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š§µCanadaās #agricultureexports and #agrifoodexports have continued to increase, reaching over $82 billion in 2021 and surpassing a previous target to grow agri-food exports to at least $75 billion by 2025. ā¬ļø
Through the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership, #AAFC is working with Provincial and Territorial partners to achieve $250 billion in sector revenues and $95 billion in sector export revenues by 2028. canada.ca/en/agricultureā¦
#AAFC unveils new funding for Agriculture in the Classroom's digital campaign. The program will use that money to focus on the #Agricommunication program, a three-year, up to $8-million federal initiative cochranenow.com/articles/aafc-ā¦
Tory MPs: 1)#traindrivers are not on strike; 2)the voters created their own #TacticalVoting scheme + executed it because they wanted to spell out just how much they want anything but #ToryLiars; 3) we like our #HumanRights...leave them alone; 4) loyalty to a liar will end careers
5) smashing things up/ defunding, then claim to be fixing stuff is not a sustainable strategy and we see what you're doing.#SaveOurNHS
6) your Twitter bubble may love hideous policies like #RwandaDeportation..the country as a whole does not;7)#foodbanks are not a photo opp but a
6) your Twitter bubble may love hideous policies like #RwandaDeportation..the country as a whole does not;7)#foodbanks are not a photo opp but a
source of shame; 8) we aren't stupid...unlike your front bench; 9) we know where levelling up money goes and why...10) not mentioning #Brexit doesn't make it less of a sh*tshow.
I've been interviewing people using #FoodBanks about the circumstances that have led them there & the impact on their #MentalHealth
In a new @IFAN_UK & @jrf_uk report, out today & covered by @BigIssue, I describe what I heard - here are the headlines š§µ bigissue.com/news/social-juā¦
In a new @IFAN_UK & @jrf_uk report, out today & covered by @BigIssue, I describe what I heard - here are the headlines š§µ bigissue.com/news/social-juā¦
Everyone I spoke to described experiencing some feelings of shame & embarrassment about using a food bank, particularly on their first visit. Many had put off seeking support that they desperately needed because of the stigma associated with poverty & accessing food aid. 2/10 
Peopleās circumstances were complex & personal but the underlying reason for needing food aid was simple & universal: their income (primarily from benefits but sometimes from wages too) was inadequate to make ends meet, particularly after the Ā£20-a-week #UniversalCredit cut. 3/10
I know money can be tight, but if you can afford it this #Christmas please consider donating what you can to help others. There is so much need out there, and it is getting worse, but together we can support each other. This is just a quick list to help get started. 1/8
First off @Shelter. There are so many people forced into situations of rough sleeping and #homelessness in the UK. Shelter helps support them to try and find somewhere safe and warm to live, something many of us take for granted. 2/8
england.shelter.org.uk/donate?reserveā¦
england.shelter.org.uk/donate?reserveā¦
For those supporting #migrantsrights take a look at @JCWI_UK. They have continued working tirelessly throughout the pandemic to stand up for those who the government doesn't just dismiss, it demonises. 3/8
jcwi.org.uk/donate/donate/ā¦
jcwi.org.uk/donate/donate/ā¦
Changes to #UniversalCredit in #Budget2021 see the loss of Ā£20 (#KeepTheLifeline) "mitigated" with a reduction in the UC "taper rate" from 63p to 55p.
Let's look at what that means, who that helps and who that hurts.
#poverty #ukpolitics #benefits #UKPoverty #foodbanks
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Let's look at what that means, who that helps and who that hurts.
#poverty #ukpolitics #benefits #UKPoverty #foodbanks
1.
It means that now instead of 63p being deducted from Universal Credit for every Ā£1 earned, only 55p will be. Meaning claimants in work are 8p better off per Ā£1 wages earned.
That offsets that Ā£20 for some. Who though? How many 8p's are needed to reach Ā£20?
2.
That offsets that Ā£20 for some. Who though? How many 8p's are needed to reach Ā£20?
2.
It's actually Ā£250 that is needed in wages every month, to offset the Ā£20 cut. Or to put it another way, that's 59h work a month on the apprentice minimum wage, or 29h on the min wage over 23.
At age 23, if you work 7h a week you should be better off with the new rates?
3.
At age 23, if you work 7h a week you should be better off with the new rates?
3.
"Tens of thousands of #austerity deaths. The haunting memory of #Grenfell Tower & its fatal cladding. The #Windrush scandal. #FoodBanks as far as the eye can see. The twin horrors of the #Covid crisis & #Brexit bedlam."
@theQuietus reviews @sleafordmods
thequietus.com/articles/29415ā¦
@theQuietus reviews @sleafordmods
thequietus.com/articles/29415ā¦
"A pro-death-penalty Home Secretary with a black-belt certificate in actual bullying. Toby Young, Darren Grimes and Laurence Fox cunting around every TV channel and internet site as they pretend they're being silenced."
@sleafordmods provide the soundtrack to #Britain2021
@sleafordmods provide the soundtrack to #Britain2021
"When else in history have the purportedly censored sounded so unbearably loud? Political correctness ā that fusty old Enlightenment idea of making an effort to treat people fairly & equally ā is castigated as the worst possible tyranny imaginable."
Every era has its prisoners.
Ours, the children in poverty, like caged Canaries
and Coal Miners.
The news last week refreshed the betrayal of poverty hanging over the lives of so many.
Including my own memories from my early teens.
1/16
#FeedtheChildren
@MarcusRashford
Ours, the children in poverty, like caged Canaries
and Coal Miners.
The news last week refreshed the betrayal of poverty hanging over the lives of so many.
Including my own memories from my early teens.
1/16
#FeedtheChildren
@MarcusRashford
When I canāt place those inchoate feelings, I open my kitchen cupboards.
I witness some effects of hoarding tin cans like tiny soldiers.
Standing straight and facing forward.
A sigh of relief.
This story belongs to many.
2/16
#MedEd
#MedTwitter
I witness some effects of hoarding tin cans like tiny soldiers.
Standing straight and facing forward.
A sigh of relief.
This story belongs to many.
2/16
#MedEd
#MedTwitter
Warping back to those bare walls in a soup kitchen, lifeless conversations, long stares and whispers.
Itās not homelessness, but itās not comfortable living.
You live penny to penny with half-a-foot outside your door.
3/16
#ENDCHILDFOODPOVERTY
Itās not homelessness, but itās not comfortable living.
You live penny to penny with half-a-foot outside your door.
3/16
#ENDCHILDFOODPOVERTY
3rd AUGUST: ST WALTHEN, ABBOT OF MELROSS
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1. St Walthen (Waltheof) was second son of Simon, Earl of Huntingdon, and Maud, daughter to Judith, niece of William the Conqueror. The consideration of the snares of the world led him to his religious profession
#StWalthen #UK
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1. St Walthen (Waltheof) was second son of Simon, Earl of Huntingdon, and Maud, daughter to Judith, niece of William the Conqueror. The consideration of the snares of the world led him to his religious profession
#StWalthen #UK
2. among the regular canons of St Austin, St Oswaldās monastery at Nostel, near Pontefract in Yorkshire. Here he lived concealed from the world, in the company of his crucified Jesus.
After some time he was promoted to the holy order of priesthood. Walthen then took the habit
After some time he was promoted to the holy order of priesthood. Walthen then took the habit
3. at Wardon, a Cistercian convent in Bedfordshire.
Four years after his profession Walthen was chosenAbbot of Melross, a great monastery in the marches of Scotland, on the river Tweed.
In a famine which happened in 1154, he and his monks contented themselves with half their
Four years after his profession Walthen was chosenAbbot of Melross, a great monastery in the marches of Scotland, on the river Tweed.
In a famine which happened in 1154, he and his monks contented themselves with half their
Kudos to EastWest Food Rescue #WoodinvilleWA last week 20,000 lbs of food were brought from the fields of Eastern Washington to the food banks of Western Washington -- this week's volunteer caravan will bring back 40,000 lbs from the farmers --- Thank #farmers please.
Special thank you to Nancy of the @FamilyJewelsFdn who organized this effort and the Woodinville Rotary as well the 300+ volunteers to haul food from east to west for the #foodbanks #hunger
@MichelleKIRO7 our neighbors leading w/ #goodness
@MichelleKIRO7 our neighbors leading w/ #goodness
.@GovHolcomb indicated at yesterday's #coronavirus briefing he'd have an update today on efforts to get more #PPE. He opens today's briefing by saying to expect that update tomorrow.
DWD is conducting virtual #jobfairs to help #unemployed Hoosiers -- including one for @GM's Kokomo plant, which needs hundreds more workers for its shift to manufacturing #ventilators.
Box: Hospitals and clinics must transition to outpatient testing to ramp up number of tests. Repeats yesterday's urging to definitely test people with symptoms if they have the capacity.
Yes itās just gone 3am. Iām lying awake scared for the future of our sector. #charities are to society what bees are to the environment. We work away, often on the background, often unnoticed 1/
Everyone in society benefits from #charities and right now #EveryDayCounts in our fight for survival. Not for us but for society. Just like bees & the environment - weāre essential to society 2/
Who will be there for the self employed so badly impacted by #covid19? Who will feed the poor if our #FoodBanks close? Who will give advice & support if our @CitizensAdvice canāt survive? 3/
Last night, @realDonaldTrump signed the #FamiliesFirst #Coronavirus Response Act into law.
So, I want to tell you why I voted for this package & how it will help #WorkingFamilies across the US.
1ļøā£ Ensures FREE #COVID19 testing for everyone who needs it, including the uninsured.
So, I want to tell you why I voted for this package & how it will help #WorkingFamilies across the US.
1ļøā£ Ensures FREE #COVID19 testing for everyone who needs it, including the uninsured.
2ļøā£ Increases #Medicaid funding to help local, state, tribal & territorial health systems.
3ļøā£ Enhances Unemployment Insurance, provides 2 weeks of #PaidSickLeave, up to 3 months of family/medical leave for eligible workers & fully reimburses #SmallBusinesses for providing leave.
3ļøā£ Enhances Unemployment Insurance, provides 2 weeks of #PaidSickLeave, up to 3 months of family/medical leave for eligible workers & fully reimburses #SmallBusinesses for providing leave.
4ļøā£ Strengthens nutrition initiatives like #SNAP, #StudentMeals, #SeniorsMeals & #FoodBanks.
All these measures will help those hit hardest by #COVID19 like low-income, hourly & gig workers.
@HouseDemocrats will continue passing bills #ForThePeople to get us through this crisis.
All these measures will help those hit hardest by #COVID19 like low-income, hourly & gig workers.
@HouseDemocrats will continue passing bills #ForThePeople to get us through this crisis.
The UK, 2020: Minister for Work and Pensions, Dr ThĆ©rĆØse Coffey, conveyed publicly that a combined foodbank and food redistribution scheme is the āperfect wayā to address the fact that nurses in the UK need to use foodbanks: bit.ly/315Iy27. #Nurses #Foodbanks
On 26 January 2020, the day before the ministerās statement, it was reported that 4-5 nurses used the North Bristol Foodbank, England. The foodbank manager said: āthese are genuine people in crisisā. bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-nā¦
December 2019: a full-time nurse in Liverpool, England, needed to use a foodbank. She said: "I struggled in silence for so long, I was too ashamed to go at first [ā¦] it shouldn't be like this. But I literally had nothing, no choice.ā bit.ly/2OboYfQ
If Jeremy #Corbyn becomes PM on Friday 13th, here's my rundown of 13 of #Labourās worst policies which will hurt many, not just the few.
PS. I could have chosen a completely different 13, and these are in no particular orderā¦ (thread)
#GeneralElection19
PS. I could have chosen a completely different 13, and these are in no particular orderā¦ (thread)
#GeneralElection19
1. Expropriating up to 10% of the value of corporate equity. Employee share ownership is usually a good thing, but dictating the terms would deter job creation and investment, and encourage firms to relocate overseas. More explanation here... capx.co/the-10-share-pā¦
2. Rent controls. Almost all economists agree that these are a bad idea and, like many of Labourās policies, would actually end up hurting the very people they are supposed to help. And before replying āwell, it works in Germany', read thisā¦ iea.org.uk/blog/qtwtain-hā¦
On @Channel4News tonight: Food charities and industry tell government āStop passing the buckā on responsibility for ensuring vulnerable people can get the food they need in a #NoDeal Brexit food crisis.ā Pensioners, children in low-income families, people who are ill or disabled.
Governmentās Yellowhammer #NoDeal Briefing says food prices could go up, serious delays and disruption to food supply. With 8.4m people in this country already food insecure, āWhat happens if demand for emergency food aid goes up? Whose job is it to step in?ā asks @Channel4News
Serious concerns over food supply for vulnerable people in a #NoDeal Brexit shared by @UKSustain @FareShareUK @provtrade @FWDwholesale @IFAN_UK @CityHarvest_LDN - with no-deal price hikes and disruption now imminent @DWP must allocate hardship fund- long heralded, never confirmed
@MatherWallace @bernardsmernard #Corbynwill
Reform #BBC
Reform the #Lords
Implement Leveson 2
Instigate Investigation into #Iraq war
Re nationalise Rail Services
Re nationalise Utilities
Re nationalise Royal Mail
Abolish Tuition Fees
Policies that help many, are popular with many, but disliked by a few!
Reform #BBC
Reform the #Lords
Implement Leveson 2
Instigate Investigation into #Iraq war
Re nationalise Rail Services
Re nationalise Utilities
Re nationalise Royal Mail
Abolish Tuition Fees
Policies that help many, are popular with many, but disliked by a few!
@MatherWallace @bernardsmernard When the few with invested interests feel threatened because of change or scrutiny they can only smear! it is difficult for them to debate and criticise popular ideas and policies. So what do the few with money and influence do?
@MatherWallace @bernardsmernard They accuse the advocate for change of being!
#weak Dangerous
#Racist
A spy
#AntiSemitic
Terrorist Sympathiser
How strange the voices of the few over the many years the advocate was a back bench MP remained silent or just muttered. But now their voices have reached a crescendo
#weak Dangerous
#Racist
A spy
#AntiSemitic
Terrorist Sympathiser
How strange the voices of the few over the many years the advocate was a back bench MP remained silent or just muttered. But now their voices have reached a crescendo
Traditionally Tories have made themselves out to be a party of plumbers, brewers and publicans
A serious party of fun loving pirates and hard working blokeys.
But in reality, they're a party of death squads, bomb makers and dope runners
A party of godfathers, masons and pimps
A serious party of fun loving pirates and hard working blokeys.
But in reality, they're a party of death squads, bomb makers and dope runners
A party of godfathers, masons and pimps
Traditionally Tories have portrayed themselves as a party of bankers, solicitors and grocers
-a serious party of fun loving swingers and hard grafting drunks
-In reality, they're a party of tax evaders, human rights abusers and polluters
- A party of cheats, exploiters and filth
-a serious party of fun loving swingers and hard grafting drunks
-In reality, they're a party of tax evaders, human rights abusers and polluters
- A party of cheats, exploiters and filth
Tories have engineered a situation in Britain where people don't have the right to buy food, and they don't have the right to take shelter.
Sanctions, foodbanks anti-begging laws and anti-squatting laws have been used to deny people basic human rights.
Now we starve and freeze
Sanctions, foodbanks anti-begging laws and anti-squatting laws have been used to deny people basic human rights.
Now we starve and freeze
My New Year Honours list:
For her selfless weekly vigil outside her local jobcentre @charlotteh71 deserves much respect.
She is on the front line seeing the effects of #UniversalCredit.
Please check her blog out š
thepoorsideof.life
For her selfless weekly vigil outside her local jobcentre @charlotteh71 deserves much respect.
She is on the front line seeing the effects of #UniversalCredit.
Please check her blog out š
thepoorsideof.life
@MrTopple has systematically shown the utter failure of the Tories on Welfare.
His articles and now podcast, are a must read if you want the truth.
Here's a link to his all his articles and podcasts on @TheCanaryUK.
thecanary.co/author/steve-tā¦
His articles and now podcast, are a must read if you want the truth.
Here's a link to his all his articles and podcasts on @TheCanaryUK.
thecanary.co/author/steve-tā¦
My good friend @PeterStefanovi2 has come a long way since his time as a medical negligence lawyer.
He stood the the junior doctors, now he fights to dispell the lies put out by the MSM.
Please check his profile out, his videos are essential daily watching.
He stood the the junior doctors, now he fights to dispell the lies put out by the MSM.
Please check his profile out, his videos are essential daily watching.
I agree with the sentiment but I cannot emphasise enough that #homelessness, #foodbanks, #ChildPoverty, #HostileEnvironment all existed before #brexit. They are not a consequence of #brexit but #Conservatives policy. It doesn't have to be this way, it's a political choice ->
Before someone from #FBPE jumps in and says "that's because focus has been on brexit" ... not it isn't. This is #Conservative policy. The privatisation of #NHS, the changes in #Education, reductions in #LegalAid ... where has the #EU been in stopping all this? It hasn't.
There has been a constant drive to reform society from health to education, none of which is about addressing the issues of inequality.
Labour demands inquiry into how GCSE reform has benefited private schools - theguardian.com/education/2018ā¦
Labour demands inquiry into how GCSE reform has benefited private schools - theguardian.com/education/2018ā¦
@AlokSharma_RDG answering questions in HoC on #UniversalvCredit
Stephen Kerr MP accuses SNP and Labour of political point scoring over Citizens Advice scandal.
Alex Cunningham Labour
Asks how common people falling into debt is because of monthly payment.
Gov response;
It mirrors the world of work
Asks how common people falling into debt is because of monthly payment.
Gov response;
It mirrors the world of work
