Secretaries Write to Keir Starmer 📧

Signed by:
Maryam Eslamdoust TSSA
Dave Ward CWU
Mick Whelan ASLEF
Matt Wrack Fire Brigades Union

Pass it on & stand with Diane Abbott MP 👇
labouroutlook.org/2024/04/23/res…

#GazaGenocide
Absolutely fantastic CWU Conference Fringe. Wow, Nina Turner (former Ohio State Member) is on fire 🔥 .....

🔥 Great updated statement on #Gaza from the Communication Workers Union 🔥

Unions 'have a long history of standing side-by-side with oppressed people and defending the right to protest against apartheid and genocide'.

Please read in full and share 👇🏼
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There running out of migrants to blame so now it’s workers getting ill. If you don’t recognise politicians using us the voters for their incompetence you ain’t paying attention. We need to end this political system and introduce a system that works for the people.

UPDATE ON IDS TAKEOVER BID

The news of a takeover bid for Royal Mail Group (IDS) by Daniel Kretinsky is another very significant moment.

It is now clear the bid, made by Kretinsky-owned EP Group, was put to the Royal Mail Board on 9th April and subsequently rejected on 11th…

This is rare, but excellent news.

'Five justices decided unanimously that UK law must be brought in line with the European Convention on Human Rights, which protects workers from all kinds of retribution for taking strike action — not just dismissal.'
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University of Oxford 'links NHS privatisation to avoidable patient deaths [while] the London School of Economics estimates there are 53,000 private contracts within the health service, worth around £29bn a year – around a fifth of the entire NHS budget.' thecanary.co/uk/news/2024/0…

Far right conference with too well known usual suspects. No action by Sunak on Braverman

'Jail for holding a placard? Protest over the climate crisis is being brutally suppressed'.

If you care deeply about the future of the planet and the right to protest, this 👇🏼 is a must read. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…