@BBCBreakfast
Rather than
@DWPgovuk
and other national,devolved and local government departments describe UK unpaid and family carers as unsung heroes, ask, who is caring for our carers? and what duty of care do we owe them?
@maitlis
Personally and on behalf of
@GainAutism
it is, and wouldn’t it be great to see more journalists with disabilities interview UK politicians … But far greater still, wouldn’t be fabulous to have more inclusive and representative UK politics, and politicians with disabilities.
@simpler_tips
As Access To Insurance Working Group Chair I urge consumers considering life insurance, especially at the current time, to ignore lead generation ad’s like this & consult an independent financial adviser - One way of do this via the find insurance site at
@campbellclaret
Here’s freedom to him that wad read,
Here’s freedom to him that wad write,
There’s nane ever fear’d that the truth should be heard,
But they whom the truth wad indite.
With free speech ever precious, let’s embrace Robert Burns commitment to defending it.
Sláinte Mhath 🏴 🥃
Well, let me begin
@Protection_Rev
by thanking you for the your Life Time Achievement Award as it holds special significance for me as was awarded to my mentor Dr Marius Barnard in 2007. Thank you also colleagues for recognising work done to simplify critical illness insurance
@DisabilityGovUK
@juliejaye07
I’m honoured to receive an OBE in the
#NewYearsHonours
, and I am grateful to Her Majesty the Queen. It was a privilege to be the inaugural Disability and Access Ambassador for the Insurance Industry and I would like to thank my Access To Insurance Working Group colleagues
#Access
On International Day Of Persons With Disabilities
#IDPWD2020
& every day ... Let’s focus on Intersectionality as well as Inclusion & Diversity as there are many shades of purple & we need to improve inclusion, access, equality, equity and outcomes for all.
#PurpleLightUp
It was my very great privilege tonight to be able to speak about Ron Wheatcroft’s contribution to our industry & profession as Swiss Re marked his 50 years service with them. Fabulous to see so many prominent industry figures gather to appreciate & celebrate Ron’s career.
#Legend
I’m so proud of my daughter Tori who graduated today with honours ....Great to see her and so many young women graduating from
@dundeeuni
today chose to pursue a career in STEM, good luck & best wishes to each & everyone of them.
Twitter friends, to you and yours from me and mine …
Happy and restive Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Omisoka, Pancha Ganapati, Yule...
However you may observe or celebrate this month, compliments of the season and good wishes for a peaceful, happy, healthy and prosperous 2023.
@MetroUK
I chair the Access To Insurance Working Group & this article is incorrect, life insurance is accessible- I suggest readers take independent financial advice -You can do this via the not for profit site at
@Moneybox
@AnushkaAsthana
@KatieSchmuecker
To reduce benefits, reduce need for them-This means tackle health inequalities to reduce health benefit need, build affordable housing to reduce housing benefit need,improve child&social care to raise workplace participation,growing skills + a living wage
Back in London for the first time in over 15 months … Looking forward to discussing improving financial inclusion, capability and access for all but especially so for consumers with visible and/or non visible disabilities and health conditions.
@SixNationsRugby
@IrishRugby
We missed our opportunity, congratulations and well played
@IrishRugby
, you certainly stepped it up in the 2nd half … and as always it’s great to host you in Edinburgh.
@RishiSunak
this position 👇 is simply unacceptable, we have 120,000+ young carers in the UK, let’s prioritise caring for them with a national carer strategy, register, covenant, Commissioner and support pathways fit for purpose in ageing UK that needs to work and care.
@HelenMorganMP
I’m not a member of any political party but in various public interest and charity roles I’ve had the privilege of working with a number of brilliant MP’s from various parties who do a great job for their constituents, Helen is one of those MP’s.
Living by the coast, I’m spending increasing amounts of time having to pick up plastic, it’s time for change - Join the campaign against single-use plastics!
#JoinTheResistance
# PlasticFreeCoastlines via
@sascampaigns
For
#IWD2020
I’m flagging women who inspire me, today it’s my privilege to introduce
@jackieleiper
the 1st woman to lead our
@ScottishWidows
distribution business in our 208 year history & the best Exec I’ve worked with in this role in my 33 years here.
#IWD2020
#EqualforEqual
@polblonde
@soniasodha
I’m appalled at this, it’s important we ALL, especially blokes like me, call Clarkson out and make clear that it is completely unacceptable to write this about any woman.
So,
#DontBeThatGuy
- the one I admit I’ve been at times, the one that stands and says nothing - call it out!
@moneyexperts_uk
As Access To Insurance Working Group Chair I urge consumers who need life insurance to IGNORE lead generation adverts such as this & contact a specialist independent financial adviser-You can do this via the not for profit site at
@Moneybox
@TheFCA
Home and flexible hybrid working is far from a “bloody joke” for people with a disability and/or chronic illness, its a reasonable adjustment that enables people to hold down a job, engage with colleagues and progress their careers. I see no negatives as long as the work is done.
This is a bloody joke. The lazy gits make me sick. Call me old fashioned but all this work from home BS is a total joke. There is no way people work as hard or productive as when they had to turn up at a work location. The pandemic has had long lasting negative effect.
Financial Services & particularly Insurance colleagues, in
#TalkMoney
Week & every week, please
#DoOneThing
& aid prevent financial services products & services from being used for the purpose of economic & financial abuse plus coercive control - Please share the brief below …
Life insurance policies offer important financial protection, but what happens when they are used to threaten, coerce or control? Our latest briefing paper explores this issue - find out more 👇
In our ageing UK 🇬🇧 that increasingly needs to Work and Care plus the strategically important role that unpaid carers play in
#CarersWeek2024
and every week, I ask all political parties to embrace the
@csjthinktank
Carer report and recommendations
Last
#NorthBerwick
#Edinburgh
#LondonKingsCross
commute of the year … It’s starting to feel a lot like Christmas 🎄… Wishing you and yours a merry one and a happy new year when it comes.
Huge thanks
@LNER
staff for all of your help this year.
@moneyexperts_uk
As Access To Insurance Working Group Chair I urge consumers considering life insurance, especially at the current time, to ignore lead generation ad’s like this & consult an independent financial adviser - One way of do this via the find insurance site at
After 3+ years in role, chaired my final Access To Insurance Steering Group today & now hand over the the fabulous
@Hamilton600
… Many thanks to all insurance & 3rd sector colleagues who have supported the programme as we have accomplished much …
On behalf of Elizabeth and I, thank you
@kategarraway
@Richard56
and all at
@GMB
for giving UK carers a voice. It’s essential we simplify and transform carer support plus that
@DWPgovuk
vulnerable customer policy is at least as good as that in UK regulated sectors, if not better.
'I am so terrified now. I'm not allowed carers allowance.'
Elizabeth had to pay back the government £1623 because she took on extra supply teaching shifts to support her family whilst caring for her son.
A well deserved standing ovation for the fabulous Neurodiversity Youth Choir here at the
@ADHDFoundation
Neurodiversity A New Paradigm conference in Liverpool.
It’s
#PurpleTuesday
and the Access To Insurance Working Group fully support the need to improve the customer experience of disabled people...Show your support for inclusion & access! 😁👍💜
#ThumbsUp
@PurpleTuesNov
@DavidLammy
Britain just became a brighter and more inclusive place, now that’s worth celebrating as is
#MLK
rocking our establishment...Keep it rocking David
I welcome and 💯 agree with
@stephenctimms
comments and ask of
@DWPgovuk
. In addition to urgently fixing the overpayment issue, let’s also simplify and improve the benefit and support plus with £1.3bn unclaimed, transform access to it.
@BBCNewsnight
If true, it’s a disgrace. I think back to the 40th anniversary of D-Day when relations with the then USSR were tense, and cannot imagine that Mrs Thatcher would have left early given the significant message of unity and strength that it sends to those who would threaten democracy
Fabulous news, well done & thank you to
@CBNtweets
& all colleagues who have campaigned long & hard for this outcome.
@laurabanks8
@FrancisHannaCo
we got there, special thanks to you.
📢BREAKING!
After more than a decade of campaigning, we're delighted that MPs have this evening finally voted to extend bereavement benefits to grieving families with children where the parents were cohabiting
Our statement
And a 🧵...
Many thnx
@Cover_Mag
readers for this award & to industry, charity sector,
@DWPonDisability
& consumer group colleagues that it is my privilege to work with on Access To Insurance, Building Resilient Households & Insuring Women’s Futures activity-This is OUR award as a collective
Walking these two today over the fields by my home it was stirring to hear the swirl of the pipes carried on the wind - Many thanks to the North Berwick lone piper ...
#ScottishCoastalLiving
@MoneySaver_Tips
As Access To Insurance Working Group chair I urge UK residents who need life insurance to ignore lead generation adverts such as this & contact a specialist independent financial adviser-You can do this via the not for profit site at
@TheFCA
- FYI
Fab hike today to the magical An Lochan Uaine, the Green Loch, supposedly green because the fairies wash their clothes in the loch but in reality due to algae and the reflection of the surrounding mountain pines - well worth a visit, allow a couple of hours, elevation - 1040 ft.
Consumer Duty and Vulnerable Customer champions …
As a Surviving Economic Abuse
@SEAresource
Charity Ambassador, I urge all insurance firms and colleagues to adopt our guidance and I would like to thank the Aviva Foundation and
@avivaplc
for their support.
#ImproveOutcomes
With funding from the Aviva Foundation and additional support from
@AvivaUK
, SEA has developed best-practice guidance for the insurance sector to ensure this vital protection is accessible to vulnerable customers across the UK.
Find out more:
Left home before 5 am this morning to attend the inaugural
@protectionguru_
Awards … With home working my norm for the last 18 + months, routine change has this little one somewhat confused this morning … Congratulations & good luck to all nominees
#PGAwards2021
@afneil
I’ve recently spent time working in Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle city centres and whilst each city has its problems, the contrast with Glasgow is marked - whilst easy to blame Westminster, questions need to be asked of City Council and
@scotgov
re policy and delivery.
@MoneySaver_Tips
As Access To Insurance Group Chair I urge consumers who require life insurance, especially at the current time, to ignore lead generation ads & seek specialist independent financial advice- One way of doing this is via the signposting to adviser site
@FCA
I welcome the NAO Carers Allowance examination -The key ask being why 5 years after its 1st investigation is DWPgovuk continuing to fail to use its data and intervene to prevent vulnerable Carers receiving overpayments and build up significant debts
Having been working in London for the last couple of days, looking forward to working from home in
#NorthBerwick
for the remainder of the week.
#HybridWorking
On the
#Apollo11Anniversary
...Let’s remember where the maths that put man on the moon owes its origins & importantly, the brilliant women who were critical to the mission....
The Timpson family are sponsoring a Lowland Tapir at
@chesterzoo
... Please help the zoo out if you can & when the it does reopen at some future point, check out our little one.
Protection sales back at 2004 levels-We have far fewer advisers today than 15 years ago, so hats off to UK protection specialists +
@iPipelineUK
@LifeQuote_UK
@iressUK
@UnderwriteMeUK
for stepping up to meet consumer needs
Our Building Public Trust Consumer Champion Award recognises a company or individual that has “shown consistent commitment to educating consumers about insurance and financial planning matters.” Well done to the winner - Johnny Timpson.
#CIIpublictrust
.
Financial services colleagues, a thought for the weekend ... A parent’s kiss ... A simple act, yet a complex set of emotions and needs being met ... This is a beautiful brain activity image of a mother kissing her two-month-old son ...
@scope
Agree, irresponsible from
@channel5_tv
and
@Ofcom
would do well to discuss this with them. It’s all very well to have a corporate E,D&I policy but counts for little if only fine words and not central to your culture, behaviours, service, support, customer experience & outcomes.
@MoneySaver_Tips
I chair the Access To Insurance Working Group and suggest to all consumers who needs life insurance to ignore lead generation adverts of this type and contact a specialist independent financial adviser - You can do this via the not for profit site at
@MoneySaver_Tips
I chair the Access To Insurance Working Group & suggest all consumers who need life insurance ignore lead generation adverts of this type & contact a specialist independent financial adviser - You can do this via the not for profit site at
@TheFCA
- FYI
It’s International Dog Day & one of the joys of now working from home is having these “little helpers” by your feet & around you as you bounce from Zoom to Teams to Webex to Blue Jeans meetings ...
Its Alzheimers Awareness Month & as Prime Ministers Champion Group Member for Dementia Communities I ask colleagues to get behind & support the
@CIIGroup
and
@alzheimerssoc
Insurance United Against Dementia
@InsuranceUAD
initiative
Fabulous ProtectX2 2020 opening presentation from
@rose_stlouis
& I 100% agree with Rose’s on inclusion, diversity & importantly, I add, intersectionality...Let’s not only make a difference but individually & collectively, be that difference.
#ProtectX2020
#ProtectionReview
Fabulous morning for walking the dogs & looking across to our near neighbour the Bass Rock .... No wind and the sea calm but sadly no dolphins to be seen ...
As society ages, more of us are reporting a long-term health condition &/or disability than we did 8 years ago, the majority of us doing so in employment - This said, in supporting disabled people enter & progress in UK workplaces, we’ve much more to do!
@vicderbyshire
@EdwardJDavey
@Danwhite1972
@stephenctimms
Thankyou
@vicderbyshire
for giving carers a voice. Rather than DWP describing unpaid carers who provide care equivalent in value to circa £163bn as unsung heroes, let’s ask who is caring for our carers (1 in 8 of whom are veterans) and what duty of care do we owe them in return
Commiserations England and my friends, family and colleagues down south … Hold your heads high, you’ve had a brilliant tournament and there’s much more to come from your massively talented, grounded, young and unified team plus fabulous manager and his coaching staff.
Financial protection industry colleagues...This stat is precisely why in addition to paying the claim we need to provide care in the form of support services and signpost to charities and specialist agencies.
@moneyexperts_uk
As Access To Insurance Group Chair please ignore ads of this type & seek independent financial advice to obtain the most appropriate cover for you -One way of accessing specialist & independent protection advisers is via the “ Find Insurance Service “ at