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āThe most damaging part of the #AutumnStatement 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¦
š£ļø'Jeremy Huntās 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 wonāt help.
Read š
opendemocracy.net/en/jeremy-huntā¦
Chris Whitty took aim at the āGreat Barrington Declarationā earlier.
āI 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 āthis is an interesting point ā letās debate itā.ā
opendemocracy.net/en/covid-inquiā¦
EXCLUSIVE: Hunt's calls for disabled people to find remote jobs follows policy to make flexible work less accessible
Read more hereš
bit.ly/3ushNI2
#AutumnStatement
ANN PETTIFOR: Huntās autumn statement snuffs out any hope of an economic revival
Read the full piece š
bit.ly/3sQbgX6
#AutumnStatement
š“ 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.
opendemocracy.net/en/covid-inquiā¦
Ministers were urged to stop discussing āridiculousā and ādangerousā herd immunity policies in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, Chris Whitty has said.
Read more š
bit.ly/47LEc1g
#CovidInquiry
Chris Whitty returns to the witness stand at the Covid Inquiry today
You can now watch the inquiry live on our YouTube channel. š
bit.ly/3unX5cl
#CovidInquiry