The ministerial code says all announcements of new policy should be made to parliament first. Parliament is sitting today. Why is Sunak making his announcement on sick notes outside parliament? He’s breaking his own ministerial code.

We don't think doctors are the best people to judge whether someone is too ill to work, so we are giving that job to unqualified private contractors, whose pay will depend on finding everyone fit for work.

Rishi Sunak is to blame for the inability of millions to work taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/04/2… Sunak is blaming ‘sick note culture’ when his government ignores the risks from sugar, ultra-processed foods and Covid whilst increasing economic stress and extending working lives. Any increase

Ian Hislop, 'Conservative MP Mark Menzies asked for money from local donors to be put into his own account.. Thank goodness he wasn't fiddling his council tax for a small amount.. Then it would be a proper scandal' #HIGNFY

'Last time he was in trouble it was for paying a

So you remove our rights, put housing beyond our reach, make it obvious our hard work only enriches a few at the top, impoverish our environment, trash our futures, and profiteer through the worst pandemic in a century...

... then punish us for having poor mental health?

Exclusive: Tories received legal advice that Mark Menzies's alleged misuse of campaign funds amounted to fraud but decided they weren't obliged to tell the police because it was donors' rather than party money, whistleblower claims. thetimes.co.uk/article/mark-m…

Rishi Sunak wants to ban Doctors from deciding if people are fit to work.

He needs to go to the electorate and see if they decide he is fit to be PM, he has never done that, yet still there he is.

Sunak: 'We've halved inflation to make the money you earn worth more.'

Economically illiterate nonsense. ~AA

This ‘stopping sick notes’ rubbish from Sunak will never happen. It’s not intended to ever happen. There’ll be no planning to make it happen.
The only point of it is to persuade the gullible that it’s sick & disabled people that have ruined their lives, rather than the Tories.

My new plan for people on benefits:

Sunaks 5 new priorities:
1. Punish the sick
2. Punish the homeless
3. Prevent people voting
4. Break UK and international law.
5. Syphon off as much taxpayers cash to his friends and family as possible.

Has the PM really just said “people don’t ever get anything without hard work”? Public schools and top executive jobs (and the Lords) are stuffed full of people only there because they have wealthy Daddies with inherited wealth

People on benefits didn't crash the economy. The Tories did.

It’s not “sick note culture” that stops people from working. It’s a mental health crisis and the state of the NHS, which the Tories left to crumble.

Stop punishing disabled people for your own failures, Rishi Sunak.

Pardon my French, but Sunak's line that he can't comment on Mark Menzies because of an ongoing investigation is such bullshit.

The Tories did nothing about it for 3 months, until it was revealed by Billy Kenber, they've done nothing but comment on Angela Rayner for weeks.

For anyone who thought our problems might principally be caused by corrupt and incompetent politicians, hard-right zealots or greedy oligarchs, the prime minister is on hand to denounce the real culprits: refugees, trans people and those struggling with depression

Left: Rishi Sunak, 'We introduced the national living wage and increased it every year, ending low pay in this country'

Right: Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 'More than 1 in 5 people in poverty.. Including 8,100,000 million working age adults'

🗣️ Almost two thirds of people in destitution live with a chronic health condition or disability. Cutting people’s eligibility for benefits won't help.

The PM's speech was an irresponsible war of words on people who already aren’t getting enough support.
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No James…. Labour and Tory Lords vote against this expensive , inhumane and likely ineffective plan which won’t stop the boats…. Give the public more credit… they see your framing but they know

There is no such thing as “a sick note culture.” There is a record high NHS waiting list, crippling housing costs, widespread food poverty, stagnant wages and inadequate benefit rates, a broken social care system, dire mental health services, and closed Sure Start centres.

Life in Britain is expensive & getting harder. #1 reason for anxiety is prob worry about paying rent, heating, food, bills & staying afloat. Medical care is inaccessible esp for mental health & chronic pain. Hard to understand for billionaires who think it’s just having a bad