#UK #rents rise faster in #deprived areas – and drag more people into #poverty
Cost doubles in some poor #urban districts, driven in part by #mortgage rate rise, UK-wide study shows
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/sep/03/uk-rents-rise-faster-in-deprived-areas-and-drag-more-people-into-poverty
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ProfitsBeforePeople #Housing
#housing #profitsbeforepeople #torypoliciesinaction #mortgage #urban #poverty #deprived #rents #uk
#UK could quit ‘#ClimateWrecking’ treaty, minister announces -
The #EnergyCharterTreaty (#ECT) is a system of #SecretCourts that enables companies to sue governments over #policies that would cut their future #profits.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/01/uk-could-quit-energy-charter-treaty-minister-announces
#ToryPoliciesInAction #TooLittleTooLate
#ClimateCrisis #FosilFuels #ProfitsBeforePeople
#profitsbeforepeople #fosilfuels #climatecrisis #toolittletoolate #torypoliciesinaction #profits #policies #secretcourts #ect #EnergyCharterTreaty #climatewrecking #uk
Foul fumes and #sewage spills in #Tory stronghold of #MichaelGove
Aggrieved residents tell of issues in constituency of #HousingSecretary planning to rip up #pollution laws
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/aug/31/foul-fumes-and-sewage-spills-in-tory-stronghold-of-michael-gove #ToryPoliciesInAction #ProfitsBeforePeople #Housing
#housing #profitsbeforepeople #torypoliciesinaction #pollution #housingsecretary #michaelgove #tory #sewage
Sharp rise in #CostOfFood basics forces #UK families ‘to make desperate choices’
Which? research finds cheese, butter and bread are up by more than 30% in the past two years, hitting the poor hardest
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/aug/14/sharp-rise-in-cost-of-food-basics-forces-uk-families-to-make-desperate-choices
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ProfitsBeforePeople #CostOfLivingCrisis
#Costoflivingcrisis #profitsbeforepeople #torypoliciesinaction #uk #costoffood
‘Change is needed’: #Ofgem chief calls on ministers to rethink #EnergyPriceCaps
#JonathanBrearley says a more rigorous framework is needed to support households
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/aug/14/change-needed-ofgem-chief-rethink-energy-price-caps
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ProfitsBeforePeople
#profitsbeforepeople #torypoliciesinaction #jonathanbrearley #EnergyPriceCaps #Ofgem
#AirPollution linked to rise in #AntibioticResistance that imperils human #health
Global study suggests connection has strengthened over time across every country and continent
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/aug/07/air-pollution-linked-rise-antibiotic-resistance-imperils-human-health #ToryPollutionParty #ProfitsBeforePeople
#profitsbeforepeople #torypollutionparty #health #antibioticresistance #airpollution
#Drax denies use of #subsidy #loophole to avoid £639m payout to households
#Bloomberg alleges Drax idled an #electricity generating unit and resold its #biomass pellets rather than return money to bill payers
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/aug/02/drax-denies-use-of-subsidy-loophole-to-avoid-639m-payout-to-households #ToryPoliciesInAction #ProfitsBeforePeople
#profitsbeforepeople #torypoliciesinaction #biomass #electricity #bloomberg #loophole #subsidy #Drax
Here’s the truth about #Sunak’s plans for the #NorthSea: he will sell out the planet to the dirtiest bidders
Despite grave new warnings about the depth of the #ClimateCrisis, plutocrats are fighting to keep their profits – and our #PM is with them
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/01/rishi-sunak-north-sea-planet-climate-crisis-plutocrats #ProfitsBeforePeople #ToryPoliciesInAction #FossilFuels #DrillingWhileThePlanetBurns
#drillingwhiletheplanetburns #fossilfuels #torypoliciesinaction #profitsbeforepeople #pm #climatecrisis #northsea #Sunak
#BP’s £2bn profits cause anger amid #ClimateCrisis
#Oil and #gas company to return another $1.5bn to investors through a share buyback
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/aug/01/bp-profits-climate-crisis-oil-prices #ProfitsBeforePeople #DrillingWhileTheWorldBurns
#drillingwhiletheworldburns #profitsbeforepeople #gas #oil #climatecrisis #bp
Watch the #ToriesUnfitToGovern ignore this. It's essentially contrary to everything they stand for. #ProfitsBeforePeople >
Almshouse residents may live up to two and a half years longer, study finds | Social housing | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/may/22/almshouse-residents-may-live-up-to-two-and-a-half-years-longer-study-finds
#profitsbeforepeople #ToriesUnfitToGovern
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/feb/24/an-economic-fairytale-australias-inflation-being-driven-by-company-profits-and-not-wages-analysis-finds
#Australia #inflation #profitsbeforepeople #wages #classwarfare
Who would have thought that big business would be screwing us over? What are the chances of the Murdoch press and its political arm, the LNP, addressing the issue. I'm not too sure about the ALP picking up the ball and running with it either.
#australia #inflation #profitsbeforepeople #wages #classwarfare
So, I've got a little bee in my bonnet about social media ads from sketchy organizations--especially tele-behavioral-health organizations under investigation by the US Department of Justice for possible violations of the Controlled Substances Act. While I said "DEA" in my comment, what I meant was "DOJ." #telehealth #drugtrafficking #lackofoversight #profitsbeforepeople
#profitsbeforepeople #lackofoversight #drugtrafficking #telehealth
RT @woodymatters@twitter.com
McKinsey Consulting Group played a marketing role in promoting OxyContin. A recent LRB book review chronicles a long list of abuses that the consulting firm has helped facilitate.
#sellingsickness #profitsbeforepeople
#acceptablecollateraldamage
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v44/n24/laleh-khalili/in-clover
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/woodymatters/status/1600171413918416897
#acceptablecollateraldamage #profitsbeforepeople #sellingsickness