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ā€˜The most damaging part of the will be the result of the cash freeze to investment spending which in the long term will mean more real-terms cuts to our public services, which are already in tattersā€™

Member of our Advisory Board Ann Pettifor writes inā€¦

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šŸ—£ļø'Jeremy Huntā€™s benefit crackdown will worsen an already terrible system.'

Our campaigner Mikey has written for openDemocracy about the anguish the welfare system causes Disabled people and how today's announcements wonā€™t help.

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Jeremy Hunt knows the anguish the welfare system causes Disabled people ā€“ and he knows his reforms wonā€™t help

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Jeremy Hunt knows the anguish the welfare system causes Disabled people ā€“ and he knows his reforms wonā€™t help Read morešŸ‘‡ bit.ly/40NYmp6
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Donā€™t be fooled: US Supreme Courtā€™s joke of an ethics code is not reform

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Chris Whitty took aim at the ā€˜Great Barrington Declarationā€™ earlier.

ā€œI thought it was one of the few areas where I thought it was something to knock it really hard out of the court, rather than saying ā€˜this is an interesting point ā€“ letā€™s debate itā€™.ā€

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EXCLUSIVE: Hunt's calls for disabled people to find remote jobs follows policy to make flexible work less accessible

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EXCLUSIVE: Hunt's calls for disabled people to find remote jobs follows policy to make flexible work less accessible Read more herešŸ‘‡ bit.ly/3ushNI2 #AutumnStatement
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ANN PETTIFOR: Huntā€™s autumn statement snuffs out any hope of an economic revival

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ANN PETTIFOR: Huntā€™s autumn statement snuffs out any hope of an economic revival Read the full piece šŸ‘‡ bit.ly/3sQbgX6 #AutumnStatement
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šŸ”“ Whitty says he told people inside govt to stop discussing herd immunity in March 2020 because they didn't understand it.

The government has more than once played down allegations that it initially considered a policy of herd immunity to tackle Covid.

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Ministers were urged to stop discussing ā€œridiculousā€ and ā€œdangerousā€ herd immunity policies in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, Chris Whitty has said.

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Ministers were urged to stop discussing ā€œridiculousā€ and ā€œdangerousā€ herd immunity policies in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, Chris Whitty has said. Read more šŸ‘‡ bit.ly/47LEc1g #CovidInquiry
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Chris Whitty is now being questioned by lawyers representing Covid bereaved families. Watch live: youtube.com/watch?v=2m9_Rzā€¦

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Chris Whitty returns to the witness stand at the Covid Inquiry today

You can now watch the inquiry live on our YouTube channel. šŸ‘‡

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Chris Whitty returns to the witness stand at the Covid Inquiry today You can now watch the inquiry live on our YouTube channel. šŸ‘‡ bit.ly/3unX5cl #CovidInquiry
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The government has no evidence to back up its attack line that Labour and Lib Dem councils are using traffic calming measures to ā€œpolice peopleā€™s livesā€ or planning ā€œinappropriate blanket useā€ of 20mph speed limits, documents have revealed.

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NHS patients in England cannot trust that their data will be anonymised before it is handed over to a US spy-tech firm, a Tory MP has warned.

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