Supports responsible business (Sector 4 Focus). Author: The Courage to Meddle (re Frances Perkins), The Company Citizen. ExMP, remainer
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And everyone at @FairforYouCIC and @FairCreditChty has been proud to work with you on creating positive social impact. Defeating poverty one loan at a time
We're proud to spotlight Fair for You CIC, an ethical lender transforming lives across the UK by supporting financially-excluded households.
Learn more about our work here ▶️ bigissue.com/invest/
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Good to see initiatives like this @RoyalMintUK
help the UK build the road map to a more sustainable circular economy! 👏👏
Did you know - a record 62 million tonnes of e-waste was produced in 2022, up 82% from 2010. ♻️
And this is set to rise another 32% to 82 million tonnes in 2030. 📈
Head this way to learn more about our Precious Metals Recovery Plant. - hubs.li/Q02J_gHF0
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Hope people are safe tonight. If you are on here glorifying violence, inciting people to participate in violence and posting vitriol to scare the living daylights out of people shame on you.
Violence and misinformation spreads only if given oxygen and fuel. @X shame on you.
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Collaboration is king; the opportunity is big; start somewhere. These were some of our key takeaways from the @Fair4AllFinance #financialinclusion conference. Thank you for the @FairforYouCIC & @IcelandFoods food club shout out!
Recently we brought together over 200 leaders from across financial services, community finance, public sector and third sector organisations at our first ever #FinancialInclusion conference.
Here are our six key takeaways from the day. What were yours?
fair4allfinance.org.uk/six-t…
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"The Fair Banking Act would expand responsible lending to underserved communities either directly or via partnerships with ethical lenders such as Fair for You."
Great to see this recommendation in @FairCreditChty's white paper. #FairBankingForAll
drive.google.com/file/d/1Bdr…
ALT The front cover of the white paper, showing the Fair Credit Charity logo and the headline: Fair credit: an opportunity for banks and the communities they serve. Underneath: "My finances have stablised and using fair credit played a huge part of that" June 2024
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🚨 Nearly 1/2 of UK adults are living in financially vulnerable circumstances. @Fair4AllFinance's new report highlights the growing scale and severity of debt and financial insecurity. It's time for urgent action and inclusive solutions! #FairFinance
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It is concerning that irresponsible or unaffordable lending is a key driver in a sharp rise in complaints against financial firms.
The number of complaints about irresponsible lending more than trebled the last year, @financialombuds says 👇
#credit #finance
Our latest annual complaints data, published today, is a review of our work over the course of the 2023/24 financial year. It shows the volume of complaints we received and the proportion of complaints we upheld.
Read the full data and insight: financial-ombudsman.org.uk/d… #Data
Well done @AngelaRayner this is a very important statement for 60,000 in Uk whose first or only language is BSL. And it’s a torch I carried in the Commons 20 years ago!
We are very proud the Deputy Prime Minster @AngelaRayner has been an advocate of British Sign Language (BSL) having learnt BSL. Now it’s time to ensure BSL is placed in every deaf child’s hands because the system doesn’t offer free BSL to parents of deaf children #BSLinOurHands
Congratulations to successful Labour candidates - now MPs - everywhere but especially to @Jon4HighPeak for following in a fine tradition…
An interesting account from a woman of principle
Why I’m voting #Labour ‘A lot of people haven’t stood up to the forces of darkness’: Anna Soubry on her mission to make Starmer PM | Politics | The Guardian theguardian.com/politics/art…
As the former Labour MP for High Peak (1997-2010) I know that the hard work starts on Friday. I urge my former constituents to vote for @Jon4HighPeak Jon Pearce in at least the numbers (51%) they gave me, 27 years ago!
Hey @adrianoldman - so there really is a magic money tree? No one would disagree with the ends here but you can’t just wish the means out of nowhere. And this is just one policy area; reality is challenging. This is irresponsible fantasy politics
The Green Party have pledged new education measures amounting to over £30bn, including a pay uplift for teachers and £5bn for SEND students.
Co-leader Adrian Ramsay tells #R4Today the funding would 'restore the significant cuts' from previous governments.
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Thank you to colleagues from both @AskNationwide and @NatWestGroup for meeting us over the last two weeks to speak about our new whitepaper on credit exclusion.
We want to make sure that nobody in the banking sector is ignorant of this problem.
Read more below...
#FairCredit
ALT Purple box with white copy that reads: We're calling for mainstream financial services companies to do better to support people on low incomes. The bottom of the image includes the Fair Credit Charity logo and the following text - Fair credit: an opportunity for banks and the communities they serve, June 2024.
9m people in the UK have no savings. Fair credit is a vital lifeline that's inaccessible for many. We believe that banks can do more to support those financially excluded. Find out more in our whitepaper 👉t.ly/oDUMx #faircredit
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Day 39 and we can end the misery legal loan sharks cause for millions who get stuck in a cycle of debt - if you vote Labour you can help take on the BNPL lenders whose exploitation of millions of consumers has been indulged by Tory ministers.
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Fouled 3 Times (Most in the Match)
Ivan Toney, game changer 🏴
Anyone listening to @bbcr4 prestigious 6.30 comedy, Election Doom Scroll? Satire, apparently. Dreadful. Just dreadful. Lacking humour, talent and insight.